The Justice's Note-book: Containing a Short Account of the Jurisdiction and Duties of Justices, and an Epitome of Criminal LawStevens and Sons, 1883 - 499 Seiten |
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Seite 28 - Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so, but whatever you say will be taken down in writing, and may be given in evidence...
Seite 461 - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Seite 171 - Chattel, Money, or valuable Security which shall be delivered to or received or taken into Possession by him for or in the Name or on the Account of his Master or Employer...
Seite 64 - ... that he had no reason to believe at the time when he sold it that the article was otherwise, and that he sold it in the same state as when he purchased it, he shall be discharged from the prosecution, but shall be liable to pay the costs incurred by the prosecutor, unless he shall have given due notice to him that he will rely on the above defence.
Seite 250 - ... Every woman who marries after the commencement of this Act shall be entitled to have and to hold as her separate property and to dispose of in manner aforesaid all real and personal property which shall belong to her at the time of marriage, or shall be acquired by or devolve upon her after marriage, including any wages, earnings, money, and property gained or acquired by her in any employment, trade, or occupation, in which she is engaged, or which she carries on separately from her husband,...
Seite 390 - Where any person sustains any damage by reason of the exercise of any of the powers of this Act...
Seite 385 - ... for the purpose of sale, or of preparation for sale, and intended for the food of man...
Seite 196 - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
Seite 450 - Place to which the Public have, or are permitted to have, access