 | Simon Greenleaf - 1853 - 636 sider
...82 LAW OF EVIDENCE. [PART V. CONSPIRACY. § 89. A CONSPIRACY may be described in general terms, as a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means.1 It is not essential that 1 The books contain much discussion on the nature and definition of... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1859 - 736 sider
...Chitt y's Bl. Com. 136, notes. 2 NY Rev. St. ub. mp. To constitute an indictable conspiracy, there must be a combination of two or more persons, by some...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. 4 Metcalfs R. 1 1 1. But sec 4 Steph. Com. ub. sup. The conspiracy itself constitutes the offence,... | |
 | John Harrison Surratt - 1867 - 850 sider
...subject. I read from section 389, III Greenleaf : "A conspiracy may be described in general terms as a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or uulawfnl purpose, or to accomplish some purpose, not in itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or... | |
 | 1901 - 510 sider
...but it may be contained in the one on which he is finally brought to trial. This offense consists in a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish a criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish a purpose, not in itself criminal or unlawful, by... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1871 - 808 sider
...between two or more persons falsely to indict or procure the indictment of another. More generally, a combination of two or more persons by some concerted...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. The word describes an indictable offence. Burr. Law Dictionary, title "Conspiracy." If it has application... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 674 sider
...3. CONSIDERATION. See CONTRACT, 1. S. CONSPIRACY. 1. To constitute an indictable conspiracy, there must be a combination of two or more persons by some...unlawful purpose ; or to accomplish some purpose not m itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. Commonwealth v. Hunt, 111. 9. An association,... | |
 | William Wirt Virgin - 1874 - 672 sider
...not merged in tlie commission of it.'21 (i) A conspiracy is a combination of two or more persons, by concerted action, to accomplish some criminal or unlawful...itself criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means.-3 (}) When the act to be accomplished is in itself criminal or unlawful, it is not necessary... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tracy - 1875 - 96 sider
...the authorities on the subject of conspiracy. " A conspiracy may be described in general terms I as a combination of two or more persons by some concerted...criminal or unlawful by criminal or unlawful means. It is not essential that the act intended to be done should be punishable by indictment, for if it... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1876 - 580 sider
...a general description, though perbaps not a precise and accurate definition, a conspiracy must be d combination of two or more persons, by some concerted...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. We use the terms 'criminal or unlawful,' because it is manifest that many acts are unlawful which nre... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frderick C. Seibold - 1877 - 766 sider
...would seem that the same rules of pleading should be applied. An indictable conspiracy is defined to be a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted...criminal or unlawful, by criminal or unlawful means. Per SHAW, CJ, in Comm. v. Hunt, 4 Met., 123. There are some qualifications to this definition, but... | |
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Without attempting to review and reconcile all the cases, we are of opinion, that as a general description, though perhaps not a precise and accurate definition, a conspiracy must be a combination of two or more persons, by some concerted action, to accomplish... 
