A Practical Treatise Upon the Criminal Law and Practice of the State of New York: With an Appendix of Precedents, Designed for the Use of the Legal Profession, and All Public Officers Engaged in the Administration of Criminal Law, and as a Textbook for Students ...W.C. Little, 1868 - Criminal law |
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... misdemeanor down to the infliction of the death penalty for a capital crime ; and the attempt has actual case been made to so arrange the subjects spoken of that Time in which to make bill of exceptions SECTION Requisites of warrant.
... misdemeanor down to the infliction of the death penalty for a capital crime ; and the attempt has actual case been made to so arrange the subjects spoken of that Time in which to make bill of exceptions SECTION Requisites of warrant.
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... death by explosions from saltpetre or gun- powder in New York city 540 XI . Crime against nature - 540 XII . Causing death by wrongful act of engineers , conductors , etc. 541 XIII . Compounding felonies - 541 - meanor XIV . Concealed ...
... death by explosions from saltpetre or gun- powder in New York city 540 XI . Crime against nature - 540 XII . Causing death by wrongful act of engineers , conductors , etc. 541 XIII . Compounding felonies - 541 - meanor XIV . Concealed ...
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... death . ' In this State , where on a charge of felony against an infant under the age of fourteen years and over the age of seven , no proof of his capacity to commit crime was given , it was held that the presumption was in his favor ...
... death . ' In this State , where on a charge of felony against an infant under the age of fourteen years and over the age of seven , no proof of his capacity to commit crime was given , it was held that the presumption was in his favor ...
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... death or other bodily harm , and the fear which compels a man to do an unwarrantable action ought to be just and well founded.3 The general rule may be laid down , that the person commit- ting a crime will not be answerable if he was ...
... death or other bodily harm , and the fear which compels a man to do an unwarrantable action ought to be just and well founded.3 The general rule may be laid down , that the person commit- ting a crime will not be answerable if he was ...
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... death thereupon ensues , or sending forged paper through the mail to a broker , to be presented and collected ; the party offending is a principal in the first degree.5 1 R. v . Giles , 1 Mod . C. C. , 166 ; 2 Mood , 120 ; 9 C. & P ...
... death thereupon ensues , or sending forged paper through the mail to a broker , to be presented and collected ; the party offending is a principal in the first degree.5 1 R. v . Giles , 1 Mod . C. C. , 166 ; 2 Mood , 120 ; 9 C. & P ...
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Popular passages
Page 238 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of militia when in actual service; and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this State may keep with the consent of Congress in time of peace, and in cases of petit larceny, under the regulation of the Legislature), unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury...
Page 483 - Although it is provided (Ib., 989, §40) that "the term ' felony,' when used in this act, or in any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in a State Prison...
Page 613 - Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any medicine, drug or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother, or shall have been advised by two physicians to be necessary for such purpose, shall, in case the death of such child or of such mother be thereby produced, be deemed guilty of manslaughter.
Page 405 - ... county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and not less than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 121 - Whenever any mandate, writ or commission is issued out of any court of record in any other state, territory, district or foreign jurisdiction, or whenever upon notice or agreement it is required to take the testimony of a witness or witnesses in this state, witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify in the same manner and by the same process and proceeding as may be employed for the purpose of taking testimony in proceedings pending in this state.
Page 593 - By an act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life...
Page 399 - A sentence of imprisonment in a state prison for any term less than for life suspends all the civil rights of the person so sentenced, and forfeits all public offices and all private trusts, authority, or power during such imprisonment.
Page 670 - Provided always, that if upon the Trial of any Person indicted for such Misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the Property in question in any such Manner as to amount in Law to Larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Misdemeanor; and no such Indictment shall be removable by Certiorari; and no Person tried for such Misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for Larceny upon the same Facts.
Page 543 - For decoying, taking, or enticing away a child under the age of twelve years, with intent to detain and conceal it from its parent, guardian, or other person having the lawful charge of the child; 3.
Page 508 - Every person who takes any woman unlawfully, against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compels her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled ,is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than two nor more than fourteen years.