Medical jurisprudence

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Blanchard & Lea, 1856 - Medical jurisprudence - 697 pages
 

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Page 334 - ... being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding three years...
Page 344 - Person so offending 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 the Term of his or her natural Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without hard Labour, as the Court shall direct.
Page 147 - That whosoever shall administer to or cause to be taken. by any person any poison or other destructive thing, or shall stab, cut, or wound any person, or shall by any means whatsoever cause to any person any bodily injury dangerous to life, with intent in any of the cases aforesaid to commit murder, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall suffer death.
Page 550 - AB is a lunatic [or an idiot, or a person of unsound mind], and a proper person to be taken charge of and detained under care and treatment, and that I have formed this opinion upon the following grounds, viz. : — 1. Facts indicating insanity observed by myself [here state the facts']. 2. Other facts (if any) indicating insanity, communicated to me by others [here state the information, and from whom\ (Signed) Name.
Page 388 - I have always considered likeness as an argument of a child's being the son of a parent, and the rather as the distinction between individuals in the human species is more discernible than in other animals. A man may survey ten thousand people before he sees two faces perfectly alike, and in an army of a hundred thousand men every one may be known from another. If there should be a likeness of...
Page 264 - On the Uncertainty of the Signs of Murder in the case of Bastard Children,
Page 550 - В., the person named in the accompanying statement or order, and that the said AB is a lunatic [or an idiot, or a person of unsound mind], and a proper person to be taken charge of and detained under care and treatment, and that I have formed this opinion upon the following grounds, viz.
Page 181 - ... with force and arms/ or of the occupation or place of residence of the accused, nor by reason of the disqualification of any grand juror or grand jurors; and in any indictment for murder or manslaughter it shall not be necessary to set forth the manner in which or the means by which the death of the deceased was caused, but it shall be sufficient in every indictment for murder to charge that the defendant did feloniously, wilfully and of his malice aforethought kill and murder the deceased...
Page 307 - ... preceding section ; and if on the trial the jury shall acquit her of the charge of murder, and find her guilty of the other offence, judgment and sentence may be awarded against her for the same.
Page 147 - ... attempt to discharge any kind of loaded arms at any person, or shall attempt to drown, suffocate or strangle any person with intent in any of the cases aforesaid to commit murder, shall, whether any bodily injury be effected or not, be guilty of felony...

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