The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of the 24 & 25 Vict: With Notes and Observations |
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... murder or manslaughter , " amounts to an indictment , and by Lord Coke and the older law writers is frequently designated by that name , and a defendant is arraigned upon it in the same way as upon an indictment , and he may plead and ...
... murder or manslaughter , " amounts to an indictment , and by Lord Coke and the older law writers is frequently designated by that name , and a defendant is arraigned upon it in the same way as upon an indictment , and he may plead and ...
Page xli
... murder , the same punish- ments may well be awarded by the statute to all cases , it would seem better to have only one general clause ; and , had I been able to follow my own judgment , sec . 15 , in the Offences against the Person Act ...
... murder , the same punish- ments may well be awarded by the statute to all cases , it would seem better to have only one general clause ; and , had I been able to follow my own judgment , sec . 15 , in the Offences against the Person Act ...
Page xlii
... murder , and the lowest possible culpable homicide , are included , and the Court has a discretion as to the punishment , which ranges from penal servitude for life to the lowest possible fine . But where it seems advisable to specify ...
... murder , and the lowest possible culpable homicide , are included , and the Court has a discretion as to the punishment , which ranges from penal servitude for life to the lowest possible fine . But where it seems advisable to specify ...
Page xliv
... murder not otherwise provided for , and other amendments , would have been a very complete Act but for the alterations made by the Committee of the House of Commons ; however , it is much better than the former Acts ; and as it provides ...
... murder not otherwise provided for , and other amendments , would have been a very complete Act but for the alterations made by the Committee of the House of Commons ; however , it is much better than the former Acts ; and as it provides ...
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... murder a misdemeanor , though punishable by penal servitude for life , and actually did make it a misdemeanor punishable with ten years ' penal servitude , it is out of the question to suppose that any rational distinction between ...
... murder a misdemeanor , though punishable by penal servitude for life , and actually did make it a misdemeanor punishable with ten years ' penal servitude , it is out of the question to suppose that any rational distinction between ...
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15 Vict 9 Geo accessory aforesaid age of sixteen ante assault authority or excuse awarded Bank of England Bank of Ireland bill of exchange chattel clause is framed clause is taken common gaol convicted thereof county or place Court destroy discretion England and Ireland England or Ireland exceeding fourteen false or counterfeit forged or altered former enactments fraudulently gaol or house gold or silver governor and company guilty of felony hard labour imprisoned indictable offences intended to resemble intent to defraud justice larceny less than three liable Lord Malicious Injuries manner ment misdemeanor murder Note.-This clause peace penal servitude present clause prisoner prosecuted punishment relating repealed resembling or apparently Scotland set fire silver coin similar clause solitary confinement stolen summary offences term not exceeding term not less three years,—or tion unlawfully and maliciously utter valuable security warrant whatsoever whipping Whosoever shall unlawfully wilfully words in italics
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Page 211 - Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon ; and no Plaintiff shall recover in any such Action if Tender of sufficient Amends shall have been made before such Action brought, or if a sufficient Sum of Money shall have been paid into Court after such Action, by or on behalf of the Defendant...
Page 284 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 125 - ... any chattel or valuable security, or any power of attorney for the sale or transfer of any share or interest in any public stock or fund, whether of...
Page 85 - ... commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, according to the discretion of the justice, for any term not...
Page 48 - ... he shall be released from all further or other proceedings, civil or criminal, for the same cause (m).
Page 117 - ... chattel, money, or valuable security, which shall be delivered to or received or taken into possession by him for or in the name or on the account of his master or employer...
Page 44 - Court to sentence the offender to be imprisoned, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the common Gaol, or House of Correction...
Page 132 - Whosoever, being a director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company, shall make, circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular...
Page 183 - ... or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Page 89 - Offender shall be deemed guilty of Felony, of the same Nature, and in the same Degree, and punishable in the same Manner as if he had stolen any Chattel of like Value with the Share, Interest, or Deposit to which the Security so stolen may relate, or with the Money due on the Security so stolen or secured thereby and remaining unsatisfied, or with the Value of the Goods or other valuable Thing mentioned in...