A Summary of the Law Relative to Pleading and Evidence in Criminal Cases: With Precedents of Indictments, &c. and the Evidence Necessary to Support Them |
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... person in one county procure an innocent agent to commit a felony or misdemeanor in another county , he is in that case deemed a principal in the offence , and may be indicted for having actually committed it , the venue being laid in ...
... person in one county procure an innocent agent to commit a felony or misdemeanor in another county , he is in that case deemed a principal in the offence , and may be indicted for having actually committed it , the venue being laid in ...
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... person , must state it to be the goods and chattels of the executor or admi- nistrator ; 2 Hale , 181 ; or if there be no will or no administra- tion , it should seem that it may be laid to be the goods of the person who defrayed the ...
... person , must state it to be the goods and chattels of the executor or admi- nistrator ; 2 Hale , 181 ; or if there be no will or no administra- tion , it should seem that it may be laid to be the goods of the person who defrayed the ...
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... person to the jurors unknown . ” If at the trial it appear in evidence that the party injured is misnamed , or that the owner of the goods or house & c . is another and different person from him named as such in the indictment , the ...
... person to the jurors unknown . ” If at the trial it appear in evidence that the party injured is misnamed , or that the owner of the goods or house & c . is another and different person from him named as such in the indictment , the ...
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... person of goods , it is not necessary to describe the goods , as in an indictment for stealing them ; stating them as " divers goods " has been holden sufficient . 1 Chit . Rep . 698. So , in an indictment for soliciting and in- citing ...
... person of goods , it is not necessary to describe the goods , as in an indictment for stealing them ; stating them as " divers goods " has been holden sufficient . 1 Chit . Rep . 698. So , in an indictment for soliciting and in- citing ...
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... person for publishing the proceedings before a coroner , with comments , previously to the trial , although the statement were correct and no malicious motive shewn ; for such publications have a tendency improperly to influence the ...
... person for publishing the proceedings before a coroner , with comments , previously to the trial , although the statement were correct and no malicious motive shewn ; for such publications have a tendency improperly to influence the ...
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