The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of 1869, 32-33 Vict., for the Dominion of Canada, Volume 1 |
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Page 188
... assault the gaoler or officer , and he , in his defence , kill any of them , it is justifiable , for the sake of preventing an escape . - 1 Hale , 496 . Where an officer or private person , having legal author- ity to apprehend a man ...
... assault the gaoler or officer , and he , in his defence , kill any of them , it is justifiable , for the sake of preventing an escape . - 1 Hale , 496 . Where an officer or private person , having legal author- ity to apprehend a man ...
Page 190
... assault against the person , al- though an assault be not charged in terms , the jury may acquit of the felony , and find a verdict of guilty of assault against the person indicted , if the evidence war- rants such finding , and the ...
... assault against the person , al- though an assault be not charged in terms , the jury may acquit of the felony , and find a verdict of guilty of assault against the person indicted , if the evidence war- rants such finding , and the ...
Page 195
... assault is made with violence or cir- cumstances of indignity upon a man's person , as by pull- ing him by the nose , and the party so assaulted kills the aggressor , the crime will be reduced to manslaughter , in case it appears that ...
... assault is made with violence or cir- cumstances of indignity upon a man's person , as by pull- ing him by the nose , and the party so assaulted kills the aggressor , the crime will be reduced to manslaughter , in case it appears that ...
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... assault , that will of course reduce the crime of the party killing to manslaughter . Even a blow will not be considered as sufficient provocation to extenuate in cases where the revenge is disproportioned to the injury , and outrageous ...
... assault , that will of course reduce the crime of the party killing to manslaughter . Even a blow will not be considered as sufficient provocation to extenuate in cases where the revenge is disproportioned to the injury , and outrageous ...
Page 199
... assaulting A without particularizing the time , place or any other circumstances of the assault , is too general and unspecific . A resistance to an arrest thereon , and killing the person attempting to execute it , will not be murder ...
... assaulting A without particularizing the time , place or any other circumstances of the assault , is too general and unspecific . A resistance to an arrest thereon , and killing the person attempting to execute it , will not be murder ...
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Page 312 - It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent.
Page 578 - Provided that if upon the trial of any person indicted for such misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the property in question in any such manner as to amount in law to larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor; and no person tried for such misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for larceny upon the same facts...
Page 569 - ... in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to intrust or advance any property to such body corporate or public company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 638 - ... if any credible witness shall prove upon oath before a justice of the peace a reasonable cause to suspect that any person has in his possession or on his premises any property whatsoever on or with respect to which any offence...
Page 601 - ... together with the principal felon, or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony whether the principal felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice...
Page 394 - India warrants, warehouse-keepers' certificates, warrants or orders for the delivery of goods, or any other document* used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented.
Page 425 - Evidence of the Title, or of Part of the Title, of the Person or of some one of the Persons having a present Interest...
Page 564 - ... the same or any part thereof, to or for his own use or benefit, or the use or benefit of any person other than...
Page 743 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer having the custody of the records of the Court where the offender was convicted, or by the deputy of such clerk or officer...
Page 637 - ... to commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...