The Office and Duty of a Justice of the Peace, and a Guide to Sheriffs, Coroners, Clerks, Constables, and Other Civil Officers: According to the Laws of North Carolina. With an Appendix, Containing the Declaration of Rights and Constitution of this State, the Constitution of the United States, with the Amendments Thereto; and a Collection of the Most Approved Forms |
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... imprisonment , to arrest such an of- fender , and either detain him till it appear whether the party will live or die , or carry him before a justice of the peace , by whom he is either to be bailed or committed . A constable is not ...
... imprisonment , to arrest such an of- fender , and either detain him till it appear whether the party will live or die , or carry him before a justice of the peace , by whom he is either to be bailed or committed . A constable is not ...
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... imprisonment , the measure of which is to be regulated according to the cir- cumstances of the case , which very much vary the nature of this crime ; so as in some cases to make it an offence of a very heinous nature . One aggravation ...
... imprisonment , the measure of which is to be regulated according to the cir- cumstances of the case , which very much vary the nature of this crime ; so as in some cases to make it an offence of a very heinous nature . One aggravation ...
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... imprisonment . Bare words will not make an arrest without laying hold of the person . - 1 Salk . 79 . If a constable , after he has arrested the party by force of a warrant , suffer him to go at large , he cannot afterwards arrest him ...
... imprisonment . Bare words will not make an arrest without laying hold of the person . - 1 Salk . 79 . If a constable , after he has arrested the party by force of a warrant , suffer him to go at large , he cannot afterwards arrest him ...
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... more so a peace officer , that is present when any felony is committed , is bound by the law to arrest the felon , on pain of fine and imprisonment if he escapes through the negligence of the standers by ; and 22 ARREST .
... more so a peace officer , that is present when any felony is committed , is bound by the law to arrest the felon , on pain of fine and imprisonment if he escapes through the negligence of the standers by ; and 22 ARREST .
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... imprison- ed or bailed , the case may be , for trial before such court of the United States as shall have cognizance of the offence : but if the punishment be death , the justice has no authority to bail . Laws U. S. vol . 1 , p . 72 ...
... imprison- ed or bailed , the case may be , for trial before such court of the United States as shall have cognizance of the offence : but if the punishment be death , the justice has no authority to bail . Laws U. S. vol . 1 , p . 72 ...
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