The Lancaster Law Review, Volume 31Lancaster Bar Association, 1914 - Law |
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... offense is in an alderman , magistrate or justice of the peace in summary proceed- ings . Where a defendant is acquitted in the quar- ter sessions on an indictment charging cruelty to animals , but is directed by the jury to pay one ...
... offense is in an alderman , magistrate or justice of the peace in summary proceed- ings . Where a defendant is acquitted in the quar- ter sessions on an indictment charging cruelty to animals , but is directed by the jury to pay one ...
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... offense and the question fendant was a fugitive from justice , and the is submit ed to a jury whether or not the de- jury finds against him , he cannot afterwards move in arrest of judgment . Where a party has the burden of proving ...
... offense and the question fendant was a fugitive from justice , and the is submit ed to a jury whether or not the de- jury finds against him , he cannot afterwards move in arrest of judgment . Where a party has the burden of proving ...
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... offense charged in the indictment ; and second , whether , if he did , he was a resident of the state within two years after its commission . The jury found him guilty in manner and form as he was indicted , and his coun- sel now ...
... offense charged in the indictment ; and second , whether , if he did , he was a resident of the state within two years after its commission . The jury found him guilty in manner and form as he was indicted , and his coun- sel now ...
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... offense , it is incumbent on the Commonwealth to show that the case is within the exception , ** but the most that can be required of the Common- wealth is , to furnish evidence of facts from which , in the absence of evidence on the ...
... offense , it is incumbent on the Commonwealth to show that the case is within the exception , ** but the most that can be required of the Common- wealth is , to furnish evidence of facts from which , in the absence of evidence on the ...
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... offense . The false pretense , if any , is not in declaring that the bank will the check ; but in the negotiation of a check which defendant knows he had no right to draw . In the absence of other averment of that fact here , the ...
... offense . The false pretense , if any , is not in declaring that the bank will the check ; but in the negotiation of a check which defendant knows he had no right to draw . In the absence of other averment of that fact here , the ...
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Page 213 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course ; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden ia on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims, acquired the title as a holder in due course.
Page 213 - A holder in due course is a holder who has taken the instrument under the following conditions: 1. That it is complete and regular upon its face; 2. That he became the holder of it before it was overdue, and without notice that it had been previously dishonored, if such was the fact; 3. That he took it in good faith and for value; 4. That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it.
Page 292 - No bill, except general appropriation bills, shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title...
Page 222 - In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act.
Page 388 - ... shall forfeit and pay to the party injured, fifty dollars, to be recovered as debts of the same amount are recoverable by law.
Page 410 - And whereas a failure of justice often takes place on the trial of persons charged with felony and misdemeanor by reason of variances between the statement in the indictment on which the trial is had and the proof of names, dates, matters, and circumstances therein mentioned, not material to the merits of the case, and by the mis-statement whereof the person on trial cannot have been prejudiced in his defence : Be it therefore enacted, that, 1.
Page 393 - And the said records and exemplifications, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court and office within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the courts or offices of the state from whence the same are or shall be taken.
Page 19 - all devises of real estate shall pass the whole estate of the testator in the premises devised, although there be no words of inheritance or of perpetuity, unless it appear, by a devise over or by words of limitation, or otherwise, in the will, that the testator intended to devise a less estate.
Page 410 - Every objection to any indictment for any formal defect apparent on the face thereof shall be taken by demurrer or motion to quash such indictment before the jury shall be sworn, and not afterwards; and every court before which any such objection shall be taken for any formal defect may, if it be thought necessary, cause the indictment to be forthwith amended in such particular by some officer of the court or other person ; and thereupon the trial shall proceed as if no such defect had appeared.
Page 309 - ... body politic or corporate, therein stated or alleged to be injured or damaged or intended to be injured or damaged...