Criminal Law Reports: Being Reports of Cases Determined in the Federal and State Courts of the United States, and in the Courts of England, Ireland, Canada, Etc, Volume 2Hurd and Houghton, 1879 - Criminal law |
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... taken are evidence against him , should he be subsequently tried on a criminal charge , except so much of them as consists of answers to questions to which he has objected as tending to criminate him , but which he has been improperly ...
... taken are evidence against him , should he be subsequently tried on a criminal charge , except so much of them as consists of answers to questions to which he has objected as tending to criminate him , but which he has been improperly ...
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... taken , had no authority to administer an oath , or take such depositions , and such depositions were not admissible as statements made by the prisoner , because they were not made freely and voluntarily and without compulsion or fear ...
... taken , had no authority to administer an oath , or take such depositions , and such depositions were not admissible as statements made by the prisoner , because they were not made freely and voluntarily and without compulsion or fear ...
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... taken : " Among the several persons exam- ined respecting that fire was Coote himself , upon two occasions at an interval of three or four days between his two appearances , on each of which he signed his deposition taken in the usual ...
... taken : " Among the several persons exam- ined respecting that fire was Coote himself , upon two occasions at an interval of three or four days between his two appearances , on each of which he signed his deposition taken in the usual ...
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... taken at the trial appears to have been that to constitute such a court as that of the fire marshal was beyond the power of the provincial legislature , and that consequently the depositions were illegally taken . Subsequently other ...
... taken at the trial appears to have been that to constitute such a court as that of the fire marshal was beyond the power of the provincial legislature , and that consequently the depositions were illegally taken . Subsequently other ...
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... taken before the committing magistrate , with full opportunity of cross - examination by the accused , was allowed to be read at the trial under the following circumstances , in the absence of the witness , who was alive , and who was ...
... taken before the committing magistrate , with full opportunity of cross - examination by the accused , was allowed to be read at the trial under the following circumstances , in the absence of the witness , who was alive , and who was ...
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Page 54 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Page 399 - It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge.
Page 183 - ... committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found within the territories of the other : provided, that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension...
Page 183 - Ireland are determined that, so far as may be in their power, it shall be effectually abolished; and whereas it is found expedient, for the better administration of justice and the prevention of crime within the territories and jurisdiction of the two parties respectively, that persons committing the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up...
Page 442 - ... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring 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 134 - ... the trial of crimes committed on the high seas, or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may first be brought.
Page 423 - The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. All its provisions are to be construed according to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice.
Page 702 - After hearing the appeal, the court must give judgment without regard to technical errors or defects, or to exceptions, which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
Page 342 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page 116 - And that either of the justices of the Supreme Court, as well as judges of the District Courts, shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus, for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment.