 Without attempting to review and reconcile all the cases, we are of opinion, that as a general description, though perhaps not a precise and accurate definition, a conspiracy must be a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish...  A Treatise on the Law of Evidence - Page 83by Simon Greenleaf - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 956 pages
...reference to any other or any extraneous questions or considerations. Now, gentlemen, a conspiracy is "a combination of two or more persons by some concerted...to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose." That is the definition of conspiracy, so far as it is applicable to this case. "A combination of two... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1054 pages
...conspiracy which are familiar. For the purposes of this case, without stating the usual antithesis, it is a combination of two or more persons by some concerted...action to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose. Let us consider next what are the particular conspiracies denounced by the laws of the United States,... | |
 | Alpheus Thomas Mason - Labor laws and legislation - 1925 - 290 pages
...is still controlling in labor cases : Without attempting to review and reconcile all the cases, ... a conspiracy must be a combination of two or more persons, by some conceited action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose or to accomplish some purpose not... | |
 | Law - 1886 - 642 pages
...The Testimony of a Witness after the Conspiracy Inadmissible. — A conspiracy is, in general terms, a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted...action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose. (3 Gr. Evidence, Sec. 87 cited). When the conspiracy is established, the act and declation of one conspirator... | |
 | Law - 1919 - 492 pages
...sale.— Alsbury v. Alsbury, Tex., 211 SW 650. 20. Connnirney— Concerted Action.— A "conspiracy" is a combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish an act or purpose which by statute is defined to be a felony.— Williams v. State, Ind., 123 XE 209.... | |
 | Law - 1914 - 568 pages
...LRA 534. 99 Am. St. Rep. 783), this court said, speaking by Mr. Justice Dean: "A conspiracy is the combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish an unlawful purpose. It is unlawful to deprive a mechanic or workman of work by force, threats, or... | |
 | John Allen Finch - Insurance law - 1913 - 674 pages
...Bonding & Ins. Co. (Kansas City CA): "Criminal Conspiracy" — Construction: A criminal conspiracy Is a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted...action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful purpose not In itself criminal or unlawful by criminal or unlawful means. Combinations to Fix Rates — "Insurance"... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Charles Frederick Remy, George Washington Self, Philip Zoercher, William H. Adams, Mrs. Edward Franklin White, Emma Mary May - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 852 pages
...Union No. 131. Do the findings show a conspiracy to injure the plaintiff ? A conspiracy is denned to be "a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish 2. some criminal or unlawful purpose; or to accomplish some purpose, not in itself criminal or unlawful,... | |
 | Insurance law - 1912 - 1180 pages
...APPEALS OF VIRGINIA. HARRIS FT AL. vs. COMMONWEALTH* "CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY." A criminal conspiracy is a combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish a criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish some purpose, not in itself criminal or unlawful,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1206 pages
...(Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. March 30, 1914.) 1. "CONSPIRACY" f| 1*)— DEFINITION. A "conspiracy" is a combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish an unlawful purpose. [Ed. Note.— For other cases, see Conspiracy, Cent. Dig. §§ 1-5; Dec. Dig.... | |
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