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Confession by culprit
of the offence charged against him when charged by any person or called upon to plead to the indictment. A confession before trial, if given without any inducement of favour or threat of punishment, is evidence against
multiplicity
: the charging of a single criminal act or offense as multiple separate charges or counts of an indictment or information [ does not require dismissal of the indictment "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] compare
return
in the ward] [ a list of jurors] b : to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an office or tribunal [the sheriff must the execution…to the proper clerk within sixty days "J. H.
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verdict
the usually unanimous finding or decision of a jury on one or more matters (as counts of an indictment or complaint) submitted to it in trial that ordinarily in civil actions is for the plaintiff or for
Absence of accused
felony, and cannot be sentenced in his absence, R. v. Hales, (1924) 1 KB 602. In cases of indictable misdemeanours, though the accused's presence at the actual trial is not absolutely essential, he must be present at
dismissal
the action again unless the plaintiff has brought the same action already. b : the cancellation of an indictment, information, complaint, or charge NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48, the attorney for the government may
Appearance
appearance in London, and if appearance is entered in London the action proceeds there (r. 7). Formerly in indictments of felony the accused had always to appear and plead in person, and likewise in appeal or on
Birth, Concealing
1922, s. 1(4), provides for such a finding in the case of the acquittal of a woman upon indictment for infanticide; (English) Infant Life (Preservation) Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 34), s. 2(4), provides
Blasphemy
Also, all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, and exposing it to contempt and ridicule. It is an indictable misdemeanour at Common Law, see Reg. v. Ramsay & Foote, (1993) 15 Cox, CC 231. In case an
Calling upon a prisoner
Calling upon a prisoner. When a prisoner has been found guilty on an indictment, the clerk of the court addresses him and calls upon him to say why judgment should not be
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