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... prosecution ; the state's attorney has the sole control . Hence , generally , in the United States , the rule no ionger exists , that a felony must be criminally prosecuted before reparation can be recovered from the wrong - doer in a ...
... prosecution ; the state's attorney has the sole control . Hence , generally , in the United States , the rule no ionger exists , that a felony must be criminally prosecuted before reparation can be recovered from the wrong - doer in a ...
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... prosecution is instituted ; a person charged with misdemeanors , as well as one charged with felony , is brought before the court in the first instance by a capias ; in most of the states one indicted for felony can be found not guilty ...
... prosecution is instituted ; a person charged with misdemeanors , as well as one charged with felony , is brought before the court in the first instance by a capias ; in most of the states one indicted for felony can be found not guilty ...
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... prosecution for the crime , it is not held to be so universally . It is said in Stephens ' Di- gest of Criminal Law , art . 34 , p . 23 ( American edition ) : " Where an offense is so defined by statute that the act of the offender is ...
... prosecution for the crime , it is not held to be so universally . It is said in Stephens ' Di- gest of Criminal Law , art . 34 , p . 23 ( American edition ) : " Where an offense is so defined by statute that the act of the offender is ...
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... prosecution , he appears to the jury to be insane , the court may record such finding , and order him to be kept in custody till the queen's pleas- ure be known . ( s ) In accordance with the dictates of humanity no criminal proceedings ...
... prosecution , he appears to the jury to be insane , the court may record such finding , and order him to be kept in custody till the queen's pleas- ure be known . ( s ) In accordance with the dictates of humanity no criminal proceedings ...
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... prosecution ; either ( a ) to pro- ceed , as formerly , against the person who counsels , etc. , as an accessory ... prosecuted in the other . ( 2 ) It is also provided that an accessory be- fore the fact may be indicted , tried ...
... prosecution ; either ( a ) to pro- ceed , as formerly , against the person who counsels , etc. , as an accessory ... prosecuted in the other . ( 2 ) It is also provided that an accessory be- fore the fact may be indicted , tried ...
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Page 23 - ... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 94 - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page 357 - Judge prove adverse, contradict him by other evidence, or, by leave of the Judge, prove that he has made at other times a statement inconsistent with his present testimony ; but before such last-mentioned proof can be given, the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he has made such statement.
Page 25 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 381 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page 162 - Order, or other Security whatsoever, entitling or evidencing the Title of any Person or Body Corporate to any Share or Interest in any Public Stock or Fund, whether of this Kingdom, or of Great Britain or of Ireland, or of any Foreign State, or in any Fund of any Body Corporate, Company, or Society, or to any Deposit in any Savings...
Page 107 - The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise.
Page 47 - Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm, or be adherent to the King's enemies in his realm, giving to them aid and comfort in the realm, or elsewhere, and thereof be provably attainted of open deed by the people of their condition.
Page 73 - ... on the trial of any issue joined or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or...
Page 305 - That no Indictment or Information shall be abated by reason of any dilatory Plea of Misnomer or of want of Addition, or of wrong Addition of the Party offering such Plea, if the Court shall be satisfied by Affidavit or otherwise of the Truth of such Plea ; but in such Case the Court shall forthwith cause the Indictment or...