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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... prisoner would necessarily be acquitted . A mere literal variance however , ( that is , where the omission or addition of a letter does not alter or change a word so as to make it another word , 2 Salk . 661. Cowp . 229 ) will not be ...
... prisoner would necessarily be acquitted . A mere literal variance however , ( that is , where the omission or addition of a letter does not alter or change a word so as to make it another word , 2 Salk . 661. Cowp . 229 ) will not be ...
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... prisoner viva voce at the bar , in these words , " not guilty ; " the clerk of the arraigns then asks him how he will be tried , and he answers " by God and my country . " But when the record is made up , the gene- ral issue appears ...
... prisoner viva voce at the bar , in these words , " not guilty ; " the clerk of the arraigns then asks him how he will be tried , and he answers " by God and my country . " But when the record is made up , the gene- ral issue appears ...
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... prisoner to pray clergy after , than to plead it before , conviction . Where clergy is pleaded , the crown answers by a replication ; where prayed merely after conviction , the pleading upon the part of the crown , stating reasons why ...
... prisoner to pray clergy after , than to plead it before , conviction . Where clergy is pleaded , the crown answers by a replication ; where prayed merely after conviction , the pleading upon the part of the crown , stating reasons why ...
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... prisoner , at other times , before or after the commission of the offence for which he is indicted , in order to prove , or at least to raise a presumption of , his knowledge that the note in question was forged . R. v . Wylie , 1 New ...
... prisoner , at other times , before or after the commission of the offence for which he is indicted , in order to prove , or at least to raise a presumption of , his knowledge that the note in question was forged . R. v . Wylie , 1 New ...
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... prisoner in his defence ) was a mere pretext to cover his treasonable purposes : the defend- ant , in order to rebut that presumption , was allowed to give in evidence a book upon parliamentary reform , written by him and published ...
... prisoner in his defence ) was a mere pretext to cover his treasonable purposes : the defend- ant , in order to rebut that presumption , was allowed to give in evidence a book upon parliamentary reform , written by him and published ...
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accessary acquitted afore afterwards alleged ante assault bank note bill of exchange burglary Camp charged clergy Commencement committed common law conspiracy constable convicted counterfeited county aforesaid court crown and dignity death defendant divers dwelling house East fact false felony force and arms forged forgery Fost Fryern further present George the fourth Gilb given in evidence guilty Hale Hawk high treason holden imprisonment indictment Inst instance instrument intent judges held jurors aforesaid jury justice kill King's labourer laid larceny last aforesaid last precedent Leach libel lord the King malice aforethought maliciously manslaughter matter ment mentioned merely Middlesex misdemeanor murder necessary oath aforesaid oath present offence officer overt act parish aforesaid party peace perjury person plea pleaded proof prosecution prosecutor proved punishable reign Salk SECT shillings sovereign lord George stat statute steal sufficient third day unlawfully utter and publish variance warrant wilfully words writ