A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page 1772 - ... without setting forth the bill, answer, information, indictment, declaration or any part of any record or proceeding, either in law or equity, other than as aforesaid, and without setting forth the commission or authority of the court, or person or persons before whom the perjury was committed.
Page 1599 - That if any person or persons shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit; or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited ; or willingly aid or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting any bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defrauding the United States...
Page 1815 - In prosecutions for conspiracies, it is an established ruJe, that, where ' several persons are proved to have combined together for the same illegal purpose, any act done by one of the party, in pursuance of...
Page 1772 - Retting forth the bill, answer, information, indictment, " declaration, or any part of any record or proceeding, " either in law or in equity, other than as aforesaid; and " without setting forth the commission or authority of the " court, or person or persons before whom the perjury was '•'• committed.
Page 1283 - ... to the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three calendar months...
Page 1725 - State, and each and every of them who shall at any time hereafter be found in any part of this State, shall be and are hereby adjudged and declared guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy.
Page 1522 - ... being thereof convicted in due Form of Law, shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and shall suffer Death as a Felon, without Benefit of Clergy.
Page 1577 - Customs ; or shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, or knowingly and wilfully act or assist in the forging or counterfeiting...
Page 1398 - ... to delay, hinder, or defraud creditors and others of their just and lawful actions...
Page 1550 - ... paper, or shall stamp or mark, or cause or procure to be stamped or marked, any...