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... present tedious reference to the Statute Book on every occasion when offenders are brought up under the Masters and Servants Act , the Police Act , the Publicans Act , the Vagrant Act , and such like . In INDICTABLE OFFENCES , the ...
... present tedious reference to the Statute Book on every occasion when offenders are brought up under the Masters and Servants Act , the Police Act , the Publicans Act , the Vagrant Act , and such like . In INDICTABLE OFFENCES , the ...
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... presents , That We , A. B. , ( appellant ) , of , C. D. , of .. and E. F. , ( sureties ) , of in the Colony of New South Wales , are held firmly bound to M. N. and X. Y. , Justices of the Peace , & c . , their executors , administrators ...
... presents , That We , A. B. , ( appellant ) , of , C. D. , of .. and E. F. , ( sureties ) , of in the Colony of New South Wales , are held firmly bound to M. N. and X. Y. , Justices of the Peace , & c . , their executors , administrators ...
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... present at the time a felony is being committed , may legally and ought to arrest , or aid in arresting , the offender . He may even break into a private house to prevent the commission of a felony , ( Ilandcock v . Baker , 2 B. & P ...
... present at the time a felony is being committed , may legally and ought to arrest , or aid in arresting , the offender . He may even break into a private house to prevent the commission of a felony , ( Ilandcock v . Baker , 2 B. & P ...
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... present intention coupled with a present ability to do such injury , ( Selwyn's N.P. , 10th ed . , 25 ) , whether that injury be actually done or not . Thus , lifting up a stick or a fist in a threatening attitude , so near to the party ...
... present intention coupled with a present ability to do such injury , ( Selwyn's N.P. , 10th ed . , 25 ) , whether that injury be actually done or not . Thus , lifting up a stick or a fist in a threatening attitude , so near to the party ...
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... present at one o'clock , any one Justice resident in the district may adjourn the meeting for a week , and give notice to all other such Jus- tices ; and if at such adjourned meeting two Justices , usually resident , & c . , are not present ...
... present at one o'clock , any one Justice resident in the district may adjourn the meeting for a week , and give notice to all other such Jus- tices ; and if at such adjourned meeting two Justices , usually resident , & c . , are not present ...
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accused adjudged appear application appointed apprehended assault authorized Bail behalf carriage cattle cause certificate charge chattels Chief Constable Clerk constable contrary conviction or order costs Court custody default defendant delivered depositions discharge district duly enacted evidence examined false felony Fine not exc forfeited Form forthwith Gaol given Habeas Corpus hand and seal hard labour hath hearing impr imprisonment indictable offence indictment information or complaint intent issue Jervis's Act jurisdiction Justice or Justices Keeper labor larceny levied license liquors Magistrate Majesty's Justices matter misdemeanor neglecting notice oath owner party pawnbroker payment penalty person Petty Sessions Police prisoner proceedings prosecution prosecutor punishment Quarter Sessions recognizance recoverable recovered as offence refusing respect roads servant sooner paid South Wales Statute steal stolen sufficient summary conviction summons sureties taken thereby therein thereof unlawfully unless wilfully
Popular passages
Page 169 - Repeal. All acts or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
Page 315 - I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies and attempts which I shall know to be against Her...
Page 239 - ... and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.
Page 438 - Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so, but whatever you say will be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence...
Page 303 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 3 - Felony, and may be indicted and convicted either as an Accessory before the Fact to the principal Felony, together with the principal Felon, or after the Conviction of the principal Felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive Felony whether the principal Felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to Justice, and may thereupon be punished in the same Manner as any Accessory before the Fact to the same Felony, if convicted as an Accessory,...
Page 215 - That if any Person shall wilfully or maliciously commit any Damage, Injury, or Spoil to or upon any Real or Personal Property whatsoever, either of a public or private Nature, for which no Remedy or Punishment is hereinbefore provided...
Page 503 - CD ; and if, within the space of days next after the making of such distress, the said last-mentioned sum, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress, shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods...
Page 479 - These are therefore to command you the said constable of to take the said AB, and [him] safely to convey to the [Goof] at aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the Keeper thereof, together with this precept ; and I do hereby command you the said Keeper of the said...
Page 102 - ... competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself or herself, or shall in any criminal proceeding render any husband competent or compellable to give evidence for or against his wife, or any wife competent or compellable to give evidence for or against her husband.