The Provincial Justice, Or Magistrate's Manual: Being a Complete Digest of the Criminal Law of Canada, and a Compendious and General View of the Provincial Law of Upper Canada: with Practical Forms, for the Use of the Magistracy |
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... jury laws , the laws relating to elections , customs , banking , post office , public meetings , and others of a general character , interesting as well to the man of business as to the professional reader . A new and cheap edition of ...
... jury laws , the laws relating to elections , customs , banking , post office , public meetings , and others of a general character , interesting as well to the man of business as to the professional reader . A new and cheap edition of ...
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... jury by their verdict shall find and direct . See post title " Duel . ” ACQUITTAL . And see - AUTREFOIS ACQUIT . An Acquittal is the deliverance and setting free of the accused from the imputation of guilt ; as when a prisoner is found ...
... jury by their verdict shall find and direct . See post title " Duel . ” ACQUITTAL . And see - AUTREFOIS ACQUIT . An Acquittal is the deliverance and setting free of the accused from the imputation of guilt ; as when a prisoner is found ...
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... jury shall give a verdict for the defendant , notwithstanding any defect of jurisdiction of the Justice ; and if such action be brought jointly against the Justice and Constable , & c . , on proof of such warrant the jury shall find for ...
... jury shall give a verdict for the defendant , notwithstanding any defect of jurisdiction of the Justice ; and if such action be brought jointly against the Justice and Constable , & c . , on proof of such warrant the jury shall find for ...
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... jury should be one half foreigners , if so many are found in the place ; but this privilege does not hold in treason , since aliens are holden to be not the proper judges of what is a breach of the allegiance due to a British Sovereign ...
... jury should be one half foreigners , if so many are found in the place ; but this privilege does not hold in treason , since aliens are holden to be not the proper judges of what is a breach of the allegiance due to a British Sovereign ...
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... jury to try the matter on which such decision may have been made , and administer to such jury the following oath : " You do solemnly swear that you will well and truly try the matter of the complaint of C D. against E. F. , and a true ...
... jury to try the matter on which such decision may have been made , and administer to such jury the following oath : " You do solemnly swear that you will well and truly try the matter of the complaint of C D. against E. F. , and a true ...
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Page 10 - Trial to be had thereupon ; and no Plaintiff shall recover in any such Action, if Tender of sufficient Amends shall have been made before such Action brought, or if a sufficient Sum of Money shall have been paid into Court after such Action brought, by or on behalf of the Defendant...
Page 144 - Provided always, that if upon the Trial of any Person indicted for such Misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the Property in question in any such Manner as to amount in Law to Larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Misdemeanor; and no such Indictment shall be removable by Certiorari; and no Person tried for such Misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for Larceny upon the same Facts.
Page 62 - Peace, conditioned personally to appear at the said Sessions and to try such Appeal, and to abide the Judgment of the...
Page 26 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 1 - Whosoever shall unlawfully take or cause to be taken any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 266 - I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, all treasons, and traitorous conspiracies and attempts, which I shall know to be against him, or any of them; and all this I do swear without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation, and renouncing all pardons and dispensations from any power or person whomsoever to the contrary. So help me God.
Page 190 - ... and that the clergy of the said church may hold, receive, and enjoy, their accustomed dues and rights, with respect to such persons only as shall profess the said religion.
Page 107 - Majesty, or to any Person marrying a Second Time, whose Husband or Wife shall have been continually absent from such Person for the Space of Seven Years then last past, and shall not have been known by such Person to be living within that Time, or shall extend to any Person who at the Time of such Second Marriage shall have been divorced from the Bond of the First Marriage, or to any Person whose former Marriage shall have been declared void by the Sentence of any Court of competent Jurisdiction.
Page 185 - Majesty's subjects ; and that while I continue to hold the said office I will to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge all the duties thereof faithfully according to law : So help me God.
Page 279 - Servant, or Person employed for the Purpose or in the Capacity of a Clerk or Servant...