A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 3T. & J. W. Johnson & Company, 1877 - Criminal law |
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... guilty of per- jury . But De Grey , C. J. , appears to have laid down a different doctrine . ( ƒ ) And Lord Mansfield , C. J. , is stated to have said , " It is certainly true that a man may be indicted for perjury in swearing that he ...
... guilty of per- jury . But De Grey , C. J. , appears to have laid down a different doctrine . ( ƒ ) And Lord Mansfield , C. J. , is stated to have said , " It is certainly true that a man may be indicted for perjury in swearing that he ...
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... guilty of perjury . ( p ) The oath must be material to the question depending ; for if it be wholly foreign from the purpose , or altogether immaterial , and neither in any way pertinent to the matter in question , nor tending to ...
... guilty of perjury . ( p ) The oath must be material to the question depending ; for if it be wholly foreign from the purpose , or altogether immaterial , and neither in any way pertinent to the matter in question , nor tending to ...
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... guilty of perjury , because the beating was only material . ( r ) [ * 12 But upon these decisions it is remarked , that perhaps in all these cases it ought to be intended that the question was put in such a manner , that the witness ...
... guilty of perjury , because the beating was only material . ( r ) [ * 12 But upon these decisions it is remarked , that perhaps in all these cases it ought to be intended that the question was put in such a manner , that the witness ...
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... guilty of perjury , and shall be punished accordingly . " ( x ) By the Municipal Corporation Reform Act , 5 & 6 Will . 4 , c . 76 , s . 34 , " no inquiry shall be permitted at any election as to the right of any person to vote as a ...
... guilty of perjury , and shall be punished accordingly . " ( x ) By the Municipal Corporation Reform Act , 5 & 6 Will . 4 , c . 76 , s . 34 , " no inquiry shall be permitted at any election as to the right of any person to vote as a ...
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... guilty of perjury within this statute , in any case wherein he may not possibly be guilty of subornation of perjury within it ; on the ground that it is reasonable to give the whole statute the same construc- tion ; and that it cannot ...
... guilty of perjury within this statute , in any case wherein he may not possibly be guilty of subornation of perjury within it ; on the ground that it is reasonable to give the whole statute the same construc- tion ; and that it cannot ...
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Page 440 - heard the evidence do you wish to say anything in answer to the " charge ? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do " so, but whatever you say will be taken down in writing and may be
Page 344 - On the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or other proceeding in any Court of justice, or before any person having by law, or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence...
Page 348 - Next follows a general provision, in section 14, that " whenever any book or other document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and no statute exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible in evidence in any court of justice, or before any person...
Page 339 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer having the custody of the records of the Court where the offender was convicted, or by the deputy of such clerk or officer...
Page 500 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 624 - But nothing herein contained shall render any person who, in any criminal proceeding, is charged with the commission of any indictable offence, or any offence punishable on summary conviction, competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question^ tending to criminate himself or herself...
Page 320 - ... the same shall be proceeded with, in the same manner in all respects, both with respect to the liability of witnesses to be indicted for perjury, and otherwise, as if no such variance had appeared...
Page 251 - 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.
Page 465 - ... shall, in the presence of such accused person, who shall be at liberty to put questions to any witness produced against him, take the statement on oath or affirmation of those who shall know the facts and circumstances of the case...
Page 439 - ... on oath or affirmation, of those who shall know the facts and circumstances of the case, and shall put the same into writing, and such depositions shall be read over to and signed respectively by the witnesses who shall have been so examined, and shall be signed also by the justice or justices taking the same...