 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1853 - 636 pages
...general terms, as a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose; or to accomplish some...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means.1 It is not essential that 1 The books contain much discussion on the nature and definition of... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1859 - 736 pages
...conspiracy, there must be a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish some...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. 4 Metcalfs R. 1 1 1. But sec 4 Steph. Com. ub. sup. The conspiracy itself constitutes the offence,... | |
 | John Harrison Surratt - Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial, Washington, D.C., 1865 - 1867 - 850 pages
...combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or uulawfnl purpose, or to accomplish some purpose, not in itself...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. It is not essential that the act intended to he done should he punishable by indictment, for, if it... | |
 | Law - 1901 - 510 pages
...persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish a criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish a purpose, not in itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. There is no question but that there was a conspiracy on the part of some persons to do a criminal and... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 808 pages
...another. More generally, a combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish some...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. The word describes an indictable offence. Burr. Law Dictionary, title "Conspiracy." If it has application... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 674 pages
...conspiracy must be a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish some...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. We use the terms criminal or unlawful, because it is manifest that many acts are unlawful, which are... | |
 | William Wirt Virgin - Civil procedure - 1874 - 672 pages
...it.'21 (i) A conspiracy is a combination of two or more persons, by concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish some...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means.-3 (}) When the act to be accomplished is in itself criminal or unlawful, it is not necessary... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tracy - 1875 - 96 pages
...general terms I as a combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish some...criminal or unlawful by criminal or unlawful means. It is not essential that the act intended to be done should be punishable by indictment, for if it... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 860 pages
...is defined to be a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish some...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. Per SHAW, CJ, in Comm. \. Hunt, 4 Mete. 1SJ3. There are some qualifications to this definition, but... | |
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Without attempting to review and reconcile all the cases, we are of opinion that, as a general description, though perhaps not a precise and accurate definition, a conspiracy must be a combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish... 
