A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 1 |
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... stealing was not in or upon the coach , ' the case was not within the statute , and the felony having been committed in West- moreland , the indictment ought to be preferred in that county . ( t ) Larceny on a journey by railway . On an ...
... stealing was not in or upon the coach , ' the case was not within the statute , and the felony having been committed in West- moreland , the indictment ought to be preferred in that county . ( t ) Larceny on a journey by railway . On an ...
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... Stealing at sea and bringing on shore . Formerly the question , whether the fact was committed on the sea or within the body of a county , was of importance ; for if it turned out that the goods were taken anywhere within the body of a ...
... Stealing at sea and bringing on shore . Formerly the question , whether the fact was committed on the sea or within the body of a county , was of importance ; for if it turned out that the goods were taken anywhere within the body of a ...
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... stealing three chests of tea out of the Aurora , ' of London , on the high seas , and it was proved that the larceny was committed while the vessel lay off Wampa , in a river , twenty or thirty miles from the sea , but there was no ...
... stealing three chests of tea out of the Aurora , ' of London , on the high seas , and it was proved that the larceny was committed while the vessel lay off Wampa , in a river , twenty or thirty miles from the sea , but there was no ...
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... stealing , embezzling , destroying , or concealing , or for obtaining by false pretences , any instrument , it shall be suf- ficient to describe such instrument by any name or designation by which the same may be usually known , or by ...
... stealing , embezzling , destroying , or concealing , or for obtaining by false pretences , any instrument , it shall be suf- ficient to describe such instrument by any name or designation by which the same may be usually known , or by ...
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... stealing brass , the property of the inhabitants of the county of Gloucester , it appeared that some alterations had been made in the ball and concert room which formed part of the Shire Hall , and a brass chandelier , which hung from ...
... stealing brass , the property of the inhabitants of the county of Gloucester , it appeared that some alterations had been made in the ball and concert room which formed part of the Shire Hall , and a brass chandelier , which hung from ...
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Page 547 - Uses violence to or intimidates such person, or his wife or children, or injures his property ; or (2) Persistently follows such other person about from place to place ; or (3) Hides any tools, clothes, or other property owned or used by such other person, or deprives him of or hinders him in the use thereof ; or (4) Watches or besets the house or other place where such person resides, or works, or carries on business, or happens to be...
Page 253 - Equips any ship with intent or knowledge, or having reasonable cause to believe that the same shall or will be employed in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any friendly state...
Page 445 - Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, make any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election : 4.
Page 125 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 87 - ... 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 15 - The territorial waters of Her Majesty's dominions, in reference to the sea, means such part of the sea adjacent to the coast of the United Kingdom, or the coast of some other part of Her Majesty's dominions...
Page 445 - ... to procure, any money or valuable consideration, to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce any voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of such voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : 2.
Page 445 - Every voter who, before or during any election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person in his behalf, receives, agrees, or contracts for any money, gift, loan, or valuable consideration, office, place, or employment for himself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any election.
Page 126 - In answer thereto, we state to your lordships, that we think the medical man, under the circumstances supposed, cannot in strictness be asked his opinion in the terms above stated, because each of those questions involves the determination of the truth of the facts deposed to, which it is for the jury to decide ; and the questions are not mere questions upon a matter of science, in which case such evidence is admissible. But, where the facts are admitted, or not disputed, and the question becomes...
Page 545 - ... had been commenced in their names for the benefit of or to be reimbursed from the funds of such...