Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration [1824-44]: 1824 to 1837T. & J.W. Johnson, 1839 - Criminal law |
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... doubts whether the prisoner could be truly said to have " stolen , taken , and carried away " the bag , he respited the judg- ment , in order that the opinion of the Judges might be taken on the case . In Easter term , 1824. The Judges ...
... doubts whether the prisoner could be truly said to have " stolen , taken , and carried away " the bag , he respited the judg- ment , in order that the opinion of the Judges might be taken on the case . In Easter term , 1824. The Judges ...
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... doubt of the burglary , or of the larceny , and the jury pronounced the prisoner guilty , upon the learned Judge informing them that he would reserve the question for the Judges , whether the dwelling - house , under the circumstances ...
... doubt of the burglary , or of the larceny , and the jury pronounced the prisoner guilty , upon the learned Judge informing them that he would reserve the question for the Judges , whether the dwelling - house , under the circumstances ...
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... doubt but he had set the premises on fire ; and he therefore asked him if any person had been concerned with him , or induced him to do it ? The prisoner said he had not done it . The police officer replied , that he would not have told ...
... doubt but he had set the premises on fire ; and he therefore asked him if any person had been concerned with him , or induced him to do it ? The prisoner said he had not done it . The police officer replied , that he would not have told ...
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... doubt having occurred whether the situation of the house was sufficiently described in the indictment , the learned Judge submitted that point to the consideration of the Judges . The indictment stated that the prisoner , on the 6th ...
... doubt having occurred whether the situation of the house was sufficiently described in the indictment , the learned Judge submitted that point to the consideration of the Judges . The indictment stated that the prisoner , on the 6th ...
Page 45
... doubt was , whether it should not have been stated " in the dwelling - house of William Thomas , there situate . " Indictments for burglary and arson generally contain such a statement , and so do indictments for breaking a house in the ...
... doubt was , whether it should not have been stated " in the dwelling - house of William Thomas , there situate . " Indictments for burglary and arson generally contain such a statement , and so do indictments for breaking a house in the ...
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accessary acquitted aforesaid afterwards appeared apprehended arrest bank Baron benefit of clergy clerk committed confession considered constable counsel count charged counterfeit Court death deed delivered dwelling-house Easter Term Edward Young embezzlement evidence felony forged forgery found the prisoner George Hood grievous bodily harm Hilary Term indictment instrument intent to defraud John jury found Justice GASELEE Justice LITTLEDALE Kirkwood larceny learned Judge respited learned Judge thought letter of attorney Lord DENMAN Lord LYNDHURST Lord TENTERDEN magistrate maliciously ment Michaelmas Term murder objection offence Old Bailey owner parish PARK person Polish language possession prisoner guilty prisoner was tried prisoner's prosecutor proved punishment question received respited the judgment Russ second count sentence servant set fire sheep soner Spring Assizes statute stealing stolen Summer Assizes taken Thomas tion told trial tried and convicted unanimously of opinion unlawfully uttering wife William witness wound
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Page 155 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years, or to suffer such other punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the court shall award...
Page 247 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall steal any horse, mare, gelding, colt, or filly, or any bull, cow, ox, heifer, or calf, or any ram, ewe, sheep, or lamb, or shall wilfully kill any of such cattle with intent to steal the carcase, or skin, or any part of the cattle so killed, every such offender shall be guilty of felony...
Page 343 - That if any clerk or servant, or any person employed for the purpose or in the capacity of a clerk or servant, shall, by virtue of such employment, receive or take into his possession any chattel, money, or valuable security, for or in the name or on the account of his master...
Page 443 - That whosoever shall administer to or cause to be taken by any person any poison or other destructive thing...
Page 259 - Employer otherwise than by the actual Possession of his Clerk, Servant, or other Person so employed...
Page 391 - ... every person playing or betting in any street, road, highway, or other open and public place, at or with any table or instrument of gaming, at any game or pretended game of chance...
Page 482 - That if any Woman shall be delivered of a Child, and shall, by secret burying or otherwise disposing of the dead Body of the said Child, endeavour to conceal the Birth thereof...
Page 52 - That if any person shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making...
Page 176 - Navigation, such Felony or Misdemeanor may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined and punished...
Page 194 - And indeed, even in cases of felony at the common law, they are the weakest and most suspicious of all testimony : ever liable to be obtained by artifice, false hopes, promises of favor, or menaces ; seldom remembered accurately, or reported with due precision ; and incapable in their nature of being disproved by other negative evidence.