Cases in Crown Law: Determined by the Twelve Judges, by the Court of King's Bench, and by Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, from the Fourth Year of George the Second 1735 to the Fifty-fifth Year of George the Third, 1815, Volume 2Thomas Leach |
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Page 545
... PRESENT TIME . 1791 . THE KING against ROBERT GODDARD AND SARAH FRASER . CASE CCXLV . AT the Old Bailey in April Session 1791 , Robert Goddard and Sarah the wife of Robert Fraser were tried before MR . BARON HOTHAM on the statute of 3 ...
... PRESENT TIME . 1791 . THE KING against ROBERT GODDARD AND SARAH FRASER . CASE CCXLV . AT the Old Bailey in April Session 1791 , Robert Goddard and Sarah the wife of Robert Fraser were tried before MR . BARON HOTHAM on the statute of 3 ...
Page 547
... present MR . JUSTICE WILSON , and MR . SERJEANT ROSE , Recorder of London . cute by his name of dig- nity ; but must be described by his proper THE indictment was as follows : - " MIDDLESEX . The Jurors , & c . upon their oaths present ...
... present MR . JUSTICE WILSON , and MR . SERJEANT ROSE , Recorder of London . cute by his name of dig- nity ; but must be described by his proper THE indictment was as follows : - " MIDDLESEX . The Jurors , & c . upon their oaths present ...
Page 548
... present case the prosecutor did not hold the title of Earl of Clanbrassil by courtesy , but by law ; and in decla- rations in civil suits it was the constant practice to describe the person by his name of dignity . The indictment there ...
... present case the prosecutor did not hold the title of Earl of Clanbrassil by courtesy , but by law ; and in decla- rations in civil suits it was the constant practice to describe the person by his name of dignity . The indictment there ...
Page 552
... present case , that the 26 Geo . II . c . 6. s . 5. relates entirely to the captain , seamen , and passengers on board such ship or vessel , and does not reach the case of the present defendant , who is not to be considered in either of ...
... present case , that the 26 Geo . II . c . 6. s . 5. relates entirely to the captain , seamen , and passengers on board such ship or vessel , and does not reach the case of the present defendant , who is not to be considered in either of ...
Page 553
... present case , the confession thus irregularly returned could not be read in evidence against the prisoner ; and he cited Gilbert's Law of Evidence , 137. where it is said , that " the examination and confession , subscribed by an ...
... present case , the confession thus irregularly returned could not be read in evidence against the prisoner ; and he cited Gilbert's Law of Evidence , 137. where it is said , that " the examination and confession , subscribed by an ...
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accessary aforesaid afterwards annuities appeared Assizes averment Bank of England Bank-note bankers BARON benefit of clergy bill of exchange burglary chattels circumstances clerk committed common law contended convicted Court Crown custody delivered draft dwelling-house East's embezzle enacts Exchequer Bills felony forged note forgery found the prisoner fraudulently indictment indorsement instrument intent to defraud intitled James John John Spicer Jury found JUSTICE KING Lara larceny Legislature letter lodging London Lord master ment objection offence officer Old Bailey opinion owner paid paper parish payment of money person or persons possession Post-Office pounds present prisoner guilty prisoner's promissory note prosecutor proved purporting purpose receipt for money received robbery S. C. 2 East Sarah Hudson second count servant Session shew shillings signed soner stamp statute stealing stolen taken therein Thomas tion transfer tried TWELVE JUDGES William words
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Page 779 - 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...
Page 717 - ... inconsistent with reason, as it is repugnant to the rules of law, to say that they are so far the same that an acquittal of the one shall be a bar to a prosecution for the other.
Page 930 - Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 47, which enacts, that " if any clerk or servant, or any person employed for the purpose or in the capacity of a clerk or servant, shall, by virtue of such employment, receive or take into his possession any chattel, money, or valuable security for or in the name or on the account of his master...
Page 847 - ... every such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his master, although such chattel, money, or security was not received into the possession of such master otherwise than by the actual possession of his clerk, servant, or other person so employed...
Page 706 - No policy shall be pleaded or given in evidence in any court, or admitted in any court to be good or available in law or in equity, unless duly stamped...
Page 571 - I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead,(/) for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my lord Coke's PC cap.
Page 556 - Delivery to be holden within the County City or Town Corporate where the trial thereof shall be, then and there to give Evidence against the party so indicted at the time of his trial; and shall certify as well the same evidence as such bond...
Page 1087 - Russell, vol. 2, p. 2, says, the true meaning of larceny is, "the felonious taking the property of another without his consent and against his will, with intent to convert it to the use of the taker.
Page 567 - Gay, then and there being found, then and there feloniously did steal, take, and carry away. against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the people of the State of New York and their dignity.
Page 1095 - ... may be in the form or to the effect set forth in the schedule hereto...