A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 2Joseph Butterworth and son, 1828 - Criminal law |
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Page 122
... exchange for notes and silver , not at an advanced price , but at its legal currency . The prisoner stated , that if it would be any accommodation to the prosecutor , and the prosecutor would do him the same kindness on a future ...
... exchange for notes and silver , not at an advanced price , but at its legal currency . The prisoner stated , that if it would be any accommodation to the prosecutor , and the prosecutor would do him the same kindness on a future ...
Page 144
... exchange , navy bills or debentures , goldsmiths ' notes for payment of money , or other bonds or war- rants , bills , or promissory notes for the payment of any money , being the property of any other person or persons , or of any cor ...
... exchange , navy bills or debentures , goldsmiths ' notes for payment of money , or other bonds or war- rants , bills , or promissory notes for the payment of any money , being the property of any other person or persons , or of any cor ...
Page 145
... exchange , it appeared that when the bill was stolen from the prosecutor , at Manchester , two names only were indorsed upon it ; but that when it was negociated by one of the prisoners , at Leicester , a third name was added to the two ...
... exchange , it appeared that when the bill was stolen from the prosecutor , at Manchester , two names only were indorsed upon it ; but that when it was negociated by one of the prisoners , at Leicester , a third name was added to the two ...
Page 149
... exchange , " and in others as " a warrant for the payment of money . It was argued , on behalf of the prisoner , that these counts were bad ; on the ground that the statute 2 Geo . 2. c . 25. , ( now repealed as before mentioned ) ...
... exchange , " and in others as " a warrant for the payment of money . It was argued , on behalf of the prisoner , that these counts were bad ; on the ground that the statute 2 Geo . 2. c . 25. , ( now repealed as before mentioned ) ...
Page 197
... exchange of the value of 100 % . the property of the prosecutor . It appeared in evi- dence , that he was foreman and book - keeper to the prosecutor , who was a mercer at Devizes , at a yearly salary , and paid and re- ceived money for ...
... exchange of the value of 100 % . the property of the prosecutor . It appeared in evi- dence , that he was foreman and book - keeper to the prosecutor , who was a mercer at Devizes , at a yearly salary , and paid and re- ceived money for ...
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acquitted aforesaid afterwards appeared averment bank note Bank of England Bayley benefit of clergy bill of exchange breaking and entering burglary Campb cause or procure certificate committed common law conspiracy convicted thereof court defendant delivered dence dictment dwelling-house East embezzled enacts evidence fact false forged or counterfeited forgery fraud fraudulently guilty of felony Hale Hawk holden Ibid imprisonment indorsement instrument intent to defraud Judges held judgment jury justice knowingly laid larceny Leach learned Judge letter liable Lord Ellenborough matter ment misdemeanor oath objection obtained offence officer opinion owner paper party perjury person or persons person so offending Phil possession prisoner prisoner's promissory note proof prosecution prosecutor proved punishment purporting purpose question receipt received repealed robbery Russ servant shew shillings soner stamp Stark statute stolen sufficient taken taking tion trial twelve Judges uttering voire dire wilfully witness words
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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.