A Treatise on the Criminal Law and Criminal Courts of the State of New York: And Upon the Jurisdiction, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace and Other Magistrates, and on the Power and Duty of Sheriffs, Constables, Peace Officers, Police Officers, &c., in Criminal Cases, Volume 2Banks & Brothers, 1883 - Criminal law |
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Page 799
... child , which , by the Revised Statutes , is a felony , the prisoner may be convicted , though it turns out that the child was not quick , and the offense was therefore a mere misdemeanor . ( 0 ) If there are three counts in an ...
... child , which , by the Revised Statutes , is a felony , the prisoner may be convicted , though it turns out that the child was not quick , and the offense was therefore a mere misdemeanor . ( 0 ) If there are three counts in an ...
Page 823
... child , the sheriff must suspend the execution of the warrant directing her execution , until he receives a warrant from the governor , directing that the convict be executed . ( Id . , § 501. ) Sheriff to transmit inquisition to ...
... child , the sheriff must suspend the execution of the warrant directing her execution , until he receives a warrant from the governor , directing that the convict be executed . ( Id . , § 501. ) Sheriff to transmit inquisition to ...
Page 845
... child in his custody with suitable food and medicine , photo- graphs of the child , taken soon after its removal from the custody of the defendant , to a hospital , the accuracy of which are established by the testimony of witnesses ...
... child in his custody with suitable food and medicine , photo- graphs of the child , taken soon after its removal from the custody of the defendant , to a hospital , the accuracy of which are established by the testimony of witnesses ...
Page 888
... child understands the nature of an oath - or whether the confession of a prisoner was voluntary - or whether decla- [ * 421 ] rations offered in evidence as dying declarations were made under the immediate apprehension of death - these ...
... child understands the nature of an oath - or whether the confession of a prisoner was voluntary - or whether decla- [ * 421 ] rations offered in evidence as dying declarations were made under the immediate apprehension of death - these ...
Page 891
... child under seven years of age has been examined upon oath , when he appeared to understand its nature . ( c ) And the testimony of an infant of seven years , corroborated by cir- cumstances , has been held sufficient to justify a ...
... child under seven years of age has been examined upon oath , when he appeared to understand its nature . ( c ) And the testimony of an infant of seven years , corroborated by cir- cumstances , has been held sufficient to justify a ...
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Page 818 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions, and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 904 - A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, or a professional or registered nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity...
Page 802 - If the jury persist in finding an informal verdict, from which, however, it can be clearly understood, that their intention is to find in favor of the defendant, upon the issue, it must be entered in the terms in which it is found, and the court must give judgment of acquittal. But no judgment of conviction can be given, unless the jury expressly find against the defendant, upon the issue, or judgment be given against him on a special verdict.
Page 794 - When the jury have agreed upon their verdict, they must be conducted into court by the officer having them in charge. Their names must then be called, and if all do not appear, the rest must be discharged without giving a verdict In that event, the cause may be again tried, at the same or another term.
Page 904 - ... in the course of professional employment. 3. A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
Page 1000 - ... 2. When it was used as the means of committing a felony; in which case it may be taken, on the warrant, from any house or other place in which it is concealed, or from the possession of the person by whom it was used in the commission of the crime; or of any other person in whose possession it may be; 3.
Page 974 - ... justices of the peace, whose term of office shall be four years. In case of an election to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of a full term, they shall hold for the residue of the unexpired term. Their number and classification may be regulated by law. Justices of the peace, and judges' or justices of inferior courts not of record, and their clerks, may be removed, after due notice and an opportunity of being heard by such courts as may be prescribed by law, for causes to be assigned...
Page 1001 - ... as the case may be, according to section 1533), to make immediate search on the person of CD (or in the house situated , describing it or any other place to be searched, with reasonable particularity, as the case may be...