Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration, and Decided by the Judges of England, with a Selection of Cases Relating to Indictable Offences, Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench and the Courts of Error: From 13th Nov., 1852 to 1st May, 1858, Part 45

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Page 159 - That if any Person shall unlawfully take, or cause to be taken, any unmarried Girl, being under the Age of Sixteen Years, out of the Possession and against the Will of her Father or Mother, or of any other Person having the lawful Care or Charge of her, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor...
Page 27 - Lancaster, unlawfully did set np, keep and maintain a certain lottery, to wit, a littlego, to the great damage and common nuisance of all the liege subjects of our paid Lady the Queen there inhabiting and residing, and to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the form of the statutes in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity.
Page 266 - Geo. 4, from the subtle distinction between larceny and fraud ; for remedy thereof be it enacted, 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 373 - French, did then and there feloniously and willfully kill, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the people of the state of New York and their dignity.
Page 159 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall maliciously, either by force or fraud, lead or take away, or decoy, or entice away or detain, any child under the age of ten years, with intent to deprive the parent or parents, or any other person having the lawful care or charge of such child, of the possession of such child, or with intent to steal any article upon or about the person of such child...
Page 402 - Summons or have been apprehended, with or without ^ arrant, or be in Custody for the same or any other Offence, such Justice or Justices, before he or they shall commit such Accused Person to Prison for Trial...
Page 65 - ... in contempt of our said lady the Queen and her laws to the evil and pernicious example of all others in the like case offending and against the peace of our said lady the Queen her Crown and dignity.
Page 115 - ... if after such plea the defendant shall be convicted on such indictment or information, it shall be competent to the Court, in pronouncing sentence, to consider whether the guilt of the defendant is aggravated or mitigated by the said plea, and by the evidence given to prove or to disprove the same...
Page 110 - ... either by examined copies, or by copies authenticated as hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, if the document sought to be proved be a proclamation, treaty, or other act of state, the authenticated copy to be admissible in evidence must purport to be sealed with the seal of the foreign state, or British colony, to which the original document belongs...
Page 336 - ... pactum. But if there be any benefit or even any legal possibility of benefit to the creditor thrown in, that additional weight will turn the scale and render the consideration sufficient to support the agreement.

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