Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration [1824-44]: 1824 to 1837T. & J.W. Johnson, 1839 - Criminal law |
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... jury found the prisoner guilty , but the learned Lord Chief Baron reserved the case for the consideration of the Judges on the following question . Whether asses were cattle within the Black Act ? In Hilary term , 1824 , eleven of the ...
... jury found the prisoner guilty , but the learned Lord Chief Baron reserved the case for the consideration of the Judges on the following question . Whether asses were cattle within the Black Act ? In Hilary term , 1824 , eleven of the ...
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... jury to say whether the prisoner really believed that the stripping her could assist him in enabling him to cure her . The jury were satisfied he had no such belief , and that it was wholly unnecessary ; but the learned Judge doubted ...
... jury to say whether the prisoner really believed that the stripping her could assist him in enabling him to cure her . The jury were satisfied he had no such belief , and that it was wholly unnecessary ; but the learned Judge doubted ...
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... jury said , “ we find that he was there with intent to commit a robbery , and that he cut and maimed the watchman with intent to disable him , till he could effect his own escape . " The Common Serjeant reserved the above case for the ...
... jury said , “ we find that he was there with intent to commit a robbery , and that he cut and maimed the watchman with intent to disable him , till he could effect his own escape . " The Common Serjeant reserved the above case for the ...
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... jury to acquit the pri- soner on these counts , and he was accordingly acquitted on such counts , and convicted on the two following counts . " And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid present that the said Thomas Hickman ...
... jury to acquit the pri- soner on these counts , and he was accordingly acquitted on such counts , and convicted on the two following counts . " And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid present that the said Thomas Hickman ...
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... jury that they could not convict the prisoner , unless they were satisfied that the letter imported that the prosecutor had endeavoured to prevail on the prisoner to permit him to commit with him the crime of sodomy , and that the ...
... jury that they could not convict the prisoner , unless they were satisfied that the letter imported that the prosecutor had endeavoured to prevail on the prisoner to permit him to commit with him the crime of sodomy , and that the ...
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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.