Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration [1824-44]: 1824 to 1837 |
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It is no objection to state that it was let by the owner's wife , for the statement may be either according to the fact , or the legal operation . Semb . That a mistake as to the person by whom let may be rejected as surplusage .
It is no objection to state that it was let by the owner's wife , for the statement may be either according to the fact , or the legal operation . Semb . That a mistake as to the person by whom let may be rejected as surplusage .
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The learned Judge overruled the objection , but in submitting to the Judges the question as to the extent of the punishment , this point was also stated . The Judges met twice to consider the case , and in Easter term , 1824 , the ...
The learned Judge overruled the objection , but in submitting to the Judges the question as to the extent of the punishment , this point was also stated . The Judges met twice to consider the case , and in Easter term , 1824 , the ...
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The learned Judge thought the objection well founded , and would have directed an acquittal , but the gentleman who prepared the indictment so strenuously pressed the correctness of it , particularly referring to the 34th clause above ...
The learned Judge thought the objection well founded , and would have directed an acquittal , but the gentleman who prepared the indictment so strenuously pressed the correctness of it , particularly referring to the 34th clause above ...
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The learned Judge was inclined to allow the objection , but it being stated that indictments at the Old Bailey had been usually framed in a similar manner in similar cases , he respited the judgment until the opinion of the Judges could ...
The learned Judge was inclined to allow the objection , but it being stated that indictments at the Old Bailey had been usually framed in a similar manner in similar cases , he respited the judgment until the opinion of the Judges could ...
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... an assignment including the house , if the assignee has not taken possession ; at least no objection can be made if in other counts it is stated as the house of the assignee , and in others of the lodger whose room was set fire to .
... an assignment including the house , if the assignee has not taken possession ; at least no objection can be made if in other counts it is stated as the house of the assignee , and in others of the lodger whose room was set fire to .
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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 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...
Page 441 - 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 389 - ... 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 480 - 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.