The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer: With the Practice of Country Attornies in Criminal Cases; Comprising Also All the Necessary Forms of Commitments, Convictions, Orders, &c, Volumes 1-3

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Page 33 - ... awarded; and upon such notice being given, and such recognizance being entered into, the justice, before whom the same shall be entered into, shall liberate such person if in custody; and the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party, as to the court shall seem meet...
Page 300 - A conspiracy, it is said,f consists not merely in the intention of two or more, but in the agreement of two or more, to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act by unlawful means.
Page 190 - CD ; and if, within the space of days next after the making of such distress, the said last-mentioned sum, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress, shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods...
Page 719 - Person, one Moiety to the Informer, and the other Moiety to the Poor of the Parish where such Offence shall be committed...
Page 316 - I direct that the said sum of (ie the penalty only) shall be paid to of aforesaid, in which the said offence was committed, to be by him applied according to the directions of the statute...
Page 449 - That if any Person shall by any false Pretence obtain from any other Person any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, with Intent to cheat or defraud any Person of the same, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor...
Page 538 - That all Actions and Prosecutions to be commenced against any Person for any thing done in pursuance of this Act shall be laid and tried in the County where the Fact was committed, and shall be commenced within...
Page 294 - Given under my hand and seal, the day of ; in the year of our Lord . (Signed) EF (LS) No.
Page 379 - ... and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.
Page 428 - If any clerk or servant, or any person employed for the purpose or in the capacity of a clerk or servant...

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