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Arrest
suspected of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of a precept or writ … of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of a precept or writ issue
hearing
The reaffirmation hearing and discharge hearing are usually held simultaneously. suppression hearing : a hearing held in a criminal case to determine the admissibility of evidence that the defendant seeks to suppress see also motion to suppress at … seeks to suppress see also motion to suppress at motion taint hearing : a hearing held in a criminal case to determine if the prosecution's evidence is inadmissible because of some taint (as because it was obtained through
Appeal
the Court of Appeal (see s. 105 of the County Courts Act, 1934, and next title), and in criminal matters, to the Court of Criminal Appeal under the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, or under the (English) … to the Court of Criminal Appeal under the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, or under the (English) Crown Cases Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 78). Appeals to the House of Lords in forma pauperis are
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Carucate
SCC 201: AIR 1970 SC 406: (1970) 1 SCR 435. The word 'case' is not defined by the Criminal Procedure Code,1898 but its meaning is well-understood in legal circles. In criminal jurisdiction means ordinarily a proceeding for
Burden of proof
There is material and essential difference between the standard or proof in civil and criminal cases. In a criminal case, the burden of proving the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt is heavily cast on the prosecution;
Jury
coroner's jury may consist of any number, not less than seven or more than eleven. Juries in all criminal trials and civil trials in the superior courts, and in writs of inquiry, consist of twelve men, neither … Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, 1919, women were disqualified at common law from acting as jurors except in the case of a Jury of Matrons (q.v.). Now the qualifications are the same for each sex. Certain persons, as
New trial
(trial without jury); Jud. Act, 1925, s. 30 (1) (replacing Jud. Act, 1890, s. 1). New trials in criminal cases are abolished by s. 20 of the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 23). See … only remedy the party injured by it has (except formerly error coram nobis or vobis in some few cases) is by applying to the Court for a new trial, which is in substitution for a bill of
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
penalties for disobedience to the writ, and otherwise. This statute extends only to the case of commitments for criminal charges, all other cases of unjust imprisonment being left to the habeas corpus at Common Law, now regulated
Cross-examination
may not be resorted to without just grounds of suspicion. The effect of s. 1 of the (English) Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, on questions which may not be put to a person charged with a criminal offence … by the opposite side, generally after examination in chief, but some times without such examination; as in the case of an examination on the voir dire, which is in the nature of a cross-examination (see VOIR DIRE);
Cross cases
Cross cases, it is a salutary practice, when two criminal cases relate to the same incident, they are tried and disposed of by the same court by pronouncing … Cross cases, it is a salutary practice, when two criminal cases relate to the same incident, they are tried and
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