Reports of Cases Argued and Determined on Six Circuits in Ireland: Taken During the Assizes in the Years 1841, 1842, 1843 |
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined on Six Circuits in Ireland: Taken ... Hamilton Smythe No preview available - 2015 |
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined on Six Circuits in Ireland: Taken ... Hamilton Smythe No preview available - 2015 |
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acquitted act of parliament action admitted affidavit affirmed agent amicus curia amount appellant application Assistant Barrister Assistant-Barrister assumpsit attorney Baron Baron Richards bond BRADY Carrickfergus Castlebar cited civil bill decree civil bill ejectment claimant common law contended contract counsel court of equity CRAMPTON Crown debt decided decision defendant defendant's discharged dismiss double the sum enacted entered entitled evidence execution fact felony given Grand Jury guilty held indictment insolvent Judge of Assize judgment jurisdiction juror Justice landlord lands lease lessee Limerick lodged Lord M'Donnell Manor Court marriage ment Napier Nenagh nolle prosequi notice to quit oath objection offence opinion party PENNEFATHER PERRIN person plaintiff possession premises present prisoner was indicted proceedings prosecution proved question recognizance rent replevin respondent schedule served sessions sheriff Spring Assizes statute sufficient sum decreed Summer Assizes tenant tion TORRENS Tralee traverser trial verdict Vict witness zance
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Page 16 - Viet. c. 85 which enacted that, On the trial of any person for any of the offenses hereinbefore mentioned, or for any felony whatever, where the crime charged shall include an assault against the person, it shall be lawful for the jury to acquit of the felony, and to find a verdict of guilty of assault against the person indicted, if the evidence shall warrant such finding...
Page 714 - ... being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding three years...
Page 30 - That after any Person shall have become entitled to the Benefit of this Act by any such Adjudication as aforesaid no Writ of Fieri facias or Elegit shall issue on any Judgment obtained against such Prisoner, for any Debt or Sum of Money...
Page 730 - A Man may not marry his 1 Grandmother, 2 Grandfather's wife, 3 Wife's grandmother. 4 Father's sister, 5 Mother's sister, 6 Father's brother's wife. 7 Mother's brother's wife, 8 Wife's father's sister, 9 Wife's mother's sister. 10 Mother, 11 Stepmother, 12 Wife's mother. 13 Daughter, 14 Wife's daughter, 15 Son's wife. 16 Sister, 17 Wife's sister, 18 Brother's wife.
Page 178 - But a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape when it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it; and therefore it is rejected.
Page 731 - Father's Sister's Husband. 7 Mother's Sister's Husband, 8 Husband's Father's Brother, 9 Husband's Mother's Brother. 10 Father, 11 Step-Father, 12 Husband's Father. 13 Son, 14 Husband's Son, 15 Daughter's Husband. 16 Brother, 17 Husband's Brother, 18 Sister's Husband. 19 Son's Son, 20 Daughter's Son, 21 Son's Daughter's Husband.
Page 864 - If the only evidence called, on the part of the prisoner, is evidence to character, although the counsel for the prosecution is entitled to the reply, it will be a matter for his discretion whether he will use it or not. Cases may occur in which it may be fit and proper so to do.
Page 170 - ... shall in England and Ireland be guilty of felony, and in Scotland of a high crime and offence, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for life...
Page 726 - The statute then enacted, inter alia: •All marriages which shall hereafter be celebrated between persons within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity shall be absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
Page 289 - That in no Case whatsoever, shall any Suit or Proceeding be had in any Ecclesiastical Court, in order to compel a Celebration of any Marriage in facie Ecclesiae, by reason of any Contract of Matrimony whatsoever, whether per verba de praesenti or per verba de futuro...