Without attempting to review and reconcile all the cases, we are of opinion, that as a general description, though perhaps not a precise and accurate definition, a conspiracy must be a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish... A Treatise on the Law of Crimes - Page 195by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall - 1905 - 906 pagesFull view - About this book
| Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1853 - 636 pages
...are of opinion, that as a general description, though perhaps not a precise and accurate definition, a conspiracy must be a combination of two or more...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. We use the terms criminal or unlawful, because it is manifest that many acts are unlawful which... | |
| Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1859 - 736 pages
...Chitt y's Bl. Com. 136, notes. 2 NY Rev. St. ub. mp. To constitute an indictable conspiracy, there must be a combination of two or more persons, by some...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. 4 Metcalfs R. 1 1 1. But sec 4 Steph. Com. ub. sup. The conspiracy itself constitutes the offence,... | |
| Law - 1901 - 510 pages
...but it may be contained in the one on which he is finally brought to trial. This offense consists in a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish a criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish a purpose, not in itself criminal or unlawful, by... | |
| Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 808 pages
...between two or more persons falsely to indict or procure the indictment of another. More generally, a combination of two or more persons by some concerted...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. The word describes an indictable offence. Burr. Law Dictionary, title "Conspiracy." If it has... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 674 pages
...3. CONSIDERATION. See CONTRACT, 1. S. CONSPIRACY. 1. To constitute an indictable conspiracy, there must be a combination of two or more persons by some...unlawful purpose ; or to accomplish some purpose not m itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. Commonwealth v. Hunt, 111. 9. An association,... | |
| William Wirt Virgin - Civil procedure - 1874 - 672 pages
...not merged in tlie commission of it.'21 (i) A conspiracy is a combination of two or more persons, by concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means.-3 (}) When the act to be accomplished is in itself criminal or unlawful, it is not necessary... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Tracy - 1875 - 96 pages
...the authorities on the subject of conspiracy. " A conspiracy may be described in general terms I as a combination of two or more persons by some concerted...itself criminal or unlawful by criminal or unlawful means. It is not essential that the act intended to be done should be punishable by indictment, for... | |
| Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1876 - 580 pages
...a general description, though perbaps not a precise and accurate definition, a conspiracy must be d combination of two or more persons, by some concerted...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. We use the terms 'criminal or unlawful,' because it is manifest that many acts are unlawful... | |
| Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frderick C. Seibold - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 766 pages
...would seem that the same rules of pleading should be applied. An indictable conspiracy is defined to be a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. Per SHAW, CJ, in Comm. v. Hunt, 4 Met., 123. There are some qualifications to this definition,... | |
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