 | Charles Leadbetter - Gaging - 1750 - 474 pages
...the Offence, and be tried within the County where it was committed ; and one half of fuch Forfeiture to go to the King, and the other half to the Informer that (hall fue for the fame. AND for the preventing Frauds by brewing Ale, Beer, or Worts of an extraordinary... | |
 | John Wade - Great Britain - 1820 - 496 pages
...Stanhope, in the speech to which we have already referred. By the 18th section, one half of the penalty was to go to the king, and the other half to the informer...penalty happened, in this case, not to be a fine, but a fourteen years' transportation ; so that fourteen years' transportation were to be equally divided... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Commercial law - 1824 - 516 pages
...recovered in any of the courts at "Westminster, or in the court of exchequer in Scotland, one half thereof to go to the king, and the other half to the informer (3). Curriers. Any currier refusing to curry any leather brought or sent to him by any person dealing... | |
 | John Wade - 1831 - 608 pages
...is a singular instance of one in the 53d George III. : by the 18th section, one half the penalty is to go to the king and the other half to the informer...divided between Messrs. Byers and Co. and his Majesty ! Perhaps our readers may deem this too old a blunder to illustrate the deliberative wisdom of the... | |
 | John Wade - Great Britain - 1831 - 610 pages
...is a singular instance of one in the 53d George III. : by the 18th section, one half the penalty is to go to the king and the other half to the informer...divided between Messrs. Byers and Co. and his Majesty ! Perhaps our readers may deem this too old a blunder to illustrate the deliberative wisdom of the... | |
 | John Wade - Church and state - 1832 - 730 pages
...is a singular instance of one in the 53d George III. : by the 18th section, one half the penalty is to go to the king and the other half to the informer...divided between Messrs. Byers and Co. and his Majesty ! Perhaps our readers may deem this too old a blunder to Illustrate the deliberative wisdom of the... | |
 | John Wade - Great Britain - 1835 - 862 pages
...is a singular instance of one in the 53d George III. : by the 18th section, one half the penalty is to go to the king and the other half to the informer...divided between Messrs. Byers and Co. and his Majesty ! HODGE-PODGE STATUTES — FORGERY ACT. 295 Perhaps our readers may deem this too old a blunder to... | |
 | William Cobbett - Church and state - 1835 - 204 pages
...in any of these respects was made liable to an information qui tarn ; the one-half of the forfeiture to go to the king, and the other half to the informer, ee suing for the same in the king's courts." There were divers exceptions with regard to chaplains... | |
 | England - Civil service - 1847 - 412 pages
...egregious blunders. The 53rd Geo. III. is an example ; by the 18th section, one-half the penalty is to go to the king, and the other half to the informer ; but the penalty happened in thia case not to be a fine, but a punishment of fourteen years transportation that was to be halved... | |
 | Humphry William Woolrych - Water - 1853 - 448 pages
...of the navy, or justice residing at or near the place where the offence has been committed, one-half to go to the King, and the other half to the informer. A warrant may be granted, and in case of nonpayment, the offender may be imprisoned for any time not... | |
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Notwithstanding the laborious and tiresome precision of statutes, they frequently comprise the most egregious blunders. There is a singular instance of one in the 53d George III. : by the 18th section, one half the penalty is to go to the king and the... 
