Montserrat: Sessional lawsGovernment Printer, South Africa, 1857 - Law |
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... thereof in the indictment or information and the same cannot now be amended at the trial except in cases of misdemeanour , and a failure of justice often takes place on the trial of persons charged with felony and misdemeanour , by ...
... thereof in the indictment or information and the same cannot now be amended at the trial except in cases of misdemeanour , and a failure of justice often takes place on the trial of persons charged with felony and misdemeanour , by ...
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... thereof without setting out bezzbog torso fare : any copy or fac simile thereof , or otherwise describing the same tences . or the value thereof . IX . In any indictment for engraving or making the whole or 14 and 15 viena any part of ...
... thereof without setting out bezzbog torso fare : any copy or fac simile thereof , or otherwise describing the same tences . or the value thereof . IX . In any indictment for engraving or making the whole or 14 and 15 viena any part of ...
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... thereof . 14 and as Vic . c . XI . From and after the passing of this Act , it shall be suffi . jeo , 8 . 8 . cient ... thereof ; for remedy thereof , be it enacted , That if on the trial found guilty of an attempt to commit of any ...
... thereof . 14 and as Vic . c . XI . From and after the passing of this Act , it shall be suffi . jeo , 8 . 8 . cient ... thereof ; for remedy thereof , be it enacted , That if on the trial found guilty of an attempt to commit of any ...
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... thereof be entitled to be acquitted , but the jury sault with intent to shall be at liberty to return as their verdict , that the defendant o per No person so tried is guilty of an assault with intent to rob , and thereupon such to be ...
... thereof be entitled to be acquitted , but the jury sault with intent to shall be at liberty to return as their verdict , that the defendant o per No person so tried is guilty of an assault with intent to rob , and thereupon such to be ...
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... thereof , although sug ' pivce of coin or Bink Note may have heen deli ered to bin in order that some part of the value thereof should be retu nel to the party delivering the sime or to any other person , and such part suall have been ...
... thereof , although sug ' pivce of coin or Bink Note may have heen deli ered to bin in order that some part of the value thereof should be retu nel to the party delivering the sime or to any other person , and such part suall have been ...
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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.