Criminal Law Reports: Being Reports of Cases Determined in the Federal and State Courts of the United States, and in the Courts of England, Ireland, Canada, Etc, Volum 2Hurd and Houghton, 1879 |
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Side 19
... proof thereof , unless it shall be proved that such deposition was not in fact signed by the justice purport- ing to sign the same . " We think that old age , and nervousness , and inability to stand a cross - examination is not a ...
... proof thereof , unless it shall be proved that such deposition was not in fact signed by the justice purport- ing to sign the same . " We think that old age , and nervousness , and inability to stand a cross - examination is not a ...
Side 45
... proof on the trial of an indictment for false pretences , -the proof of a false representation of a fact which , if it had not been false , would have been an existing fact . The common ser- geant has pointed to the facts on which he ...
... proof on the trial of an indictment for false pretences , -the proof of a false representation of a fact which , if it had not been false , would have been an existing fact . The common ser- geant has pointed to the facts on which he ...
Side 99
... proof is of a day before the finding of the bill of indict- ment by the grand jury , and within the pe- riod prescribed for limitation . ' A careless statement on its face , for , to make no other criticism , it neglects to say that the ...
... proof is of a day before the finding of the bill of indict- ment by the grand jury , and within the pe- riod prescribed for limitation . ' A careless statement on its face , for , to make no other criticism , it neglects to say that the ...
Side 115
... proof is also exhibited that the defendant , on the following day , paid the fine in full to the clerk , and the clerk certifies , under that date , that " said sum is now on deposit in the registry of the court . " Two days after the ...
... proof is also exhibited that the defendant , on the following day , paid the fine in full to the clerk , and the clerk certifies , under that date , that " said sum is now on deposit in the registry of the court . " Two days after the ...
Side 132
... Proof when Explanation is within the Power of the Defendant . It is error to instruct a jury , in an action for penalties for alleged frauds upon the revenue , that after the government has made out a primâ facie case against the ...
... Proof when Explanation is within the Power of the Defendant . It is error to instruct a jury , in an action for penalties for alleged frauds upon the revenue , that after the government has made out a primâ facie case against the ...
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Side 54 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Side 399 - It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge.
Side 183 - ... committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found within the territories of the other : provided, that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension...
Side 183 - Ireland are determined that, so far as may be in their power, it shall be effectually abolished; and whereas it is found expedient, for the better administration of justice and the prevention of crime within the territories and jurisdiction of the two parties respectively, that persons committing the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up...
Side 442 - ... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Side 134 - ... the trial of crimes committed on the high seas, or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may first be brought.
Side 423 - The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. All its provisions are to be construed according to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice.
Side 702 - After hearing the appeal, the court must give judgment without regard to technical errors or defects, or to exceptions, which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
Side 342 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Side 116 - And that either of the justices of the Supreme Court, as well as judges of the District Courts, shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus, for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment.