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Threats
other person (whether living or dead), shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years. See also, s. 29 (ibid.), as
The sentence imposed
showing to what extent the sentence has not been carried out must also relate to a sentence of imprisonment or detention. [United States of America (Extradition) Order 1976 (SI 1976/2144), Sch. I, arts III (4), VII(4)]
Terris liberandis
convicted by attaint, to bring the record and process before the king, and take a fine for his imprisonment, and then to deliver to him his lands and tenements again, and release him of the strip and
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Such prisoner shall be confined in a cell apart prisoners
under a warrant. It is implicit in the warrant that the prisoner is neither awarded simple nor rigorous imprisonment. The purpose of the sub-s. (2) s. 366 is to make available the prisoner when the sentence is
Street offences
are up to 40s., with liability to apprehension by a constable without warrant, the Act of 1847 authorizing imprisonment without the option of a fine. See also COLLECTIONS, STREET; (English) Child-ren and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23
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 the discretion of the Court, and also that no offender shall be
Sodomy
1861, but the effect of the Penal Servitude Act, 1891, s. 1, sub-s. 2, appears to be that imprisonment may be substituted, though this particular crime is not expressly mentioned in that Act.
Sentence
Sentence, denotes 'A person who is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment is deemed to have been awarded that punishment even in the case where the sentence is suspended for
Payment of Money into Court
the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 70, the defendant in all actions (except for assault and battery false imprisonment, libel, slander, malicious arrest or prosecution or seduction) might pay into Court a sum of money by way
Scripture
scoffing of theHoly Scripture, or exposing any part theeof to contempt and ridicule, is punishable by fine and imprisonment (Roscoe on Criminal Evidence, 8th Edn. p. 666); and by 9 & 10 Wm. 3, c. 32, a
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