A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 1 |
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... matter upon himself at the instigation of some person or other , who hoped by this artifice to screen the real offender from justice . Accordingly the chief justice granted one or two more reprieves ; and desired the justice of the ...
... matter upon himself at the instigation of some person or other , who hoped by this artifice to screen the real offender from justice . Accordingly the chief justice granted one or two more reprieves ; and desired the justice of the ...
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... matter of the greatest importance to the prisoner ; in many cases life or death to him ; for by wiser regula- tions the allowance or non - allowance of clergy no longer depends upon the function and capacity of the offender but upon the ...
... matter of the greatest importance to the prisoner ; in many cases life or death to him ; for by wiser regula- tions the allowance or non - allowance of clergy no longer depends upon the function and capacity of the offender but upon the ...
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... matter whom , to murder B. and furnish him with money for that purpose , and the servant procure C. a person whom A. never saw nor heard of to do it , A. , who is manifestly the first mover or contriver of the murder is an accessory ...
... matter whom , to murder B. and furnish him with money for that purpose , and the servant procure C. a person whom A. never saw nor heard of to do it , A. , who is manifestly the first mover or contriver of the murder is an accessory ...
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... matter of fact and every point of law tending to his acquittal ; for the accessory is in this case to be considered as particeps in lite ; and this sort of defence necessarily and directly tends to his own acquittal . And where the ...
... matter of fact and every point of law tending to his acquittal ; for the accessory is in this case to be considered as particeps in lite ; and this sort of defence necessarily and directly tends to his own acquittal . And where the ...
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... matter of public grievance to the liberties and security of a subject , or commands a matter of public convenience , as the repairing of the common streets of a town , an offender against such statute is punishable not only at the suit ...
... matter of public grievance to the liberties and security of a subject , or commands a matter of public convenience , as the repairing of the common streets of a town , an offender against such statute is punishable not only at the suit ...
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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...