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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... ment of the name in the body of the note . Now , although it is not essential that the forgery should be an actual fac simile , it must , nevertheless , be so certain in its effect as to deceive the party to whom it is passed ; but this ...
... ment of the name in the body of the note . Now , although it is not essential that the forgery should be an actual fac simile , it must , nevertheless , be so certain in its effect as to deceive the party to whom it is passed ; but this ...
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... ment of the vessel's accounts . MAULE , J. - How can it be said that the prisoner obtained any money by this false pretence ? I have no doubt at all about the pretence , or the falsity of it ; but my difficulty is , that he obtained no ...
... ment of the vessel's accounts . MAULE , J. - How can it be said that the prisoner obtained any money by this false pretence ? I have no doubt at all about the pretence , or the falsity of it ; but my difficulty is , that he obtained no ...
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... ment as to the place or county where the prisoner was apprehended , the case was submitted to the judges , who determined that the judgment should be arrested . But MAULE , J. - In Fraser's case , the judges held that they ought to ...
... ment as to the place or county where the prisoner was apprehended , the case was submitted to the judges , who determined that the judgment should be arrested . But MAULE , J. - In Fraser's case , the judges held that they ought to ...
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... ment which purports to be a receipt for money due to the party receiving it from the party paying it , and is meant to operate as a discharge of a debt or money obligation . Here , on the face of the account set out , the debt is due to ...
... ment which purports to be a receipt for money due to the party receiving it from the party paying it , and is meant to operate as a discharge of a debt or money obligation . Here , on the face of the account set out , the debt is due to ...
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... ment , because a corporation is not included in the word " person , " used in 7 Geo . 4 , c . 64 , s . 14 . An indictment for setting fire to the dwelling - house of A and B is not proved by shewing that A and Bare mortgagees of a house ...
... ment , because a corporation is not included in the word " person , " used in 7 Geo . 4 , c . 64 , s . 14 . An indictment for setting fire to the dwelling - house of A and B is not proved by shewing that A and Bare mortgagees of a house ...
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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...
Page 115 - An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Pay of the Royal Navy...
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...
Page 325 - ... shall not be lawful for the subjects of the Emperor of Brazil to be concerned in the carrying on of the African Slave Trade, under any pretext or in any manner whatever...
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.