A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 2Stevens, 1877 - Criminal law |
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Page 164
... bill is delivered to a party to procure change and he appropriates it , it is larceny ; and it is no defence that the owner of the bill owed him a certain sum , which he intended to pay him out of the proceeds of that particular bill ...
... bill is delivered to a party to procure change and he appropriates it , it is larceny ; and it is no defence that the owner of the bill owed him a certain sum , which he intended to pay him out of the proceeds of that particular bill ...
Page 172
... bill of discovery against Green and his wife , and Mrs. Sharpe ; in which bill Dick joined , but did not claim any of the money on his own account ; and the defendants de- murred to the bill on the ground that an answer to the discovery ...
... bill of discovery against Green and his wife , and Mrs. Sharpe ; in which bill Dick joined , but did not claim any of the money on his own account ; and the defendants de- murred to the bill on the ground that an answer to the discovery ...
Page 197
... bill of parcels , which he examined ; and after saying it was right , gave the shopman two bills of £ 10 each , drawn by Frith & Co. at Bradford , on Taylor & Co. in London . The amount of the silk was only £ 12 10s .; and the shopman ...
... bill of parcels , which he examined ; and after saying it was right , gave the shopman two bills of £ 10 each , drawn by Frith & Co. at Bradford , on Taylor & Co. in London . The amount of the silk was only £ 12 10s .; and the shopman ...
Page 204
... bills ; which the prisoner positively promised he would do , and either pay the bills into Gosling and Co.'s , or bring them to the prosecutor by four o'clock on the same day . Nothing was said as to what was to be done with the money ...
... bills ; which the prisoner positively promised he would do , and either pay the bills into Gosling and Co.'s , or bring them to the prosecutor by four o'clock on the same day . Nothing was said as to what was to be done with the money ...
Page 205
... bill of exchange or warrant ( i . e . the check ) it was objected that the check was one entire thing , and could not be said to be stolen , as part of the produce , viz . , £ 6500 , was applied to the prosecutor's use . As to the same ...
... bill of exchange or warrant ( i . e . the check ) it was objected that the check was one entire thing , and could not be said to be stolen , as part of the produce , viz . , £ 6500 , was applied to the prosecutor's use . As to the same ...
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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...