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Denman's (Lord) Act
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Accomplice
Hawk. P.C. 87. An accomplice could always be called to give evidence, and by virtue of (English) Lord Denman's Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. C. 85), s. 1, even though convicted, and now by virtue of
Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929
v. Fytche, (1783) 1 East 487), except in Bradlaugh v. Clarke, (1883) 48 LT 681, in which Lord Denman took part in a hearing and voted with Lord Blackburn against three other peers. See O' Connell v. … from any judgment or order of the Court of Appeal in England, and also from certain Courts in Scotland and Ireland. But Administration of Justice (Appeals) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 40) provides that
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Prerogative of mercy
of pardoning either an innocent or guilty man on the ground of his innocence, protested against by Lord Denman, L.C.J., and Parke and Alderson, BB., before a Select Committee of the House of Lords in 1848 (Parl. … Prerogative of Mercy was far wider than at the present day, as it was not only extended to some persons who in later ages would not be considered to have incurred any criminal respon-sibility, e.g., persons who … information brought: 3 Inst. 238. By the passing of the Habeas Corpus Act, 1679 (31 Car. 2, c. 2), Chit. Stat. tit. 'Habeas Corpus,' the
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