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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... proved and those laid , — even if laid as spoken in the third person and proved to have been spoken in the second , 4 T. R. 217 , -the defendant must be acquitted . But if some of the words be proved as laid , and the words so proved ...
... proved and those laid , — even if laid as spoken in the third person and proved to have been spoken in the second , 4 T. R. 217 , -the defendant must be acquitted . But if some of the words be proved as laid , and the words so proved ...
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... proved , the defendant may still be found guilty of the murder : burglary is laid to have been done " feloniously ... proved to be a heifer , this was holden to be a fatal variance ; for the statute having mentioned both cow and heifer ...
... proved , the defendant may still be found guilty of the murder : burglary is laid to have been done " feloniously ... proved to be a heifer , this was holden to be a fatal variance ; for the statute having mentioned both cow and heifer ...
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... proved , the clerk of the grand jury will indorse on the indictment , " A true bill ; " but if the majority should be of opinion that the offence has not been sufficiently proved , the words " no true bill ' are in that case indorsed on ...
... proved , the clerk of the grand jury will indorse on the indictment , " A true bill ; " but if the majority should be of opinion that the offence has not been sufficiently proved , the words " no true bill ' are in that case indorsed on ...
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... proved . WHERE the defendant pleads the general issue , not guilty , the prosecutor is obliged to prove at the trial every fact and circumstance stated in the indictment , which is material , and necessary to constitute the offence . So ...
... proved . WHERE the defendant pleads the general issue , not guilty , the prosecutor is obliged to prove at the trial every fact and circumstance stated in the indictment , which is material , and necessary to constitute the offence . So ...
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... proved by matter of record , the slightest variance between the time so stated , and that appearing from the record ... proved to have been com- mitted in the night time , the latter to have been committed in the day time , although the ...
... proved by matter of record , the slightest variance between the time so stated , and that appearing from the record ... proved to have been com- mitted in the night time , the latter to have been committed in the day time , although the ...
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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