Amendments of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1896

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1896 - 28 pages
 

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Page 33 - The testimony of each witness in cases of homicide must be reduced to writing, as a deposition, by the magistrate, or under his direction; and in other cases upon the demand of the prosecuting attorney, or the defendant or his counsel.
Page 38 - All cases involving the commitment or trial of children, actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years, for any violation of law, in any court shall be heard and determined by such court, at suitable times to be designated therefor by it, separate and apart from the trial of other criminal cases, of which session a separate docket and record shall be kept.
Page 38 - And all such cases and cases of offenses by, or against the person of, a child under the age of sixteen years shall have preference over all other cases, before all magistrates and in all courts and tribunals in this state both civil and criminal; and where a child is committed or detained as a witness in any case such case shall be brought to trial or otherwise disposed of without delay, whether the defendant be in custody or enlarged on bail.
Page 33 - ... the warrant, if any, the depositions, the statement of the defendant, if 'he have* made one, and all undertakings of bail, or for the appearance of witnesses, taken by him.
Page 35 - CD shall appear and answer the charge above mentioned, in whatever court it may be prosecuted ; and shall at all times render himself amenable to the orders and process of the court; and if convicted, shall appear for judgment, and render himself in execution thereof; or if he fail to perform either of these conditions, that we will pay to the people of the state of New- York, the sum of dollars," (inserting the sum in which the defendant is admitted to bail.) § 631.
Page 34 - After indictment, either before the bench-warrant is issued for his arrest, or upon any order of the court committing him, or enlarging the amount of bail, or upon his being surrendered by his bail to answer the indictment in the court in which it is found, or to which it may be transferred for trial.
Page 38 - Sunday is prohibited, except that articles of food may be sold and supplied at any time before ten o'clock in the morning, and except also that meals may be sold to be eaten on the premises where sold or served elsewhere by caterers ; and prepared tobacco...
Page 38 - All manner of public selling or offering for sale of any property upon Sunday is prohibited, except that articles of food may be sold and supplied at any time before ten o'clock in the morning, and except also that meals may be sold to be eaten on the premises where sold or served elsewhere by caterers...
Page 37 - The county superintendents of the poor, or any overseer of the poor, whose duty it shall be to provide for the support of any bastard and the sustenance of its mother, who shall neglect to perform such duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 43 - Any person who shall send, remove or entice to remove, or bring, or cause to be sent, removed or brought, any poor or indigent person, from any city, town or county, to any other city, town or county, without legal authority, and there leave such person for the purpose of avoiding the charge of such poor or indigent person upon the city, town or county from which he is so sent, removed or brought or enticed to remove, shall forfeit fifty dollars, to be recovered by and in the name of the town, city...

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