Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration [1824-44]: 1824 to 1837 |
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Ann Gibbins , the prosecutrix , applied to the defendant to be cured of fits , when the defendant told her she must strip naked . Upon the prosecutrix refusing to do this , the defendant told her that she must or else he could not do ...
Ann Gibbins , the prosecutrix , applied to the defendant to be cured of fits , when the defendant told her she must strip naked . Upon the prosecutrix refusing to do this , the defendant told her that she must or else he could not do ...
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The prosecutrix then began to untie her dress , and the defendant stripped off all her clothes ; she told him at the time she did not like to be stripped in that manner , but said nothing more . When she was stripped , the defendant ...
The prosecutrix then began to untie her dress , and the defendant stripped off all her clothes ; she told him at the time she did not like to be stripped in that manner , but said nothing more . When she was stripped , the defendant ...
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The officer ordered the prisoner to Bridewell of his own authority , between four and five o'clock ; and between five and six o'clock he told the prisoner , that in consequence of the falsehoods the prisoner had told , and the REX d .
The officer ordered the prisoner to Bridewell of his own authority , between four and five o'clock ; and between five and six o'clock he told the prisoner , that in consequence of the falsehoods the prisoner had told , and the REX d .
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quence of the falsehoods the prisoner had told , and the prevarications he had made , there was no doubt but he had set the premises on fire ; and he therefore asked him if any person had been concerned with him , or induced him to do ...
quence of the falsehoods the prisoner had told , and the prevarications he had made , there was no doubt but he had set the premises on fire ; and he therefore asked him if any person had been concerned with him , or induced him to do ...
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The learned Judge told 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 ...
The learned Judge told 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 ...
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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...
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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.