A Treatise on Criminal Pleading: With Precedents of Indictments, Special Pleas, &c., Adapted to Practice, Volume 2 |
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... design . 1. A written accusation presented to the grand jury , ( sworn to inquire for the body of the county , ) at the suit of the king , is termed a bill of indict ment , and when found by them , on oath Introduction.
... design . 1. A written accusation presented to the grand jury , ( sworn to inquire for the body of the county , ) at the suit of the king , is termed a bill of indict ment , and when found by them , on oath Introduction.
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... bill to be true as to one or more charges contained in distinct counts , and find that it is not a true bill , or return it " not found , " as to the rest ( b ) ; but they cannot divide an entire count , so as to find it true as to part ...
... bill to be true as to one or more charges contained in distinct counts , and find that it is not a true bill , or return it " not found , " as to the rest ( b ) ; but they cannot divide an entire count , so as to find it true as to part ...
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... bill charge both with murder , and the grand jury find it murder in one , and but manslaughter in the other , there should be a new bill for manslaughter against the last ( f ) . But unless the offence arise wholly out of the same joint ...
... bill charge both with murder , and the grand jury find it murder in one , and but manslaughter in the other , there should be a new bill for manslaughter against the last ( f ) . But unless the offence arise wholly out of the same joint ...
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... bill , containing two offences , as burglary and theft , forcible entry and de- tainer as usual in practice ( z ) . And it is the common practice to charge the forgery of a bill or note , and the uttering of it with a guilty knowledge ...
... bill , containing two offences , as burglary and theft , forcible entry and de- tainer as usual in practice ( z ) . And it is the common practice to charge the forgery of a bill or note , and the uttering of it with a guilty knowledge ...
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... bill of indictment be found within ( a ) 2 Hale , 178 . ( b ) Baude's case , Cro . J. 41 . Dyer , 69 . ( c ) William's case , Leach . 597. under the st . 6 G. 1. c . 23 . ( d ) 2 Hale , 179 . ( e ) 2 Haw . c . 23. s . 90. 2 Hale , 179 ...
... bill of indictment be found within ( a ) 2 Hale , 178 . ( b ) Baude's case , Cro . J. 41 . Dyer , 69 . ( c ) William's case , Leach . 597. under the st . 6 G. 1. c . 23 . ( d ) 2 Hale , 179 . ( e ) 2 Haw . c . 23. s . 90. 2 Hale , 179 ...
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Page 653 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 531 - In every indictment 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 was taken, (averring such court or person to have competent authority to administer the same...
Page 374 - King there inhabiting and being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 667 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
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Page 138 - Pounds, to be applied to the relief of the widows, orphans, and aged parents of our beloved American fellow-subjects, who, faithful to the character of Englishmen, preferring death to slavery, were, for that reason only, inhumanly murdered by the King's troops, at or near Lexington and Concord, in the Province of Massachusetts, on the 19th of last April.
Page 699 - Loss of their Goods to the great damage and common Nuisance of all the Liege Subjects of our said Lord the King...
Page 688 - ... certain persons as well men as women, of evil name and fame, and of dishonest conversation, to frequent and come together...
Page 648 - In contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil and pernicious example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.