The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendments Acts of 1869, 32-33 Vict. for the Dominion of Canada: As Amended and in Force on the 1st Day of November, 1874, in the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, And, on the 1st Day of January, 1875, in British Columbia, with Notes, Commentaries, Precedents of Indictments, &c., &c., &c, Volumes 1-2Lovell, 1874 - Criminal law |
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... charged to have been committed , in any one of the said provinces , or districts , counties or jurisdictions , in the same manner in all respects , as if the offence had been actually and wholly committed within one province , district ...
... charged to have been committed , in any one of the said provinces , or districts , counties or jurisdictions , in the same manner in all respects , as if the offence had been actually and wholly committed within one province , district ...
Page 47
... charged , and that the law as to that is the same as if the Statute had not been passed ; and that , in order to make out the offence of forgery at common law , there must have been at the time the instrument was forged , an intention ...
... charged , and that the law as to that is the same as if the Statute had not been passed ; and that , in order to make out the offence of forgery at common law , there must have been at the time the instrument was forged , an intention ...
Page 142
... charged that .... " John Bowen .. feloniously and wilfully ( wilfully must now be unlawfully ) did destroy , deface and injure a certain register of ...... to wit , the register of which said register was then and there kept ( and by ...
... charged that .... " John Bowen .. feloniously and wilfully ( wilfully must now be unlawfully ) did destroy , deface and injure a certain register of ...... to wit , the register of which said register was then and there kept ( and by ...
Page 188
... charged were a treason or a felony , or a dangerous wound given , and he could not otherwise be apprehended , the homicide is justifiable ; but if charged with a breach of the peace or other misdemeanor merely , or if the arrest were ...
... charged were a treason or a felony , or a dangerous wound given , and he could not otherwise be apprehended , the homicide is justifiable ; but if charged with a breach of the peace or other misdemeanor merely , or if the arrest were ...
Page 190
... charged with any felony or misdemeanor , it appears to the jury upon the evidence that the defendant did not complete the offence charged , but that he was guilty only of an attempt to commit the same , such person shall not by reason ...
... charged with any felony or misdemeanor , it appears to the jury upon the evidence that the defendant did not complete the offence charged , but that he was guilty only of an attempt to commit the same , such person shall not by reason ...
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Page 312 - Judge, prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement 4.
Page 312 - It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent.
Page 252 - ... shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted, but the jury shall be at liberty to return...
Page 575 - ... any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to intrust or advance any property to such body corporate or public company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 421 - Also, if a man in his sound memory commits a capital offence, and before arraignment for it he becomes mad, he ought not to be arraigned for it, because he is not able to plead to it with that advice and caution that he ought.
Page 329 - Christian name and surname, or other description whatsoever, of any person or persons whomsoever therein named or described, or in the name or description of any matter or thing whatsoever therein named or described...
Page 607 - 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 637 - ... 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, according to the discretion of the justice...
Page 324 - That if any Person shall unlawfully take, or cause to be taken, any unmarried Girl, being under the Age of Sixteen Years, out of the Possession and against the Will of her Father...
Page 299 - I, AB, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare, that the taking of any oath is, according to my religious belief, unlawful ; and I do also solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare...