Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration [1824-44]: 1824 to 1837T. & J.W. Johnson, 1839 - Criminal law |
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... indictment , but all of them described the prosecutors in the same lan- guage , nor did any count state from whom the moneys were received for the use of the prosecutors . Curwood for the prisoner objected that the indictment was ...
... indictment , but all of them described the prosecutors in the same lan- guage , nor did any count state from whom the moneys were received for the use of the prosecutors . Curwood for the prisoner objected that the indictment was ...
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... indictment so strenuously pressed the correctness of it , particularly referring to the 34th clause above quoted , and the act of Parliament being a very confused one , he thought it better to save the point for the consideration of the ...
... indictment so strenuously pressed the correctness of it , particularly referring to the 34th clause above quoted , and the act of Parliament being a very confused one , he thought it better to save the point for the consideration of the ...
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... indictment stated to be , and whose house it is stated to be in the sixteenth count ; before and at the time of his taking the benefit of the Insolvent Act held the premises by lease from Thomas Preston to Michael Middleton ...
... indictment stated to be , and whose house it is stated to be in the sixteenth count ; before and at the time of his taking the benefit of the Insolvent Act held the premises by lease from Thomas Preston to Michael Middleton ...
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... Indictment on the 4 G. 4 , c . 54 , s . 3. Under this act such crimes only are to be deemed infamous , as subject a man to infamous punishment , or incapacitate him from being a witness . Sending a letter threatening to accuse the ...
... Indictment on the 4 G. 4 , c . 54 , s . 3. Under this act such crimes only are to be deemed infamous , as subject a man to infamous punishment , or incapacitate him from being a witness . Sending a letter threatening to accuse the ...
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... indictment for stealing in a dwelling - house , if it is not expressly stated where the dwelling - house is situated , it shall be taken to be situated at the place named in the indictment by way of venue . THE prisoner was tried and ...
... indictment for stealing in a dwelling - house , if it is not expressly stated where the dwelling - house is situated , it shall be taken to be situated at the place named in the indictment by way of venue . THE prisoner was tried and ...
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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.