Montserrat: Sessional lawsGovernment Printer, South Africa, 1857 - Law |
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... Pounds on the value of the properties mentioned in the SCHEDULEA . and B . to the before recited Act annexed . II . That the said TAX hereby granted shall be raised levied and collected under the provisions of the said recited Act and ...
... Pounds on the value of the properties mentioned in the SCHEDULEA . and B . to the before recited Act annexed . II . That the said TAX hereby granted shall be raised levied and collected under the provisions of the said recited Act and ...
Page 9
... pounds Sterling to be allowed by the court shall be paid out of the Public Treasury on the certificate of the Clerk of the Crown or some officer of the Court before which the trial shall be had on . the warrant of the oflicer ...
... pounds Sterling to be allowed by the court shall be paid out of the Public Treasury on the certificate of the Clerk of the Crown or some officer of the Court before which the trial shall be had on . the warrant of the oflicer ...
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... Pounds Sterling , and if the same shall not immediately be pail down it shall be lawful for the Justices before whom the conviction has taken place , or for any other Two Justices of the Peace to commit the Offender to the Common Jail ...
... Pounds Sterling , and if the same shall not immediately be pail down it shall be lawful for the Justices before whom the conviction has taken place , or for any other Two Justices of the Peace to commit the Offender to the Common Jail ...
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... Pounds paid from the Trea . per annum . sury . & c . to report cargo to the Treasurer be - sel , DOHU or VUOC , wau The master of ships VII . And be it enacted , That the Master of any Ship , Vessel , Boat or Canoe , that shall arrive ...
... Pounds paid from the Trea . per annum . sury . & c . to report cargo to the Treasurer be - sel , DOHU or VUOC , wau The master of ships VII . And be it enacted , That the Master of any Ship , Vessel , Boat or Canoe , that shall arrive ...
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... Pounds . 0 X . And be it enacted , That the unshipping , carrying , and Expenses attendant landing of all Goods , and of the bringing the same into the fing , bei den meisten Scales , and of the taking the same out of the Scales and ...
... Pounds . 0 X . And be it enacted , That the unshipping , carrying , and Expenses attendant landing of all Goods , and of the bringing the same into the fing , bei den meisten Scales , and of the taking the same out of the Scales and ...
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according Action Administering the Government aforesaid amend answer appear apply appointed Assembly authority Boat Canoe cause certified charged Clerk Colony commit Common contained conviction copy Council Court custody Dated defendant deposited direct district Duly Duties EDWARD employed enacted enter entitled Entry evidence examined exceeding exported false felony Fifty force forfeited forfeiture give given grant guilty hereby highways Importer imposed imprisoned indictment Island Jail Judge Jury Justice labour landed lawful liable Liquors Majesty's manner March matter ment mentioned MONTSERRAT necessary Oath offence Officer Administering otherwise paid party Passed payment Peace Penalty perform perjury person Pounds proceeding proof proper prosecuted proved Public punished receive repealed resident respectively Roads seized setting shillings Ship statute sufficient Summons Surveyor taken term thereof thing Thousand Eight Hundred Treasurer trial Twenty unless Vessel Warehouse Warrant Witness writing
Popular passages
Page 6 - ... nor for omitting to state the time at which the offence was committed ; in any case where time is not of the essence of the offence, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offence to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the indictment, or on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened...
Page 5 - ... sufficient to set forth the substance of the offence charged upon the defendant, and by what court...
Page 6 - ... or vice Versa, nor for that any person mentioned in the indictment is designated by a name of office, or other descriptive appellation, instead of his proper name, nor for omitting to state the time at which the offence was committed in any case where time is not of the essence of the offence, nor for stating the time imperfectly, nor for stating the offence to have been committed on a day subsequent to the finding of the indictment, or...
Page 10 - A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character, but he may, in case the witness shall, in the opinion of the 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...
Page 13 - ... it shall be sufficient to describe such instrument by any name or designation by which the same may be usually known, or by the purport thereof, and in such manner as to sufficiently identify snch instrument, without setting out any copy or fac-simile of the whole or any part thereof.
Page 13 - ... was guilty only of an attempt to commit the same, such person shall not by reason thereof . be entitled to be acquitted, but the jury shall be at liberty to return as their verdict that the defendant is not guilty of the felony or misdemeanour charged, but is guilty of an attempt to commit the same...
Page 10 - If any person called as a witness, or required or desiring to make an affidavit or deposition, shall refuse or be unwilling from alleged conscientious motives to be sworn, it shall be lawful for the court or judge or other presiding officer, or person qualified to take affidavits or depositions, upon being satisfied of the sincerity of such objection, to permit such person, instead of being sworn, to make his or her solemn affirmation or declaration in the words following; videlicet, " I, AB, do...
Page 11 - 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.