 So that, upon the whole, the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is' before laid down, viz., an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment...  A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors - Page 86by William Oldnall Russell - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Seymour Frederick Harris, Frederic Philip Tomlinson - Criminal law - 1881 - 678 pages
...was extended to offences which involved forfeiture of goods. Blackstone thus defines a felony to be " an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...to the degree of guilt " (a). Capital punishment, associated in the popular mind with felony, was an usual, though not a necessary, incident. Petit-larceny... | |
 | Samuel Robinson Clarke, Henry Pigott Sheppard - Criminal law - 1882 - 644 pages
...(g) Crimes are divided into two classes, namely, felonies and misdemeanors. (A) Felony is denned as an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt, (i) All crimes which are made felonies by the express woids of a statute, or to which capital punishment... | |
 | Samuel Robinson Clarke, Henry Pigott Sheppard - Criminal law - 1882 - 638 pages
...(g) Crimes are divided into two classes, namely, felonies and misdemeanors, (ft) Felony is defined as an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...law, and to which capital or other punishment may l>e superadded, according to the degree of guilt, (i) All crimes which are made felonies by the express... | |
 | Samuel Prentice - Criminal law - 1882 - 400 pages
...Of treason we do not here treat. A felony was defined to be " an offence which occasions Definition a total forfeiture of either lands or goods or both, at the of i'olony. common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be superadded according to the... | |
 | 1883 - 842 pages
...whole, the only adequate definition of felony seems to be, that which is before laid down — viz., an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...law, and to which capital or other punishment may he superadded, according to the degree of guilt.' — Stephen'» Com., vol. iv. p. 81. From this statement... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 904 pages
...Com. 95) is, in accordance with this principle : " An offence which occasions a total forfeiture of lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be snperadded, according to the degree of guilt." But we understand Blackstono to mean, generally, by... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - Criminal law - 1884 - 698 pages
...was extended to offences which involved forfeiture of goods. Blackstone thus defines a felony to be " an offence •which occasions a total forfeiture of...may be superadded according to the degree of guilt " («). Capital punishment, associated in the popular mind with felony, was an usual, though not a... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1884 - 724 pages
...signification no less vague and indefinite than the word criminal." Matthews v. S'.ate, 4 Ohio St. 539. forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at...law; and to which capital or other punishment may be snperadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther: the word felony... | |
 | Criminal law - 1884 - 680 pages
...determine the grade and character of the offense. By the common law felony is defined " as an offense which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, and to which capital or other punishment may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt." Blacks.... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - Criminal law - 1885 - 516 pages
...offenses which involved forfeiture of goods. Blackstone thus defines a felony to be •' an offense which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands...may be superadded according to the degree of guilt." («) Capital punishment, associated in the popular mind with felony, was an usual, though not a necessary,... | |
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