A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 2Stevens, 1877 - Criminal law |
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... afterwards the groom [ * 11 brought Jones to the house , and let him in by opening the door for him . Jones went into the back kitchen , and took from it the plate basket containing the plate in question . It was held that there was no ...
... afterwards the groom [ * 11 brought Jones to the house , and let him in by opening the door for him . Jones went into the back kitchen , and took from it the plate basket containing the plate in question . It was held that there was no ...
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... afterwards settled as the better opinion that if there were daylight or twilight enough begun or left whereby the countenance of a person might be reasonably discerned , it was no burglary . ( x ) But this did not extend to moon - light ...
... afterwards settled as the better opinion that if there were daylight or twilight enough begun or left whereby the countenance of a person might be reasonably discerned , it was no burglary . ( x ) But this did not extend to moon - light ...
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... afterwards delivered by Mr. Justice Buller . The learned judge said , that it had been contended on be- half of the prisoners , that as the dwelling - house in which , and the time when , the burglary was charged to have been committed ...
... afterwards delivered by Mr. Justice Buller . The learned judge said , that it had been contended on be- half of the prisoners , that as the dwelling - house in which , and the time when , the burglary was charged to have been committed ...
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... afterwards indicted for the same * breaking and entering , and stealing the goods of another person , appears to [ * 55 have been overruled in this case , when the authorities by which it was supposed to have been established were ...
... afterwards indicted for the same * breaking and entering , and stealing the goods of another person , appears to [ * 55 have been overruled in this case , when the authorities by which it was supposed to have been established were ...
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... afterwards indicted for stealing a riddle and five shovels from his masters ; there was no evidence in either case to show on what par- ticular day or month either the copper , riddle , or shovels were stolen ; and , on a case reserved ...
... afterwards indicted for stealing a riddle and five shovels from his masters ; there was no evidence in either case to show on what par- ticular day or month either the copper , riddle , or shovels were stolen ; and , on a case reserved ...
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Common terms and phrases
25 Vict acquitted aforesaid afterwards amount appeared autrefois acquit bailee bailment bank bankrupt Bayley bill breaking and entering burglary chattel clause is taken clerk committed common law court Cox C. C. custody defendant delivered dwelling-house East P. C. embezzlement employed evidence fact false pretences felony fraud fraudulently guilty of larceny Hale hard labor Hawk holden horse indictment charged indictment for stealing intent to defraud intent to steal Jim Butchers judges held jury found justice laid Leach liable Lord Lord Ellenborough master ment misdemeanor objected offence opinion owner paid party Patteson payment penal servitude person possession post-office pounds prisoner guilty prisoner was indicted prisoner's prosecutor prosecutrix proved punishment purpose question receipt received the money robbery servant sheep shillings soner statute stolen sufficient supra taking term not exceeding thief took trustees valuable security words
Popular passages
Page 412 - ... chattel, money, or valuable security, which shall be delivered to or received or taken into possession by him for or in the name or on the account of his master or employer...
Page 349 - ... 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...
Page 266 - ... any chattel or valuable security, or any power of attorney for the sale or transfer of any share or interest in any public stock or fund, whether of this kingdom, or of Great Britain or of Ireland, or of any foreign state, or in any fund of any body corporate, company or society...
Page 327 - Names, nor for omitting to state the Time at which the Offence was committed, in any Case where Time is not of the Essence of the Offence, nor for stating the Time imperfectly, nor for stating the Offence to have been committed on a Day subsequent to the finding of the Indictment or exhibiting the Information, or on an impossible Day, or on a Day that never happened...
Page 414 - ... entitled to be acquitted, but the jury shall be at liberty to return as their verdict that such person is not guilty of larceny, but is guilty of embezzlement...
Page 520 - ... and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for...
Page 368 - ... at the discretion of the justice, either be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six...
Page 476 - ... in case the same shall not be made a security for or subject to the payment of any greater sum of money than the amount which, at the time of such deposit or pledge, was justly due and owing to such factor or agent...
Page 475 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, ,to any of the punishments which the court may award as hereinbefore last mentioned.
Page 322 - IT shall not be necessary to state any venue in the body of any indictment ; but the county, city, or other jurisdiction named in the margin thereof shall be taken to be the venue for all the facts stated in the body of such indictment; provided that in cases where local description is or hereafter shall be required, such local description shall bo given in the body of the indictment...