Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration [1824-44]: 1824 to 1837T. & J.W. Johnson, 1839 - Criminal law |
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... JOHN BAYLEY , has been con- tinued ; and up to the lamented retirement of that venerable Judge , the marginal abstracts and grounds of the decisions have been , for the most part , obtained from that source . Most important aid has also ...
... JOHN BAYLEY , has been con- tinued ; and up to the lamented retirement of that venerable Judge , the marginal abstracts and grounds of the decisions have been , for the most part , obtained from that source . Most important aid has also ...
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... JOHN HEALEY . Indictment on 3 & 4 W. & M. c . 9 , s . 5. Semb . It is not necessary to state by whom the lodging was let . It is no objection to state that it was let by the owner's wife , for the statement may be either according to ...
... JOHN HEALEY . Indictment on 3 & 4 W. & M. c . 9 , s . 5. Semb . It is not necessary to state by whom the lodging was let . It is no objection to state that it was let by the owner's wife , for the statement may be either according to ...
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... John Powell , then being in a lodging room in his dwelling house , let by contract by Elizabeth his wife " to the pri- soner , to be used by him with the said lodging , against the statute , & c . The stealing and the letting of the ...
... John Powell , then being in a lodging room in his dwelling house , let by contract by Elizabeth his wife " to the pri- soner , to be used by him with the said lodging , against the statute , & c . The stealing and the letting of the ...
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... John Platt , and Charles Taylor , with certain stones of no value , which they the said Joseph Dale , John Platt , and Charles Taylor in their right hands then and there had and held , in and upon the back part of the head of him the ...
... John Platt , and Charles Taylor , with certain stones of no value , which they the said Joseph Dale , John Platt , and Charles Taylor in their right hands then and there had and held , in and upon the back part of the head of him the ...
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... John Platt , and Charles Taylor , him the said William Wood in the manner and by the means aforesaid , feloniously , wilfully , and of their malice aforethought , did kill and murder , against the peace , & c . On this indictment Joseph ...
... John Platt , and Charles Taylor , him the said William Wood in the manner and by the means aforesaid , feloniously , wilfully , and of their malice aforethought , did kill and murder , against the peace , & c . On this indictment Joseph ...
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accessary acquitted aforesaid afterwards appeared apprehended arrest bank Baron benefit of clergy clerk committed confession considered constable counsel count charged counterfeit Court death deed delivered dwelling-house Easter Term Edward Young embezzlement evidence felony forged forgery found the prisoner George Hood grievous bodily harm Hilary Term indictment instrument intent to defraud John jury found Justice GASELEE Justice LITTLEDALE Kirkwood larceny learned Judge respited learned Judge thought letter of attorney Lord DENMAN Lord LYNDHURST Lord TENTERDEN magistrate maliciously ment Michaelmas Term murder objection offence Old Bailey owner parish PARK person Polish language possession prisoner guilty prisoner was tried prisoner's prosecutor proved punishment question received respited the judgment Russ second count sentence servant set fire sheep soner Spring Assizes statute stealing stolen Summer Assizes taken Thomas tion told trial tried and convicted unanimously of opinion unlawfully uttering wife William witness wound
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Page 155 - ... 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 the term of seven years, or to suffer such other punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the court shall award...
Page 247 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall steal any horse, mare, gelding, colt, or filly, or any bull, cow, ox, heifer, or calf, or any ram, ewe, sheep, or lamb, or shall wilfully kill any of such cattle with intent to steal the carcase, or skin, or any part of the cattle so killed, every such offender shall be guilty of felony...
Page 343 - 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 443 - That whosoever shall administer to or cause to be taken by any person any poison or other destructive thing...
Page 259 - Employer otherwise than by the actual Possession of his Clerk, Servant, or other Person so employed...
Page 391 - ... every person playing or betting in any street, road, highway, or other open and public place, at or with any table or instrument of gaming, at any game or pretended game of chance...
Page 482 - That if any Woman shall be delivered of a Child, and shall, by secret burying or otherwise disposing of the dead Body of the said Child, endeavour to conceal the Birth thereof...
Page 52 - 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 176 - Navigation, such Felony or Misdemeanor may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined and punished...
Page 194 - And indeed, even in cases of felony at the common law, they are the weakest and most suspicious of all testimony : ever liable to be obtained by artifice, false hopes, promises of favor, or menaces ; seldom remembered accurately, or reported with due precision ; and incapable in their nature of being disproved by other negative evidence.