New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (partly Founded on Blackstone)Butterworths, 1863 - Law |
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Page 162
... labour and solitary confinement . And by sect . 14 , whosoever shall attempt to administer to , or attempt to cause to be administered to or to be taken by , any person , any poison or other destructive thing ; or who shall shoot at any ...
... labour and solitary confinement . And by sect . 14 , whosoever shall attempt to administer to , or attempt to cause to be administered to or to be taken by , any person , any poison or other destructive thing ; or who shall shoot at any ...
Page 167
... labour and solitary confinement ) for a term not exceeding two years , to any woman , being with child , who with intent to procure her own miscarriage , shall unlawfully administer to herself any poison or other noxious thing , or use ...
... labour and solitary confinement ) for a term not exceeding two years , to any woman , being with child , who with intent to procure her own miscarriage , shall unlawfully administer to herself any poison or other noxious thing , or use ...
Page 185
... labour , or solitary confinement ; and if the offender be a male under the age of sixteen , with or without whipping ( r ) . And the same punishments are attached ( by sect . 1 ) to the felonious offence of so setting fire to any church ...
... labour , or solitary confinement ; and if the offender be a male under the age of sixteen , with or without whipping ( r ) . And the same punishments are attached ( by sect . 1 ) to the felonious offence of so setting fire to any church ...
Page 194
... labour and solitary confinement may be superadded . In connection with the crime of burglary it may be mentioned , that whosoever shall enter any dwelling - house in the night , with intent to commit a felony , shall be guilty of felony ...
... labour and solitary confinement may be superadded . In connection with the crime of burglary it may be mentioned , that whosoever shall enter any dwelling - house in the night , with intent to commit a felony , shall be guilty of felony ...
Page 204
... labour and solitary confinement ( o ) ; and in the case of a male under sixteen years , with or without whipping ( p ) ; but in case of a conviction after having been twice " summarily convicted " of any of the offences so punishable ...
... labour and solitary confinement ( o ) ; and in the case of a male under sixteen years , with or without whipping ( p ) ; but in case of a conviction after having been twice " summarily convicted " of any of the offences so punishable ...
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Page 332 - The liberty of the press is, indeed, essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published.
Page 333 - To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion, and government.
Page 162 - ... unlawfully and maliciously shoot at any person ; or shall, by drawing a trigger, or in any other manner, attempt to discharge any kind of loaded arms at any person...
Page 352 - Majesty, or to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time...
Page 150 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.
Page 322 - That if any Persons, riotously and tumultuously assembled together to the Disturbance of the Public Peace, shall unlawfully and with Force demolish, pull down, or destroy...
Page 204 - ... of silk, woollen, linen, or cotton, or of any one or more of those materials mixed with each other, or mixed with any other material...
Page 446 - That in every presentment or indictment to be prosecuted against any person for wilful and corrupt perjury, it shall be sufficient to set forth the substance of the offence charged upon the defendant, and by what court, or before whom the oath...
Page 449 - ... for want of the averment of any matter unnecessary to be proved, nor for the omission of the words " as appears by the record," or of the words
Page 111 - If, after he be tried and found guilty, he loses his senses before judgment, judgment shall not be pronounced ; and if, after judgment, he becomes of non-sane memory, execution shall be stayed ; for peradventure, says the humanity of the English law, had the prisoner been of sound memory, he might have alleged something in stay of judgment or execution.