A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 2Saunders and Benning, 1843 - Criminal law |
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... appeared that the prosecutor's flock of sheep had strayed through a gap into a road , and had all been recovered except the ewe and lamb mentioned in the indictment , which were afterwards seen grazing in a green lane , along which the ...
... appeared that the prosecutor's flock of sheep had strayed through a gap into a road , and had all been recovered except the ewe and lamb mentioned in the indictment , which were afterwards seen grazing in a green lane , along which the ...
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... appeared that it had been opened , and three yards taken off from the piece of calico . The prisoner in his defence acknowledged that he had driven the prosecutrix from her house to the linendraper's and back again ; but he denied that ...
... appeared that it had been opened , and three yards taken off from the piece of calico . The prisoner in his defence acknowledged that he had driven the prosecutrix from her house to the linendraper's and back again ; but he denied that ...
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... appeared that Donally , at the insti- gation of Vaughan , who was in the employment of the Police office at Bow - street , had concerted , with three other men , to rob the house of Mr. Poole , and that it was agreed that Vaughan and ...
... appeared that Donally , at the insti- gation of Vaughan , who was in the employment of the Police office at Bow - street , had concerted , with three other men , to rob the house of Mr. Poole , and that it was agreed that Vaughan and ...
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... appeared also that , for some time before he absconded , the prisoner had been labouring under great pecuniary embarrassments , and had meditated an emi- gration to America ; and that about the 29th of November he had applied to an ...
... appeared also that , for some time before he absconded , the prisoner had been labouring under great pecuniary embarrassments , and had meditated an emi- gration to America ; and that about the 29th of November he had applied to an ...
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... appeared that the prisoner was employed occasionally as clerk to the prosecu- tors , and came two or three times a - week to keep their books , for which they paid him ; when not with them he endeavoured to do business for himself ; one ...
... appeared that the prisoner was employed occasionally as clerk to the prosecu- tors , and came two or three times a - week to keep their books , for which they paid him ; when not with them he endeavoured to do business for himself ; one ...
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Page 239 - Perjury, it shall be sufficient to set forth the Substance of the Offence charged upon the Defendant, and by what Court, or before whom the Oath...
Page 485 - That if any person shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any...
Page 75 - ... 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 the term of seven years, or to suffer such other punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the court shall award...
Page 226 - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...
Page 549 - And be it enacted, that in the case of every felony punishable under this Act, every principal in the second degree, and every accessory before the fact, shall be punishable with death or otherwise, in the same manner as the principal in the first degree is by this Act punishable...
Page 116 - Name, nor for omitting to state the Time at which the Offence was committed in any Case where Time is not of the Essence of the Offence, nor for stating the Time imperfectly, nor for stating the Offence to have been committed on a Day subsequent to the finding of the Indictment, or on an impossible Day, or on a Day that never happened...
Page 585 - ... and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to any of the punishments which the court may award, as hereinbefore last mentioned.
Page 117 - 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 as a Juror by the Sheriff or other Officer ; and...
Page 317 - ... 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 697 - In prosecutions for conspiracies, it is an established rule, that where several persons are proved to have combined together for the same illegal purpose, any act done by one of the party in pursuance of...