Canadian Criminal Cases Annotated, Volume 27Canada Law Journal Company, 1917 - Criminal law |
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Page 138 - Provided, that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 245 - Provided that no conviction shall be set aside nor any new trial directed, although it appears that some evidence was improperly admitted or rejected, or that something not according to law was done at the trial or some misdirection given, unless in the opinion of the Court of Appeal some substantial wrong or miscarriage was thereby occasioned on the trial...
Page 199 - In prosecutions for conspiracies, it is an established rule, that where several persons are proved to have combined together for the same illegal purpose, any act done by one of the party in pursuance of...
Page 433 - ... no person accused of any offence under this subsection shall be convicted upon the evidence of one witness, unless such witness is corroborated in some material particular by evidence implicating the accused.
Page 387 - ... sufficient to cover the sum so adjudged to be paid, together •with the costs of the conviction and the costs of the appeal...
Page 217 - No one can suppose that Lord Cottenham could be, in the remotest degree, influenced by the interest that he had in this concern ; but, my Lords, it is of the last importance that the maxim that no man is to be a judge in his own cause should be held sacred.
Page 209 - You, as foreman of this grand jury, shall diligently inquire and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge ; the counsel of the people of this state, your fellows...
Page 54 - ... to bring into hatred or contempt, or to excite disaffection against the person of Her Majesty, her heirs, or successors, or the government and constitution of the United Kingdom, as by law established, or either House of Parliament, or the administration of justice, or to excite Her Majesty's subjects, to attempt otherwise than by lawful means...
Page 395 - Every peace officer who, on reasonable and probable grounds, believes that an offence for which the offender may be arrested without warrant has been committed, whether it has been committed or not, and who, on reasonable and probable grounds, believes that any person has committed that offence, is justified in arresting such person without warrant, whether such person is guilty or not.
Page 257 - Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to two years' imprisonment who "(a) dissuades or attempts to dissuade any person by threats, bribes, or other corrupt means, from giving evidence in any cause or matter, civil or criminal...