Roscoe's Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases, Volume 1T. & J. W. Johnson & Company, 1888 - Evidence, Criminal |
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... ground of the rule is a suspicion of fraud . " But before the rule is applied , the nature of the case must be considered , to make a right application of it ; and if it shall be seen that the fact to be proved is an act of the ...
... ground of the rule is a suspicion of fraud . " But before the rule is applied , the nature of the case must be considered , to make a right application of it ; and if it shall be seen that the fact to be proved is an act of the ...
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... ground to set aside the verdict . Rogers v . People , 98 Ill . 581. To sustain an alibi the evidence therefor must reasonably exclude the possibility of presence . Johnson v . State , 59 Ga . 142 ; State v . Fenlason , 78 Me . 495. To ...
... ground to set aside the verdict . Rogers v . People , 98 Ill . 581. To sustain an alibi the evidence therefor must reasonably exclude the possibility of presence . Johnson v . State , 59 Ga . 142 ; State v . Fenlason , 78 Me . 495. To ...
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... ground for a reversal in such a case that evi- dence to explain the flight was excluded . State v . Milton , 37 La . An . 77 . of flight is always admissible . People v . Ogle , 4 N. Y. Crim . Rep . 349. ] tending to show a defendant's ...
... ground for a reversal in such a case that evi- dence to explain the flight was excluded . State v . Milton , 37 La . An . 77 . of flight is always admissible . People v . Ogle , 4 N. Y. Crim . Rep . 349. ] tending to show a defendant's ...
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... ground , and said , " I hope you will not be hard with me . " Upon the case of R. v . Dredge being cited , Maule , J. , pointed out the dis- tinction that in this case the prisoner had , in fact , admitted that the pepper had not been ...
... ground , and said , " I hope you will not be hard with me . " Upon the case of R. v . Dredge being cited , Maule , J. , pointed out the dis- tinction that in this case the prisoner had , in fact , admitted that the pepper had not been ...
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... ground , as stated by Pollock , C. B. , that there was some evi- dence for the jury upon which the prisoner might be convicted . " If a horse be stolen from A. , " says Lord Hale , " and the same day B. be found upon him , it is a ...
... ground , as stated by Pollock , C. B. , that there was some evi- dence for the jury upon which the prisoner might be convicted . " If a horse be stolen from A. , " says Lord Hale , " and the same day B. be found upon him , it is a ...
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Page 358 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall unlawfully take, or cause to be taken, any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 226 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer...
Page 448 - ... to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person in order to induce any voter to vote or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid on account of such voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : • 8.8.R.
Page 559 - ... near a house or place where a person resides or works or carries on business or happens to be, if they so attend merely for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating information, or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working'.
Page 225 - Act, 1851 («), s. 14 of which enacts that " whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no statute exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof, or extract therefrom, shall be admissible in evidence in any court of justice...
Page 226 - ... purporting to be signed by the clerk of the court, or other officer having the custody of the records of the court where the offender was...
Page 225 - ... provided it be proved to be an examined copy or extract, or provided it purport to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original is entrusted...
Page 256 - Act passed or to be passed, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned in the common gaol or house of correction for any term not .exceeding two years...
Page 448 - Consideration, to or for any Voter, or to or for any Person on Behalf of any Voter, or to or for any other Person in order to induce any Voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such Act as aforesaid, on account of such Voter having voted or refrained from voting at any Election : 2.
Page 193 - ... without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing, his attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him : provided always, that it shall be competent for the Judge, at any time during the trial, to require the production of the writing for his inspection, and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purposes of the trial...