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... fact , I had the fortune to be engaged continuously with = from their first beginning till they passed . Nor vant to this point , that many of the amendments tions contained in them originated with myself . then determined on such a ...
... fact , I had the fortune to be engaged continuously with = from their first beginning till they passed . Nor vant to this point , that many of the amendments tions contained in them originated with myself . then determined on such a ...
Page xxxvi
... fact that a clause contained the existing law in its very terms carried a weight with it that no reasoning would have obtained in the minds of those who are opposed to legal reforms ; and the same provision , if clothed in different ...
... fact that a clause contained the existing law in its very terms carried a weight with it that no reasoning would have obtained in the minds of those who are opposed to legal reforms ; and the same provision , if clothed in different ...
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... fact that we are paying much more than a hundred thousand a year for the mere printing of Parliamentary Papers , and I think reason will suggest to him that for such an object as is suggested such an expen- diture is by no means ...
... fact that we are paying much more than a hundred thousand a year for the mere printing of Parliamentary Papers , and I think reason will suggest to him that for such an object as is suggested such an expen- diture is by no means ...
Page lix
... fact may be dealt S. S. with as principals · PAGE • 18 22 2. May be indicted as such or as sub- stantive felons • · 3. Accessories after the fact may be in- dicted as such or as substantive felons 4. Punishment of 23 23 S. S. 5 ...
... fact may be dealt S. S. with as principals · PAGE • 18 22 2. May be indicted as such or as sub- stantive felons • · 3. Accessories after the fact may be in- dicted as such or as substantive felons 4. Punishment of 23 23 S. S. 5 ...
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... fact , instead of the clause being open to this objection , it is a most humane and merciful provision founded on that " nursing mother , " the common law . Mr. Saunders again returns to the charge , p . 244 , with the further objection ...
... fact , instead of the clause being open to this objection , it is a most humane and merciful provision founded on that " nursing mother , " the common law . Mr. Saunders again returns to the charge , p . 244 , with the further objection ...
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15 Vict 9 Geo accessory aforesaid age of sixteen allege amend ante assault authorised awarded Bank of England Bank of Ireland bill of exchange burglary chattel clause is framed clause is taken committed common law convicted thereof costs county or place Court criminal defendant destroy discretion England and Ireland England or Ireland false or counterfeit forged or altered forgery former enactments gaol or house guilty of felony hard labour House of Correction imprisoned indictable offence intent to defraud justice larceny less than three liable Lord Majesty's manner ment mentioned misdemeanor murder Note Note.-This clause peace penal servitude present clause prisoner proceedings prosecuted punishment Queen's current repealed similar clause solitary confinement statute steal stolen subsequent offence summary offences term not exceeding term not less therein three years,—or tion unlawfully and maliciously utter valuable security warrant whatsoever whipping Whosoever shall unlawfully words in italics
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Page 251 - ... and give this act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon...
Page 17 - ... may be indicted and convicted either as an .accessory before the fact to the principal felony, together with the principal felon, or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony, whether the principal felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice...
Page 249 - ... said sessions, and to try such appeal and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded...
Page 74 - ... whosoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she be or be not with child, shall unlawfully administer to her or cause to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or shall unlawfully use any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, shall be guilty of felony...
Page 65 - ... he shall be released from all further or other proceedings, civil or criminal, for the same cause (m).
Page 166 - Whosoever, being a director, manager, or public officer of any body corporate or public company, shall make, circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular...
Page 202 - ... or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Page 90 - document of title" shall include any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented...
Page 250 - ... information against any person for a subsequent offence, a copy of such conviction, certified by the proper officer of the court, or proved to be a true copy, shall be sufficient evidence to prove a conviction for the former offence, and the conviction shall be presumed to have been unappealed against, until the contrary be shewn.
Page 247 - ... to commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...