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Page 97
Neither shall a man who attends the Court without any sufficient cause , to do a
mere voluntary act there , be privileged in going and returning ; as if a defendant
go to the Court to confess an indictment , for there is no occasion , and no
process ...
Neither shall a man who attends the Court without any sufficient cause , to do a
mere voluntary act there , be privileged in going and returning ; as if a defendant
go to the Court to confess an indictment , for there is no occasion , and no
process ...
Page 185
I - The King however shall not be allowed a peremptory challenge . si lingi : A
challenge to the polls , for cause shewn , For causes is either principal , or to the
favor . And the principal challenge is redueed to four heads propter honoris ...
I - The King however shall not be allowed a peremptory challenge . si lingi : A
challenge to the polls , for cause shewn , For causes is either principal , or to the
favor . And the principal challenge is redueed to four heads propter honoris ...
Page 186
Propter defectum : or for a defect ; as if a juryman be an alien born , this is defect
of birth , So if the juror be within the age of twentyone , it is a good cause of
challenge , * and is den fect of age : or that he hath not sufficient es . tate , this is
defect ...
Propter defectum : or for a defect ; as if a juryman be an alien born , this is defect
of birth , So if the juror be within the age of twentyone , it is a good cause of
challenge , * and is den fect of age : or that he hath not sufficient es . tate , this is
defect ...
Page 189
II After a challenge to the array , the party ' may challenge the polls , but after a
challenge to the polls , there can be no challenge to the array ; . and he who has
more than one cause of challenge against a juror , must take them all at once :
but ...
II After a challenge to the array , the party ' may challenge the polls , but after a
challenge to the polls , there can be no challenge to the array ; . and he who has
more than one cause of challenge against a juror , must take them all at once :
but ...
Page 375
statute giving an appeal to the Session within a certain number of months after
the cause of complaint shall arise , direct the Justices at the said Session to hear
and determine the matters of such appeal , & c . ; yet it seems they have an ...
statute giving an appeal to the Session within a certain number of months after
the cause of complaint shall arise , direct the Justices at the said Session to hear
and determine the matters of such appeal , & c . ; yet it seems they have an ...
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| Title | A Practical Guide, to the Quarter, and Other, Sessions of the Peace: Adapted to the Use of Young Magistrates, and Gentlemen of the Legal Profession, at the Commencement of Their Public Duties |
| Author | William Dickinson |
| Publisher | Reed and Hunter, 1815 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 463 pages |
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