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Murder
prison since 1868. See CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. On the principle that every greater felony includes a less, a person indicted for murder may be (and very frequently is) convicted of manslaughter. The Infanticide Act, 1922, provides that a
Misdemeanour
the (English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 100), s. 9, by which a person indicted for any felony may be found not guilty of the felony, but guilty of the attempt to commit
Libel
of Torts). Both the author and the publisher of a libel are liable to be either sued or indicted by the party libelled; but it is a defence in either case that the matter complained of was
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Indictee
Indictee, a person indicted.
House of Lords
a recent instance of this, see Allen v. Flood, 1898 AC 1. As to the trial of peers indicted for treason or felony by the House of Lords, see HIGH STEWARD, COURT OF THE LORD.
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
2 KB 576. See the (English) Criminal Law Amend-ment Act, 1867, s. 10, as to bringing up persons indicted, and who are in gaol for some other offence. The (English) Habeas Corpus Act has been occasionally suspended
Magna Carta
limited extent in dealing with crimes and quasi criminal matters. This jurisdiction is of two kinds:-(1) Relating to indictable offences; and (2) relating to offence punishable summarily. As to the latter jurisdiction, the proceedings and powers of
Juvenile offenders
to sending to approved schools. With regard to the summary trial of children and young persons for certain indictable offences, see the Third Schedule of the Act and s. 11 of the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879
King's Bench
from high treason down to the most trivial misdemeanour or breach of the peace, and into it also indictments from all inferior Courts might be removed by writ of certiorari. See CERTIORARI; HABEAS CORPUS; MANDAMUS; QUO WARRANTO.
Justices
offence. (3) To act, if county justices, as judges at Quarter Sessions, where their chairman presides and tries indictments with a jury, and such justices as attend the Quarter Sessions sit as a Court of Appeal from
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