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Criminal Prisoner
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Prisoner
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Penitentiary-houses
Penitentiary-houses, prisons where criminals were confined to hard labour. See the repealed 19 Geo. 3, c. 74, and GAOL. … Penitentiary-houses, prisons where criminals were confined to hard labour. See the repealed 19 Geo. 3, c. 74, and GAOL.
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Civil prison
Civil prison, means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894, or under any other law for the time being in force. [Border Security … Force Act, 1968, s. 2 (1) (e); means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under the prison Act or under any other law for the time being in force Army Act, 1950
Escape
and gets away before he is delivered by due course of law. Escapes are either in civil or criminal cases. (1) Civil. The abolition of imprisonment for debt has rendered this all but obsolete, and the sheriff … Escapes are either voluntary, by the express consent of the keeper, after which he never can take his prisoner again (though the plaintiff may retake him at any time), but the sheriff had to answer for the
Solitary confinement
Solitary confinement. The Criminal Law Consolida-tion Acts of 1861 each frequently provide for sentences of imprisonment 'with or without solit-ary confinement' in … of a year 'but the Prison Act, 1865, has since, by s. 17, enjoined the prevention of criminal prisoners from holding any communication with each other, and these provisions of the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts have been
Sentence of a Court
order that he be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division of misdemeanants, and not as a 'criminal prisoner' [(English) Prison Act, 1865, s. 67], and s. 6 of the Prison Act, 1898, provides for prisoners being
Lunatic
160. As to their liability for tortious acts, see Clerk and Lindsell, 7th Edn. P. 45.As to the criminal responsibility of insane persons, see MACNAUGHTON'S CASE, RULES IN. A jury may return the special verdict that a … responsibility of insane persons, see MACNAUGHTON'S CASE, RULES IN. A jury may return the special verdict that a prisoner is guilty of the offence charged but insane at the time he committed it [(English) Trial of Lunatics
Costs
any special direction are to abide the event. See also County Court Rules, 1936, Ord. XLVII. Cost in Criminal Cases.--The costs in (English) Criminal Cases Act, 1908 (c. 15), as amended by the Criminal Justice Administration Act, … (c. 15), as amended by the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914 (c. 58), s. 10(4), and the Poor Prisoners Defence Act, 1930 (c. 32), now contains all the provisions relating to this matter, and by ss. 1
Previous conviction
on the trial of a subsequent offence until after conviction of it, unless (see CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT) the prisoner gives evidence of good character, in which case, or after conviction of the subsequent offence, it may be … Previous conviction. The 11th s. of the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), reciting that 'it is expedient to provide for
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