Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another], 4. kötetT. Cadell and J. Butterworth, 1825 |
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36. oldal
... larceny , and in all crimes under the degree of felony , there are no accessories either before or after the fact ; but all persons concerned therein , if guilty at all , are principals : the same rule holding with regard to the highest ...
... larceny , and in all crimes under the degree of felony , there are no accessories either before or after the fact ; but all persons concerned therein , if guilty at all , are principals : the same rule holding with regard to the highest ...
40. oldal
... larceny , are by the law within benefit of clergy , and liable only to a fine and one year's imprisonment , the court may at its discretion , instead of that punishment , sentence them to transportation for seven years , or imprisonment ...
... larceny , are by the law within benefit of clergy , and liable only to a fine and one year's imprisonment , the court may at its discretion , instead of that punishment , sentence them to transportation for seven years , or imprisonment ...
94. oldal
... not punished with death ; as suicide , where the party is already dead ; homicide by chance - medley , 8 Int . 15 . or in self - defence ; and petit larceny or 94 BOOK IV . PUBLIC Of FELONIES injurious to the KING'S PREROGATIVE ............
... not punished with death ; as suicide , where the party is already dead ; homicide by chance - medley , 8 Int . 15 . or in self - defence ; and petit larceny or 94 BOOK IV . PUBLIC Of FELONIES injurious to the KING'S PREROGATIVE ............
95. oldal
... larceny or pilfering ; all which are ( strictly speaking ) felonies , as they subject the committers of them to forfeitures . So that upon the whole the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is before laid down ; viz ...
... larceny or pilfering ; all which are ( strictly speaking ) felonies , as they subject the committers of them to forfeitures . So that upon the whole the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is before laid down ; viz ...
100. oldal
... larceny . This is a distinction which will be considered more fully hereafter ( see post , p . 231. ) ; it will be enough to say now , by way of illus- tration , that though the statute of C. 2. speaks only of embezzling to the value of ...
... larceny . This is a distinction which will be considered more fully hereafter ( see post , p . 231. ) ; it will be enough to say now , by way of illus- tration , that though the statute of C. 2. speaks only of embezzling to the value of ...
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149. oldal - 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. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences (of his own temerity.
150. oldal - But to punish, as the law does at present, any dangerous or offensive writings which when published shall on a fair and impartial trial' be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
187. oldal - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
50. oldal - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
50. oldal - RELIGION which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the Sacraments...
188. oldal - When a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
210. oldal - 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.
57. oldal - ... the sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the usage of the Church of England...
131. oldal - Eliz. c. 2., to be punished by six months' imprisonment, and treble damages to the party injured. 12. MAINTENANCE is an offence that bears a near relation to the former ; being an officious intermeddling in a suit that 135 ] no way belongs to one, by maintaining or assisting either party with money or otherwise, to prosecute or defend it • : a practice that was greatly encouraged by the first introduction of uses w.
243. oldal - Forgery at common law has been defined as 'the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right