Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration [1824-44]: 1824 to 1837 |
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... of the furnished lodging were proved as stated in the indictment , the letting being in fact by Elizabeth , after her marriage to John Powell , at which letting her husband was not present , but he afterwards agreed thereto .
... of the furnished lodging were proved as stated in the indictment , the letting being in fact by Elizabeth , after her marriage to John Powell , at which letting her husband was not present , but he afterwards agreed thereto .
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The house had been formerly occupied by one of the partners and afterwards by one of the servants , and then by the said William Mottran , their warehouseman , who had continued to reside there up to the time of the robbery , on the ...
The house had been formerly occupied by one of the partners and afterwards by one of the servants , and then by the said William Mottran , their warehouseman , who had continued to reside there up to the time of the robbery , on the ...
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... to be computed from the end of the said first six months ; and if the same person shall afterwards be convicted a second time of the like offence of uttering or tendering in payment any false or counterfeit money , knowing the same ...
... to be computed from the end of the said first six months ; and if the same person shall afterwards be convicted a second time of the like offence of uttering or tendering in payment any false or counterfeit money , knowing the same ...
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But the witness had never seen the boxes , and he could not say that the prisoner meant the boxes which were seized ; that the prisoner afterwards reclined his head on the table , and said to the witness , “ my head is under your arm .
But the witness had never seen the boxes , and he could not say that the prisoner meant the boxes which were seized ; that the prisoner afterwards reclined his head on the table , and said to the witness , “ my head is under your arm .
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The prisoner then ran away with the knife , and was afterwards secured . The surgeon described the wound , as being two inches and a half in length , and one quarter of an inch deep , and inflicted with a sharp instrument like the knife ...
The prisoner then ran away with the knife , and was afterwards secured . The surgeon described the wound , as being two inches and a half in length , and one quarter of an inch deep , and inflicted with a sharp instrument like the knife ...
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Page 341 - 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...
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