 | Criminal law - 1885 - 704 pages
...The term felony, when used in this act, or any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable...punished by death, or by imprisonment in a state prison." That word felony cannot be found in the statutes (outside of the Criminal or Penal Code), where any... | |
 | Criminal law - 1884 - 678 pages
...provides that the term " felony," when used in any (statute, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender on conviction shall be liable by law to be punishable by death or by imprisonment in a state prison. It purports to give a statutory definition... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - Constitutional law - 1885 - 698 pages
...example under the general provisions concerning crimes and their punishment. 2 Rev. Stat. 696, 7. § 30. The term " felony," when used in this act, or in any...punished by death, or by imprisonment in a state prison. § 31. Whenever the term " infamous crime," is used in any statute, it shall be construed as including... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1156 pages
...feature designated by the laws of the state as the characteristic of a felony, namely, a liabilit}' to be punished by death or by imprisonment in a state prison (2 RS, 702, § 30), and hence it is concluded, that, inasmuch as the accused, upon his conviction under... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Actions and defenses - 1885 - 1126 pages
...feature designated by the laws of the State as the characteristic of a felony, namely, a liability to be punished by death or by Imprisonment in a State prison ' and hence it is concluded, that, inasmuch as the accused, upon his conviction under section 5431,... | |
 | John T. Cook - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 874 pages
...term " felony," when used in this act, or in any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable...punished by death, or by imprisonment in a State prison." Although, as has been already remarked, the term " felony '' is not used in any of the provisions of... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1888 - 402 pages
...9430i, wherein a felony is "construed to mean an offence for which the offender on conviction shall bo liable by law to be punished by death or by imprisonment in the State prison," the principle might still be applied. If this statute were applicable to this case... | |
 | Jabez Gridley Sutherland - Law - 1891 - 836 pages
..."that the word felony, when used in thts or any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished with death, or by imprisonment in the state prison." " This provision," says Christiancy, J., " is... | |
 | Martin L. Newell - Chicanery (Law) - 1892 - 726 pages
...term 'felony,' when used in this title or in any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable...law to be punished by death or by imprisonment in the state prison." §16. Abuse of process. — Officers sometimes render themselves liable in actions... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 776 pages
...provides that " the term ' felony,' when used in any statute, shall be construed to mean any offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by imprisonment in the state prison." There is no other felony referred to in defining the offense, except... | |
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Although it is provided (Ib., 989, §40) that "the term ' felony,' when used in this act, or in any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment... 
