Reports of Select Cases Decided in the Courts of New York: Not Heretofore Reported, Or Reported Only PartiallyDiossy, 1883 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... convicted , and when brought up for sentence he pleaded , as his excuse , that he did not know there was such a law ; he had thought it was a free country when he came to it , but he didn't think there was much freedom in it with such ...
... convicted , and when brought up for sentence he pleaded , as his excuse , that he did not know there was such a law ; he had thought it was a free country when he came to it , but he didn't think there was much freedom in it with such ...
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... conviction , and , if void , to discharge the prisoner . ( Regina v . Chaney , 6 Dowl . P. C. 281 ; 1 Mod . 102 ; In re Sweatman , 1 Cow . 144 ; Bac . Abr . Hab . Corp. B. p . 13 ; In re Eliza Phillips , 5 Legal Observer , 130 ; Rex v ...
... conviction , and , if void , to discharge the prisoner . ( Regina v . Chaney , 6 Dowl . P. C. 281 ; 1 Mod . 102 ; In re Sweatman , 1 Cow . 144 ; Bac . Abr . Hab . Corp. B. p . 13 ; In re Eliza Phillips , 5 Legal Observer , 130 ; Rex v ...
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... conviction . Such election will be directed only when the several counts charge separate and distinct offenses . It is not collateral , but relevant to the main issue , to inquire into the mo- tives which influence a witness in giving ...
... conviction . Such election will be directed only when the several counts charge separate and distinct offenses . It is not collateral , but relevant to the main issue , to inquire into the mo- tives which influence a witness in giving ...
Page 55
... conviction of the prisoner . He insisted that the prosecution having now got in all its testimony , was able definitely to inform the prisoner of the precise nature of the charge of which they claimed him to be guilty , and that it was ...
... conviction of the prisoner . He insisted that the prosecution having now got in all its testimony , was able definitely to inform the prisoner of the precise nature of the charge of which they claimed him to be guilty , and that it was ...
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... convicted , because the prosecutor had been compelled to elect , and , in a necessary ignorance of the facts , had elected the wrong count . The prisoner cannot be embarrassed by being tried on both counts , while the prosecution may be ...
... convicted , because the prosecutor had been compelled to elect , and , in a necessary ignorance of the facts , had elected the wrong count . The prisoner cannot be embarrassed by being tried on both counts , while the prosecution may be ...
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Page 112 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 341 - When perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual : "3.
Page 109 - ... to be secretly confined or imprisoned in this state, or to be sent out of the state, or...
Page 302 - From a deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed, or of another ; or 2. By an act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without...
Page 112 - ... Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued...
Page 104 - No person offered as a witness shall be excluded by reason of his interest in the event of the action.
Page 112 - ... although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 343 - If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state...
Page 292 - The killing of a human being, unless it is excusable or justifiable, is murder in the first degree, when committed : 1. From a deliberate and premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed, or of another ; or 2.
Page 185 - ... undoubted authority to control all persons and things within, their own territorial limits. When, therefore, both parties to a suit in a foreign country, are...