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... justice of the peace , before whom he repeated his confession , with all the circumstances he had related to the coroner and his jury . The justice of the peace very prudently deferred proceeding to a commitment , until the boy should ...
... justice of the peace , before whom he repeated his confession , with all the circumstances he had related to the coroner and his jury . The justice of the peace very prudently deferred proceeding to a commitment , until the boy should ...
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... justice , the judges , having taken time to consider of it , unanimously agreed , 1. That the declara- tions stated in the report were evidence proper to be left to the jury . 2. That , supposing the boy to have been guilty of this fact ...
... justice , the judges , having taken time to consider of it , unanimously agreed , 1. That the declara- tions stated in the report were evidence proper to be left to the jury . 2. That , supposing the boy to have been guilty of this fact ...
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... Justice Tracey left the case to the jury , observing that where a person has committed a great offence , the exemption of insanity must be very clearly made out before it is allowed ; that it is not every kind of idle and frantic humour ...
... Justice Tracey left the case to the jury , observing that where a person has committed a great offence , the exemption of insanity must be very clearly made out before it is allowed ; that it is not every kind of idle and frantic humour ...
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... Justice Le Blanc , after summing up the evidence , concluded by observing to the jury , that it was for them to determine whe- ther the prisoner , when he committed the offence with which he stood charged , was incapable of ...
... Justice Le Blanc , after summing up the evidence , concluded by observing to the jury , that it was for them to determine whe- ther the prisoner , when he committed the offence with which he stood charged , was incapable of ...
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... justice for one and the same felony , they are considered in the light either , -I . of principals in the first degree ; II . principals in the second degree ; III . acces- sories before the fact ; or , IV . accessories after the fact ...
... justice for one and the same felony , they are considered in the light either , -I . of principals in the first degree ; II . principals in the second degree ; III . acces- sories before the fact ; or , IV . accessories after the fact ...
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Page l - ... 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 first convicted, or by the Deputy of such Clerk or Officer...
Page 92 - ... part of any province or people, or in the service of or for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of...
Page 93 - Service, for or under or in aid of any Foreign Prince, State, Potentate, Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or People...
Page 93 - ... any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 94 - Majesty shall not then be at war; or shall, within the United Kingdom, or any of his Majesty's dominions, or in any settlement, colony, territory, island, or place belonging or subject to his Majesty, issue or deliver any commission for any ship or vessel, to the intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed as aforesaid...
Page ix - ... every such offender shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years...
Page xxxiii - Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Four Years, and if a Male to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit) in addition to such Imprisonment.
Page lxxiv - Plaintiff shall not have Costs against the Defendant, unless the Judge before whom the Trial shall be shall certify his Approbation of the Action, and of the Verdict obtained thereupon.
Page l - Statute shall be understood to include several Matters as well as One Matter, and several Persons as well as One Person, and Females as well as Males, and Bodies Corporate as well as Individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction...
Page xxxv - If any person being married shall marry any other person during the life of the former husband or wife, whether the second marriage shall have taken place in England or elsewhere, every such offender, and every person counselling, aiding, or abetting such offender, shall be guilty of felony...