A Collection of Cases Decided in the Court of Review of British Guiana: 1856-1867W.B. Jamieson, 1873 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... warrant jury in convict- ing , I. 155 ; taken before one Magistrate , not admissible before another , I. 219 . EXPOSING FOR SALE . What amount to , I. 40 ; not the same as selling , I. 116 . F FACTS . Magistrate sole judge of , I. 6 XV.
... warrant jury in convict- ing , I. 155 ; taken before one Magistrate , not admissible before another , I. 219 . EXPOSING FOR SALE . What amount to , I. 40 ; not the same as selling , I. 116 . F FACTS . Magistrate sole judge of , I. 6 XV.
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... amount so stopped . The Magistrate decided in favour of the plaintiff . ARRINDELL , C. J. , gave judgment as follows : - Having read the complaint , the evidence , the conviction , and the reasons of grounds of the review . Firstly I do ...
... amount so stopped . The Magistrate decided in favour of the plaintiff . ARRINDELL , C. J. , gave judgment as follows : - Having read the complaint , the evidence , the conviction , and the reasons of grounds of the review . Firstly I do ...
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... amount to making the employer judge in his own case . Secondly - Because , although the appellant , when he discharged the complainant on the evening of the 25th May for alleged mis- VOL . I. C conduct , was entitled to do so under the ...
... amount to making the employer judge in his own case . Secondly - Because , although the appellant , when he discharged the complainant on the evening of the 25th May for alleged mis- VOL . I. C conduct , was entitled to do so under the ...
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... amount of which arising out of simple contract and is ascertained . By Ord . 18 of 1858 , Sec . 16 , it is enacted-- " That in case a party proceeded against shall not be possessed of goods and chattels sufficient to satisfy the demand ...
... amount of which arising out of simple contract and is ascertained . By Ord . 18 of 1858 , Sec . 16 , it is enacted-- " That in case a party proceeded against shall not be possessed of goods and chattels sufficient to satisfy the demand ...
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... amount to a breach of the peace . Had he been tried for inciting , and convicted thereof , the case might have amounted to that offence ; but a man must be tried in the case he comes prepared to meet , and the conviction must be founded ...
... amount to a breach of the peace . Had he been tried for inciting , and convicted thereof , the case might have amounted to that offence ; but a man must be tried in the case he comes prepared to meet , and the conviction must be founded ...
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adjudication alleged appears appellant in Review Appellant's Applicant for Review ARRINDELL assault Bahadoor BEAUMONT BEETE Berbice breach BRUMELL charge circumstances claim committed complainant Complainant's condemnation considered Constable contract coram non judice costs Court Crown Lands defect defendant in Review Defendant's dismissed distress District Dollars doubt employer enacts Estate evidence fact fide gallons gave judgment Govia ground Humphreys illegal immigrant imposed impounding imprisonment indenture J. D. FRASER Judge judgment as follows jurisdiction licence Liquor locus in quo Magistrate's decision malt liquor matter notice objection offence opinion Opium Ordinance 19 Ordinance 20 parties penal penalty person Plaintiff in Review Plantains Plantation Port Mourant possession proceedings provisions punishment quash the conviction question reasons Respondent Retail Spirit reverse the Magistrate's road Section selling sentence servant shew sold Stipendiary Magistrate sufficient Summary Conviction sustain Wallaba wilful trespass witnesses words
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Page 97 - the rule for jurisdiction is that nothing shall be intended to be out of the jurisdiction of a superior court but that which specially appears to be so, and, on the contrary, nothing shall be intended to be within the jurisdiction of an inferior court but that which is so expressly alleged;" and this rule has been so frequently repeated as to have become a maxim in the law.
Page 2 - Every person who shall use any threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned : 14.
Page 35 - The wrongful or fraudulent taking, and carrying away, of the personal goods of another from any place with a felonious intent to convert them to the taker's own use, and make them his own property without the consent of the owner : " the " intent " must be to deprive the owner, not temporarily, but permanently, of his property.
Page 151 - Statute creating the offence or regulating the prosecution for the same, and in all cases of conviction upon Statutes hitherto passed, whether any particular form of conviction have been therein given or not, it shall be lawful for the Justice or Justices who shall so convict, to draw up his or their conviction, on parchment or on paper, in such one of the forms of conviction...
Page 78 - Application ; and if at any Time after the Expiration of One Calendar Month from the making of such Order as aforesaid it be made to appear to any One Justice, upon Oath or Affirmation, that any Sum to be paid in pursuance of such Order has not been paid, such Justice may, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, cause such putative Father to be brought before any Two Justices...
Page 159 - Law ; and it shall not be necessary to make such Warrant returnable at any particular Time, but the same may remain in force until it shall be executed...
Page 158 - ... be a bar to any subsequent information or complaint for the same matters respectively against the same party...
Page 152 - No conviction or judgment in pursuance of this Act shall be quashed for want of form, and no warrant of imprisonment or for poinding and sale, and no extract of judgment, shall be held void by reason of any defect of form therein, provided it be therein mentioned or may be inferred therefrom that it is founded or has proceeded on a conviction or judgment, and there be a valid conviction or judgment to sustain the same.
Page 79 - That the said do pay unto the said the Mother of the said Bastard Child, so long as she shall live and shall be of sound Mind, and shall not be in any Gaol or Prison, or under Sentence of Transportation, or to the Person who may be appointed to have the Custody of such...
Page 150 - The acts constituting the alleged offense — murder — are stated " in ordinary and concise language, and in such manner as to enable a person of ordinary understanding to know what is intended.