The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer of Pleas, and Exchequer of Chamber, ...E. B. Ince, 1854 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... paid and a prosecution had been instituted against the prisoner for obtaining it by false pretences , I am inclined to think it would have failed , for I am not satisfied he would have committed any indictable offence . COLERIDGE , J ...
... paid and a prosecution had been instituted against the prisoner for obtaining it by false pretences , I am inclined to think it would have failed , for I am not satisfied he would have committed any indictable offence . COLERIDGE , J ...
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... paid the money to a person who wrote his name in the book ; evidence of the course of business as to the signing the book was given , and the entry , consisting of the creditor's name , the signature , and the sum , was tendered to ...
... paid the money to a person who wrote his name in the book ; evidence of the course of business as to the signing the book was given , and the entry , consisting of the creditor's name , the signature , and the sum , was tendered to ...
Page 30
... paid . The course of business was this , viz . , when any person called for the amount due to any creditor whose name was entered in the book , he was asked the amount of the debt claimed , and if the amount thereupon named by him ...
... paid . The course of business was this , viz . , when any person called for the amount due to any creditor whose name was entered in the book , he was asked the amount of the debt claimed , and if the amount thereupon named by him ...
Page 31
... paid , settled , balanced or otherwise discharged , or which shall import or signify any such acknowledg- ment . " Though there are no words in terms stating , on the face of the entry , that money has been paid , yet the statements in ...
... paid , settled , balanced or otherwise discharged , or which shall import or signify any such acknowledg- ment . " Though there are no words in terms stating , on the face of the entry , that money has been paid , yet the statements in ...
Page 32
... paid the debt had said , the man I paid left this knife behind him , and some one had shewn that the knife belonged to the prisoner . That would have been using the writing merely as a means of establishing the identity of the party ...
... paid the debt had said , the man I paid left this knife behind him , and some one had shewn that the knife belonged to the prisoner . That would have been using the writing merely as a means of establishing the identity of the party ...
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Popular passages
Page 300 - 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 300 - ... conviction, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.
Page 33 - Every such company as aforesaid shall be liable for the loss of or for any injury done to any horses, cattle, or other animals, or to any articles, goods, or things, in the receiving, forwarding, or delivering thereof, occasioned by the neglect or default of such company or its servants, notwithstanding any notice, condition, or declaration made and given by such company contrary thereto, or in anywise limiting such liability; every such notice, condition, or 1854. declaration being hereby declared...
Page 132 - ... or to endeavour to procure, any money or valuable consideration, to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person in order to induce any voter to vote, or refrain from voting...
Page 133 - Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, make any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election : 4.
Page 85 - Act the following words and expressions shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction...
Page 298 - ... parties or the arbitrators, as the case may be, with a written notice to appoint an arbitrator...
Page 209 - Whenever any ship, whether a steam or sailing ship, proceeding in one direction, meets another ship, whether a steam or tailing ship, proceeding in another direction, so that if both ships were to continue their respective courses they would pass so near as to involve any risk of a collision, the helms of both ships shall be put to port so as to pass on the port side of each other...
Page 133 - ... of any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : 3.
Page 207 - ... shall be made as soon as possible after the occurrence to which it relates, and. if not made on the same day as the occurrence to which it relates, shall be made and dated so as to show the date of the...