The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of 1869, 32-33 Vict., for the Dominion of Canada, Volume 2Lovell, 1875 - Criminal law |
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... judgment of such Commissioner , Justice , Constable or Peace Officer , affords just cause of suspicion that they are carried for purposes dangerous to the public peace . " By the Act respecting certain offences relative to Her Majesty's ...
... judgment of such Commissioner , Justice , Constable or Peace Officer , affords just cause of suspicion that they are carried for purposes dangerous to the public peace . " By the Act respecting certain offences relative to Her Majesty's ...
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... on the question whether a party indicted for a misdemeanor was entitled to be discharged on habeas corpus , Lord Tenterden , C. J. , said , in delivering the judgment of the court , ' I do not know 16 THE CRIMINAL STATUTE LAW .
... on the question whether a party indicted for a misdemeanor was entitled to be discharged on habeas corpus , Lord Tenterden , C. J. , said , in delivering the judgment of the court , ' I do not know 16 THE CRIMINAL STATUTE LAW .
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Canada, Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau. judgment of the court , ' I do not know how , for this purpose , to distinguish between one class of crimes and another . It has been urged that the same princi- ple will warrant an arrest in the case ...
Canada, Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau. judgment of the court , ' I do not know how , for this purpose , to distinguish between one class of crimes and another . It has been urged that the same princi- ple will warrant an arrest in the case ...
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... judgment . In an action for a malicious prose- cution , although the question of reasonable and proba- ble cause is an inference to be drawn by the judge from facts undisputed or found , yet the test is , not what impression the ...
... judgment . In an action for a malicious prose- cution , although the question of reasonable and proba- ble cause is an inference to be drawn by the judge from facts undisputed or found , yet the test is , not what impression the ...
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... judgment , such judgment would have been valid until reversed for real error in the judgment , or for substan- tial defect appearing on the face of the record . As to the word ' trespasses , ' the word used , when the com- missions were ...
... judgment , such judgment would have been valid until reversed for real error in the judgment , or for substan- tial defect appearing on the face of the record . As to the word ' trespasses , ' the word used , when the com- missions were ...
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Page 227 - The Administration of Justice in the Province, including the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts.
Page 308 - Judge, prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement 4.
Page 105 - ... or vice Versa, nor for that any person mentioned in the indictment is designated by a name of office, or other descriptive appellation, instead of his proper name, nor for omitting to state the time at which the offence was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offence, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offence to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the...
Page 305 - 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 101 - ... for omitting to state the time at which the offence was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offence, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offence to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the indictment, or on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened...
Page 102 - ... nor for want of the statement of the value or price of any matter or thing, or the amount of damage, injury, or spoil, in any case where the value or price, or the amount of damage, injury, or spoil, is not of the essence of the offence.
Page 251 - ... and thereupon such person shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been convicted upon an indictment for...
Page 413 - English law, had the prisoner been of sound memory, he might have alleged something in stay of judgment or execution.
Page 295 - I, AB, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare, that the taking of any oath is, according to my religious belief, unlawful, and I do also solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare...
Page 307 - If a witness upon cross-examination as to a former statement made by him relative to the subjectmatter of the cause, and inconsistent with his present testimony, does not distinctly admit that he has made such statement, proof may be given that he did in fact make it ; but before such proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and lie must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.