Procedure and Evidence Relating to Indictable Offences, and Certain Rules and Maxims of the Criminal Law |
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... necessary implication . When a statute makes an offence a felony , all the ordinary consequences attending a felony follow . Misdemeanors comprehend all indictable offences which What are do not amount to a felony . In general wherever ...
... necessary implication . When a statute makes an offence a felony , all the ordinary consequences attending a felony follow . Misdemeanors comprehend all indictable offences which What are do not amount to a felony . In general wherever ...
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... necessary to prove that an act was done with a particular intention , ignorance of the law on a particular point may be an important fact to be proved for the defence for the pur- pose of negativing such intention . With regard to ...
... necessary to prove that an act was done with a particular intention , ignorance of the law on a particular point may be an important fact to be proved for the defence for the pur- pose of negativing such intention . With regard to ...
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... necessary for a receiver to have had notice , either express or implied , of the felony having been committed , in order to make him an accessory by receiving the felon ( 2 Hawk . P. C. c . 29 , s . 32 ) ; and the felony must be ...
... necessary for a receiver to have had notice , either express or implied , of the felony having been committed , in order to make him an accessory by receiving the felon ( 2 Hawk . P. C. c . 29 , s . 32 ) ; and the felony must be ...
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... necessary to secure the due prosecu- tion of an offender , and shall also fix the areas or districts for which the assistants of such director shall respectively be appointed and act . Sect . 5. Where the Director of Public Prosecutions ...
... necessary to secure the due prosecu- tion of an offender , and shall also fix the areas or districts for which the assistants of such director shall respectively be appointed and act . Sect . 5. Where the Director of Public Prosecutions ...
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... necessary to bind over any person to prosecute or conduct such proceeding , and if any person is so bound over , or has given security for costs , he shall , upon the Director of Public Prosecutions undertaking the case , be ( a ) See ...
... necessary to bind over any person to prosecute or conduct such proceeding , and if any person is so bound over , or has given security for costs , he shall , upon the Director of Public Prosecutions undertaking the case , be ( a ) See ...
Common terms and phrases
25 Vict accessory accused acquitted admissible aforesaid alleged appear apply arrest assizes bail benefit of clergy Central Criminal Court certificate certiorari CHAP clerk constable conviction coroner counsel county or place Court of Justice court of summary Cox C. C. Crimes crown custody declaration defendant depositions Director of Public England examined execution fact felony gaol give evidence given grand jury guilty H. M.'s dominions Hale hard labour High Court imprisonment indictable offence issue judge judgment jurors justice or justices lady the Queen larceny magistrate Majesty's Majesty's Treasury manslaughter ment misdemeanor murder nolle prosequi notice oath offence committed officer oyer and terminer pardon party peace penal servitude pleaded prisoner proceeding proof prosecutor proved Public Prosecutions punishment quarter sessions Queen's Bench Division question reasonable recognizance Russ sect sentence solicitor statement statute stolen summary jurisdiction sworn taken thereof tion trial tried verdict warrant witness writ
Popular passages
Page 6 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 277 - ... shall be understood to include several matters as well as one matter, and several persons as well as one person, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction...
Page 232 - ... but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing, his attention must, before such contradictory proof can be given, be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him...
Page 231 - ... purporting to be signed by the clerk of the court or other officer having the custody of the records of the court where the offender was...
Page 262 - The territorial waters of Her Majesty's dominions,' in reference to the sea, means such part of the sea adjacent to the coast of the United Kingdom, or the coast of some other part of Her Majesty's dominions...
Page 122 - ... defectively or imperfectly stated or omitted, and without which it is not to be presumed that either the judge would direct the jury to give or the jury would have given the verdict, such defect, imperfection, or omission is cured by the verdict...
Page 279 - Whosoever, being a bailee of any chattel, money or valuable security, shall fraudulently take or convert the same to his own use or the use of any person, other than the owner thereof, although he shall not break bulk or otherwise determine the bailment, shall be guilty of larceny...
Page 240 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer...
Page 258 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 331 - These are therefore to command you the said constable of to take the said AB, and him safely to convey to the [House of Correction] at aforesaid, and there deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this precept : And I do hereby command you, the said keeper of the said [House...