The Law Magazine: Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, Volume 22Saunders and Benning, 1839 - Law |
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... authority under which we now act , it will be obvious that it does not extend to the construc- tion of a new Criminal Code , but is limited to the reduction and consolidation of the existing law of England , as well written as unwritten ...
... authority under which we now act , it will be obvious that it does not extend to the construc- tion of a new Criminal Code , but is limited to the reduction and consolidation of the existing law of England , as well written as unwritten ...
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... authority in support of the propriety of retaining them . As the Report contains a recommendation , in which we most heartily concur , to abolish for the future the incident peculiar to convictions of treason , the additions , namely ...
... authority in support of the propriety of retaining them . As the Report contains a recommendation , in which we most heartily concur , to abolish for the future the incident peculiar to convictions of treason , the additions , namely ...
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... authority of the Sovereign , as head of the state . They propose to remove from the present list of Treasons , all offences which do not come within this category , and to insert them under the titles of Felony or Misdemeanor , with ...
... authority of the Sovereign , as head of the state . They propose to remove from the present list of Treasons , all offences which do not come within this category , and to insert them under the titles of Felony or Misdemeanor , with ...
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... authority , un- limited as to time , to direct solitary confinement for some offences , whilst for others , and those often very serious , —such as offences under the 9 Geo . IV . c . 31 , the Court had no authority of the kind . But by ...
... authority , un- limited as to time , to direct solitary confinement for some offences , whilst for others , and those often very serious , —such as offences under the 9 Geo . IV . c . 31 , the Court had no authority of the kind . But by ...
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... any mere technical rules , be able to deduce any legal results from the facts . " When an attempt to explain implied malice , by so high an authority as Mr. Justice Foster , on a review 20 Fourth Criminal Law Report .
... any mere technical rules , be able to deduce any legal results from the facts . " When an attempt to explain implied malice , by so high an authority as Mr. Justice Foster , on a review 20 Fourth Criminal Law Report .
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