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William Oldnall Russell. CHAPTER THE TWENTY - FIRST . OF LARCENY AND
EMBEZZLEMENT BY PERSONS IN THE POSTOFFICE ; OF STEALING
LETTERS ; AND OF SECRETING BAGS OR MAILS OF LETTERS . The statutes
relating to ...
William Oldnall Russell. CHAPTER THE TWENTY - FIRST . OF LARCENY AND
EMBEZZLEMENT BY PERSONS IN THE POSTOFFICE ; OF STEALING
LETTERS ; AND OF SECRETING BAGS OR MAILS OF LETTERS . The statutes
relating to ...
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relating to the said office , shall secrete , embezzle , or destroy any letter , & c .
containing “ any letter or packet , or bag or mail of letters with which he or any
bank66 she shall have been entrusted in consequence of such employ - note ,
bill ...
relating to the said office , shall secrete , embezzle , or destroy any letter , & c .
containing “ any letter or packet , or bag or mail of letters with which he or any
bank66 she shall have been entrusted in consequence of such employ - note ,
bill ...
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such estate , to the value of ten pounds or upwards , or any “ books of account ,
papers or writings relating thereto , with intent “ to defraud his creditors , every
such bankrupt shall be deemed Punishment . “ guilty of felony , and be liable to
be ...
such estate , to the value of ten pounds or upwards , or any “ books of account ,
papers or writings relating thereto , with intent “ to defraud his creditors , every
such bankrupt shall be deemed Punishment . “ guilty of felony , and be liable to
be ...
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In a case upon a statute relating to the same subject , 4 Geo . 1 . As to the aver97
it va c . 11 . , now repealed by 7 & 8 Geo . 4 . c . 27 . , it was considered
considered ment that the offender “ had proper to aver , that the defendant had
not ...
In a case upon a statute relating to the same subject , 4 Geo . 1 . As to the aver97
it va c . 11 . , now repealed by 7 & 8 Geo . 4 . c . 27 . , it was considered
considered ment that the offender “ had proper to aver , that the defendant had
not ...
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those frauds , convicting of that it rarely dinte tak THE several statutes relating to
the offences mentioned in the title to this Chapter will be set forth , in the first
instance , in the order in which they were passed ; and the few decided cases
which ...
those frauds , convicting of that it rarely dinte tak THE several statutes relating to
the offences mentioned in the title to this Chapter will be set forth , in the first
instance , in the order in which they were passed ; and the few decided cases
which ...
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Page 143 - Act, in respect of any Act done by him, if he shall at any Time previously to his being indicted for such Offence have disclosed such Act, on Oath, in consequence of any compulsory Process of any Court of Law or 'Equity in any Action, Suit, or Proceeding which shall have been bond-fide instituted by any Party aggrieved, or if he shall have disclosed the same in any Examination or Deposition before any Commissioners of Bankruptcy,
Page 500 - ... either be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six...
Page 173 - Officer upon an insufficient Suggestion, nor for any Misnomer or Misdescription of the Officer returning such Process, or of any . of the Jurors, nor because any Person has served upon the Jury who has not been returned...
Page 444 - That if any person or persons shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit; or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited ; or willingly aid or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting any bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defrauding the United States...
Page 220 - E respectively, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years, nor less than seven years, or to suffer such other punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award...
Page 681 - The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted, is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth...
Page 312 - ... fide taken or received by transfer or delivery, by some person or body corporate, for a just and valuable consideration, without any notice, or without any reasonable cause to suspect that the same had by any felony or misdemeanor been stolen, taken, obtained, extorted, embezzled, converted, or disposed of, in such case the court shall not award or order the restitution of such security...
Page 514 - That if any Person shall wilfully or maliciously commit any Damage, Injury, or Spoil to or upon any Real or Personal Property whatsoever...
Page 714 - ... both with respect to the liability of witnesses to be indicted for perjury, and otherwise, as if no such variance had appeared...
Page 142 - Offence, it shall be sufficient to allege the Thing stolen to be Evidence of the Title, or of Part of the Title, of the Person or of some one of the Persons having a present Interest, whether legal or equitable, in the Real Estate to which the same relates, and to mention such Real Estate, or some Part thereof; and it shall not be necessary to allege the Thing stolen to be of any Value.
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| Title | A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 2 A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Sir William Oldnall Russell |
| Author | William Oldnall Russell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Butterworth, 1828 |
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