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... FALSE PRETENCES CHAPTER XIV . CHAPTER XV . False Pretences , 240 - Receiving of stolen property , 252 . FORGERY CHAPTER XVI . PAGE 101 112 143 161 170 181 228 240 255 CHAPTER XVII . OFFENCES AGAINST THE SAFETY OF THE STATE xxviii Contents.
... FALSE PRETENCES CHAPTER XIV . CHAPTER XV . False Pretences , 240 - Receiving of stolen property , 252 . FORGERY CHAPTER XVI . PAGE 101 112 143 161 170 181 228 240 255 CHAPTER XVII . OFFENCES AGAINST THE SAFETY OF THE STATE xxviii Contents.
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... stole to satisfy his hunger , or a slayer that he struck under the provocation of a blow . And ( 3 ) on the other hand , by a divergence in the opposite direction , 1 Methods of Ethics , p . 280 . 2 Preface to the Gorgias of Plato . 3 ...
... stole to satisfy his hunger , or a slayer that he struck under the provocation of a blow . And ( 3 ) on the other hand , by a divergence in the opposite direction , 1 Methods of Ethics , p . 280 . 2 Preface to the Gorgias of Plato . 3 ...
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... stolen without even the appearance of right to take it ; and , accordingly , a bond fide mistake of law , if based upon reasonable grounds , —like that of a woman who gleans corn in a village where it is the practice to do so will ...
... stolen without even the appearance of right to take it ; and , accordingly , a bond fide mistake of law , if based upon reasonable grounds , —like that of a woman who gleans corn in a village where it is the practice to do so will ...
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... stolen , she does not thereby become guilty of " receiving stolen property . " Again , in consequence of the conjugal unity by which the married pair are - for many purposes - regarded in law as constituting only a single person , no ...
... stolen , she does not thereby become guilty of " receiving stolen property . " Again , in consequence of the conjugal unity by which the married pair are - for many purposes - regarded in law as constituting only a single person , no ...
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... ) ; and were never prosecuted 1 26 Geo . III c . 71. The object is to prevent stolen horses from being easily disposed of . 2 24 and 25 Vict . c . 96. s . 38 . in this " inquisitorial " mode , but were left 98 CH . Inquisitorial procedure.
... ) ; and were never prosecuted 1 26 Geo . III c . 71. The object is to prevent stolen horses from being easily disposed of . 2 24 and 25 Vict . c . 96. s . 38 . in this " inquisitorial " mode , but were left 98 CH . Inquisitorial procedure.
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25 Vict Accordingly accused acquitted actually actus reus admissible appeal arrest assault Assizes bigamy burglary charge civil committed common law consequently constitute convicted crime criminal courts criminal law cross-examination Crown death defence English law fact false pretences felony forgery grand jury grievous bodily harm guilty Hale P. C. hard labour held Hence homicide House of Lords Ibid imprisonment indictable offences indictment inflicted Infra injury insanity instance intention judges justice kill King's Bench Division larceny libel Lord malice manslaughter mens rea ment merely misdemeanor murder oath obtaining offence ordinary owner party penal servitude penalty perjury person Pollock and Maitland possession present prisoner prisoner's proceedings prosecution prosecutor proved punishment Quarter Sessions question regarded render rule sentence servant shew shewn similarly statute statutory steal Stephen stolen sufficient Supra theft tort treason trial unlawful usually whilst witness
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Page 54 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 54 - If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if that act was at the same time contrary to the law of the land, he is punishable...
Page 54 - ... must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility as if the facts with respect to which the delusion exists were real.
Page 3 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Page 229 - Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 47, which enacts, 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 99 - ... between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!
Page 433 - ... they become satisfied by the evidence that it is expedient to deal with the case summarily, shall cause the charge to be reduced into writing and read to the...
Page 272 - Thus a compassing of the death of the King was held to be sufficiently evidenced by the overt act of imprisoning him ; because, as Machiavelli had observed, ' between the prisons and the graves of princes the distance is very small.
Page 378 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page 4 - The violation of a right when considered in reference to the evil tendency of such violation, as regards the community at large.