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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... proceeded , and the prisoners were again convicted . CROWN CASE RESERVED . Trinity Term , 1843 . ( Before all the JUDGES . ) THE QUEEN v . GIUSIPPI AZZOPARDI . ( a ) A British subject accused of the murder of a foreigner abroad may be ...
... proceeded , and the prisoners were again convicted . CROWN CASE RESERVED . Trinity Term , 1843 . ( Before all the JUDGES . ) THE QUEEN v . GIUSIPPI AZZOPARDI . ( a ) A British subject accused of the murder of a foreigner abroad may be ...
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... proceeded to say The taking of money here intended is certainly a corrupt and dishonest taking under false pretences ; for the word " pretence " in itself implies that something has been done with a false and sinister design . You must ...
... proceeded to say The taking of money here intended is certainly a corrupt and dishonest taking under false pretences ; for the word " pretence " in itself implies that something has been done with a false and sinister design . You must ...
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... proceeded , and it was proved that the pistol , which had a flint and hammer , flashed in the pan with no greater light than would have been produced by the mere striking of the flint and hammer together , without any priming being in ...
... proceeded , and it was proved that the pistol , which had a flint and hammer , flashed in the pan with no greater light than would have been produced by the mere striking of the flint and hammer together , without any priming being in ...
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... proceeded on one count only . Carrington , for the prosecution ; Thornwell , attorney . OXFORD CIRCUIT . HEREFORDSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES , 1843 . Hereford , August 1 . ( Before Mr. Justice MAULE . ) THE QUEEN V. GEORGE LLOYD . ( a ) Former ...
... proceeded on one count only . Carrington , for the prosecution ; Thornwell , attorney . OXFORD CIRCUIT . HEREFORDSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES , 1843 . Hereford , August 1 . ( Before Mr. Justice MAULE . ) THE QUEEN V. GEORGE LLOYD . ( a ) Former ...
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... proceeded thus : - " That the said Lucy Pinhorn , feloniously , wilfully , and of her malice aforethought intending the said child then and there to kill and murder , afterwards , to wit , on , & c . , as soon as the said male child was ...
... proceeded thus : - " That the said Lucy Pinhorn , feloniously , wilfully , and of her malice aforethought intending the said child then and there to kill and murder , afterwards , to wit , on , & c . , as soon as the said male child was ...
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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.