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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... sworn ' shall include the word ' affirmed ; ' and in every case where an oath or affir- mation is directed to be made before any person or officer , such person or officer shall have full power and authority to administer the same , and ...
... sworn ' shall include the word ' affirmed ; ' and in every case where an oath or affir- mation is directed to be made before any person or officer , such person or officer shall have full power and authority to administer the same , and ...
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... sworn on the other side that there is a list returned up , consisting of above six hundred per- sons duly qualified to serve . Surely a person may espouse the interest of one or another candidate at an election , without thinking ...
... sworn on the other side that there is a list returned up , consisting of above six hundred per- sons duly qualified to serve . Surely a person may espouse the interest of one or another candidate at an election , without thinking ...
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... sworn upon a jury . God forbid ! The freemen of this cor- poration are not at all interested in the personal con- duct of these men upon this occasion ; the same rea- soning would just as well include all cases of election riots . " It ...
... sworn upon a jury . God forbid ! The freemen of this cor- poration are not at all interested in the personal con- duct of these men upon this occasion ; the same rea- soning would just as well include all cases of election riots . " It ...
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... sworn before the said and did then and there , upon his oath aforesaid , falsely , wilfully and corruptly depose and swear in substance and to the effect following , " that he saw the said G. H. duly execute the deed on which the said ...
... sworn before the said and did then and there , upon his oath aforesaid , falsely , wilfully and corruptly depose and swear in substance and to the effect following , " that he saw the said G. H. duly execute the deed on which the said ...
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... sworn to or accompanied by an affidavit : Rex vs. Grainger , 3 Burr , 1617 ; Reg . vs. Duffy , 9 Ir . L. R. 163 . If the name of the defendant be unknown , and he refuse to disclose it , an indictment against him as “ a person whose ...
... sworn to or accompanied by an affidavit : Rex vs. Grainger , 3 Burr , 1617 ; Reg . vs. Duffy , 9 Ir . L. R. 163 . If the name of the defendant be unknown , and he refuse to disclose it , an indictment against him as “ a person whose ...
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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.