Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer: Containing the Cases & Statutes to 7 & 8 Vict., Inclusive, with a New Collection of Precedents, Volume 1

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Sweet, Maxwell & Son, 1845 - Justices of the peace

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Page 8 - 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 10 - ... and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any tern not exceeding three years...
Page 28 - Whosoever shall become an Accessory before the Fact to any Felony, /whether the same be a Felony at Common Law or by virtue of any Act passed or to be passed, may be indicted, tried, convicted, and punished in all respects as if he were a principal Felon.
Page 212 - ... be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, by warrant under the hand and seal or hands and seals of such Justice or Justices...
Page 143 - Misdemeanor, when any Variance shall appear between any Matter in Writing or in Print produced in Evidence and the Recital or setting forth thereof upon the Record whereon the Trial is pending, to be forthwith amended in such Particular...
Page 6 - ... any interest, whether legal or equitable, present or future, absolute, conditional, or contingent, in any real or personal estate, or shall be a presumptive heiress or coheiress, or presumptive next of kin, or one of the presumptive next of kin, to any one having such interest...
Page 15 - Thus, if several act in concert to steal a man's goods, and he is induced by fraud to trust one of them, in the presence of the others, with the possession of the goods, and then another of the party entice the owner away, that he who has the goods may carry them off, all are guilty as principals.
Page 32 - ... shall be guilty of felony, 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 be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years ; and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the court shall so think fit), in addition to such imprisonment...
Page 28 - ... common law or by virtue of any Statute or Statutes made or to be made, the person so counselling, procuring, or commanding, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and may be indicted and convicted either as an accessory before the fact...
Page 10 - ... whosoever, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she be or be not with child, shall unlawfully administer to her or cause to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or shall unlawfully use any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, shall be guilty of felony...

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