Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary in Scotland: From June 1852 [-1867], Volume 4T. & T. Clark, 1865 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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accused aforesaid Alexander alleged answer appeal April April 28 ARDMILLAN asked assault boat charge Charles Buchan child Circuit committed competent complaint creditors crime and offence criminal Culpable Homicide deceased decree delirium tremens delusion Edinburgh evidence false fire Forgery fraudulent George George Bryce Glasgow ground guilty Hawton High Court imprisonment indictment insane Irvine James John jury Justice of Peace Justices lately residing letters libelled LORD JERVISWOODE LORD JUSTICE-CLERK LORD JUSTICE-GENERAL LORD NEAVES LORDS COWAN MAJESTY'S ment Milne months Murder NEAVES oath objection opinion panel party Paterson Peace penal servitude penalty person Perth pleaded Police premises present previous conviction prisoner proceedings Procurator-fiscal prosecution prosecutor unknown proved punishment question Ratho relevancy repelled Reuben Brooks Scotland sentence Sept sequestration Sheriff Sheriff-substitute Statute Suspension taken theft thereof Thomas tion trial uttering Vict warrant wickedly and feloniously witness
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Page 434 - ... seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding three years; and in Scot/and any persons so offending shall be liable to be punished in like manner.
Page 458 - ... be guilty of any other misconduct or misdemeanour ' in the execution thereof or otherwise respecting the same, then, and ' in every such case, it shall and may be lawful for any Justice of the ' Peace of the county or place where such servant in husbandry, ' artificer, calico printer, handicraftsman, miner, collier, keelman, ' pitman, glassman, potter, labourer, or other person...
Page 490 - ... have in his custody or possession, any press for coinage, or any cutting engine for cutting by force of a screw or of any other contrivance, round blanks out of gold, silver, or other metal or mixture of metals, or any other machine, knowing such press to be a press for coinage, or knowing such engine or machine to have been used or to be intended to be used for or in order to the false making or counterfeiting of any such coin as in this section aforesaid, shall...
Page 289 - That if any Person shall tender, utter, or put off any false or counterfeit Coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the King's current Gold or Silver Coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit...
Page 291 - ... a certificate containing the substance and effect only (omitting the formal part) of the indictment and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the clerk of the Court, or other officer...
Page 89 - Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or tn be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Four Years...
Page 490 - Whosoever, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof ' whereof shall lie on the party accused...
Page 19 - ... for, or attempt to take, or aid or assist in taking, fishing for or attempting to take, in or from any river, stream, lake, water, estuary, firth, sea loch, creek, bay, or shore of the sea, or in or upon any part of the sea within one mile of low-water mark, in Scotland, any salmon, grilse, sea trout, whitling, or other fish of the salmon kind, such person shall forfeit and pay...
Page 6 - whosoever shall tender, utter, or put off any false or counterfeit coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin...
Page 479 - ... such court shall have jurisdiction to hear and try the case, as if such crime or offence had been committed within such limits...