Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ..., Volume 38Carswell Company, Limited, 1906 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 54
... conviction that he had sworn falsely . I am not prepared to say there are not valid reasons . At any rate , I do not think , in this case , we should interfere with the discretion of the judge . The result is that plain- tiff's appeal ...
... conviction that he had sworn falsely . I am not prepared to say there are not valid reasons . At any rate , I do not think , in this case , we should interfere with the discretion of the judge . The result is that plain- tiff's appeal ...
Page 129
... conviction made by Frederick Moseley , Esq . , stipendiary magistrate in and for the city of Sydney , wherein the defendant was convicted for hav- ing unlawfully kept intoxicating liquor for sale , on or about January 29th , 1905 , in ...
... conviction made by Frederick Moseley , Esq . , stipendiary magistrate in and for the city of Sydney , wherein the defendant was convicted for hav- ing unlawfully kept intoxicating liquor for sale , on or about January 29th , 1905 , in ...
Page 135
... conviction must be sustained and the application for the writ of certiorari dismissed with costs . Conviction affirmed . THE KING V. JAMES TUTTY . Before TOWNSHEND , J. THE KING V MCMULLEN . 135.
... conviction must be sustained and the application for the writ of certiorari dismissed with costs . Conviction affirmed . THE KING V. JAMES TUTTY . Before TOWNSHEND , J. THE KING V MCMULLEN . 135.
Page 136
... convicted in the County Court , under the Criminal Code , s . 430 , on a charge of having unlawfully , and without lawful authority or excuse , had in his custody and possession two forged bank notes for the payment of $ 10 each , well ...
... convicted in the County Court , under the Criminal Code , s . 430 , on a charge of having unlawfully , and without lawful authority or excuse , had in his custody and possession two forged bank notes for the payment of $ 10 each , well ...
Page 140
... conviction bad . But now under section 746 of the Code , although it appears that some evidence was improperly admitted , no conviction shall be set aside , or new trial ordered , unless it is the opinion of the Court of Appeal , that ...
... conviction bad . But now under section 746 of the Code , although it appears that some evidence was improperly admitted , no conviction shall be set aside , or new trial ordered , unless it is the opinion of the Court of Appeal , that ...
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action affidavit agent agreed agreement alleged amount Angus McIsaac application Arisaig assignment bill of sale Bonne Bay Canada Temperance Act charge City of Halifax claim contended contract conveyed conviction counsel court creditors damages deceased deed defendant defendant's Dennison dismissed with costs district Donham election entitled evidence execution fact FRASER fraudulent fund given GRAHAM Halifax Held Hood interest judgment jury land learned judge liable March matter McDonald McIsaac MEAGHER ment Mira Road Mizpah municipality Nancy McKenzie necessary notice Nova Scotia opinion order-in-council owner paid parties payment person petition petitioner plaintiff Port Hood possession prisoner provision purchase purpose question Quinpool Road reason recover referred registry respondent Runciman RUSSELL says share solicitor statement statute statute of frauds support of appeal taken testator tion town TOWNSHEND trial judge trust void wife Withrow words
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Page 98 - Release of the same, unless in the meantime some Part of the Principal Money, or some Interest thereon, shall have been paid, or some Acknowledgment of the Right thereto shall have been given in Writing signed by the Person by whom the same shall be payable, or his Agent, to the Person entitled thereto, or his Agent...
Page 318 - And equity protects a parol gift of land, equally with a parol agreement to sell it, if accompanied by possession, and the donee, induced by the promise to give it, has made valuable improvements on the property.
Page 449 - Is it proved affirmatively that the confession was free and voluntary,— that is, was it preceded by any inducement to make a statement held out by a person in authority ? If so, and the inducement has not clearly been removed before the statement was made, evidence of the statement is inadmissible.
Page 562 - ... committed, it is expedient that the offender be released on probation of good conduct, the Court may, instead of sentencing him at once to any punishment, direct that he be released on his entering into a...
Page 449 - . . . a confession, in order to be admissible, must be free and voluntary: that is, must not be extracted by any sort of threats or violence, nor obtained by any direct or implied promises, however slight, nor by the exertion of any improper influence.
Page 97 - ... any mortgage, judgment, or lien, or otherwise charged upon (a) or payable out of any land or rent, at law or in equity, or any legacy (6), but within twenty years next after a present right to receive the same shall have accrued to some person capable of giving a discharge for or release of the same...
Page 318 - ... to inquire, have stepped in and relaxed the rigidity of this rule, and hold that a part performance removes the bar of the statute, on the ground that it is a fraud for the vendor to insist on the absence of a written instrument, when he has permitted the contract to be partly executed.
Page 443 - The object of a trial is the administration of justice in a course as free from doubt or chance of miscarriage as merely human administration of it can be - not the interests of either party.
Page 571 - PERFORMANCE BOND — The security furnished by the contractor to guarantee the completion of the work in accordance with the terms of the contract. AND...
Page 319 - The question then is, whether a parol promise by one owning lands, to give the same to another, will be enforced in equity, when the promisee has been induced by the promise to go into possession, and with the knowledge of the promisor make comparatively large expenditures in permanent improvements upon the land. It is and must be...