Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in England and Ireland, Volume 1Edward William Cox J. Crockford, Law Times Office, 1846 - Criminal law |
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... doubt at all about the pretence , or the falsity of it ; but my difficulty is , that he obtained no money by it , but only credit on account ; it is only a non - payment of the 17s . 8d . It is like Wavell's case ( 1 Moo . C. C. 224 ) ...
... doubt at all about the pretence , or the falsity of it ; but my difficulty is , that he obtained no money by it , but only credit on account ; it is only a non - payment of the 17s . 8d . It is like Wavell's case ( 1 Moo . C. C. 224 ) ...
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... doubt they may be joined . In point of practice , the Court sometimes puts the prosecutor to the election of some particular case , to the exclusion of the others ; but that is only where the convenience of the case requires it , and ...
... doubt they may be joined . In point of practice , the Court sometimes puts the prosecutor to the election of some particular case , to the exclusion of the others ; but that is only where the convenience of the case requires it , and ...
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... doubt as to whether or not this could be called an " assize , " had it not been for the recent case of Reg . v . O'Connell , where it was held by the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland , in a similar case , that it was an assize . With ...
... doubt as to whether or not this could be called an " assize , " had it not been for the recent case of Reg . v . O'Connell , where it was held by the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland , in a similar case , that it was an assize . With ...
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... doubt , at London . I have eight letters to restore to you , which are very compromising ; for there are some of them old ones . ( I see the bottom of your heart . ) Well ! in spite of that , if I had not really need of money to ...
... doubt , at London . I have eight letters to restore to you , which are very compromising ; for there are some of them old ones . ( I see the bottom of your heart . ) Well ! in spite of that , if I had not really need of money to ...
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... doubt that he was married to Elizabeth Kershaw , on the 5th January , 1838. It is possible they might have produced evidence from America . If , therefore , you are satisfied that the first marriage took place in America , according to ...
... doubt that he was married to Elizabeth Kershaw , on the 5th January , 1838. It is possible they might have produced evidence from America . If , therefore , you are satisfied that the first marriage took place in America , according to ...
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Page 153 - Eyre to be this, — that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced, by the most powerful considerations, to speak the truth.
Page 128 - EF then and there feloniously, wilfully and of his malice aforethought, did strike and...
Page 232 - ... on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or proceeding, civil or criminal, in any court, or before any judge, jury, sheriff, coroner, magistrate, officer, or person having, by law or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence...
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Page 232 - ... but that every person so offered may and shall be admitted to give evidence on oath, or solemn affirmation, in those cases wherein affirmation is by law receivable; notwithstanding that such person may or shall have an interest in the matter in question, or in the event of the trial of any issue, matter, question, or...
Page 129 - The charge must contain such a description of the crime, that the defendant may know what crime it is which he is called upon to answer ; that the jury may appear to be warranted in their conclusion of ' guilty' or ' not
Page 145 - Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that wherever any person taketh money or reward, directly or indirectly, under pretence or upon account of helping any person...
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Page 543 - indictment for conspiracy ought to show, either that it was for an unlawful " purpose, or to effect a lawful purpose by unlawful means: that it is not done
Page 153 - The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted, is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth : a situation so solemn and so awful is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath administered in a court of justice.