Criminal Process: Or, A View of the Whole Proceedings Taken in Criminal Prosecutions, from Arrest to Judgment and Execution : Intended as an Introduction to the Study and Practice of Crown Law, Part 285 |
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... brought to justice . Though every man is entitled to prefer an accusation against any one suspected of crime , criminal prosecutions for the most part are instituted in the name of the Crown ; and persons entitled to prefer accusations ...
... brought to justice . Though every man is entitled to prefer an accusation against any one suspected of crime , criminal prosecutions for the most part are instituted in the name of the Crown ; and persons entitled to prefer accusations ...
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... brought before [ me ] by virtue of a warrant in that behalf , to testify as afore- said , hath been now examined by [ me ] touching the pre- mises , but being by [ me ] required to enter into a recog- nizance conditioned to give ...
... brought before [ me ] by virtue of a warrant in that behalf , to testify as afore- said , hath been now examined by [ me ] touching the pre- mises , but being by [ me ] required to enter into a recog- nizance conditioned to give ...
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... brought into court , they are called by their names to be sworn . The clerk of arraigns , desiring the witness to take the book in his right hand , then says to him , " The evidence you shall give between our sovereign lady the Queen ...
... brought into court , they are called by their names to be sworn . The clerk of arraigns , desiring the witness to take the book in his right hand , then says to him , " The evidence you shall give between our sovereign lady the Queen ...
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... brought forward counsel or solicitor , they have broken the ties which bind him to silence . Leading ques- tions are also allowed in cross - examination ; and , in order to try the credit of a witness , facts may be supposed which have ...
... brought forward counsel or solicitor , they have broken the ties which bind him to silence . Leading ques- tions are also allowed in cross - examination ; and , in order to try the credit of a witness , facts may be supposed which have ...
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... brought forward , it would be against the party who is desirous of evading it . For instance , supposing a copy of a deed to be offered in evidence , and it is known that the original is in the possession of the person offering the copy ...
... brought forward , it would be against the party who is desirous of evading it . For instance , supposing a copy of a deed to be offered in evidence , and it is known that the original is in the possession of the person offering the copy ...
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Page 106 - Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge ? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so, but whatever you may say will be taken down in writing, and may be given in evidence...
Page 107 - ... he has nothing to hope from any promise of favour, and nothing to fear from any threat, which may have been holden out to him to induce him to make any admission or confession of his guilt, but that whatever he shall then say may be given in evidence against him on his trial, notwithstanding such promise or threat...
Page 151 - That in every presentment or indictment to be prosecuted against any person for wilful and corrupt perjury, it shall be sufficient to set forth the substance of the offence charged upon the defendant, and by what court, or before whom the oath...
Page 97 - ... upon the person to whom it is so directed, by delivering the same to the party personally, or by leaving the same with some person for him at his last or most usual place of abode...
Page 98 - Provided always, that allowed for no objection shall be taken or allowed to any such alleged defect in summons or warrant for any alleged defect therein THI, c. in substance or in form, or for any variance between it and the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution before the justice or justices who shall take the examinations of the witnesses in that behalf...
Page 146 - ... such person shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted, but the jury shall be at liberty to return as their verdict that the defendant is not guilty of the felony or misdemeanor charged, but is guilty of an attempt to commit the same...
Page 16 - AB was this day charged before [us], the justices within mentioned, for that [fyc., as in the warrant] ; if therefore the said AB will appear at the next court of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery [or court of general quarter sessions of the peace] to be holden in and for the county of , and there surrender himself into the custody of the keeper of the...
Page 152 - It shall not be necessary to state any venue in the body of any indictment, but the county, city, or other jurisdiction named in the margin thereof, shall be taken to be the venue for all the facts stated in the body of such indictment ; provided, that, in cases where local description is or hereafter shall be required, such local description shall be given in the body of the indictment...
Page 92 - Warrant (B.) to apprehend such Person, and to cause him to be brought before such Justice or Justices, or...
Page 91 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...