Misdemeanour - Law Dictionary Search Results
Criminal information
in the King's Bench Division of the High Court, without the intervention of a grandjury. It lies for misdemeanours only, and not for treasons or felonies. The informationis filed in the Crown Office without the previous leave
Appearance
appear and plead in person, and likewise in appeal or on attachment; but in indictments or informations for misdemeanours, the accused might appear by attorney; and in misdemeanours generally after the accused had once appeared, the trial
Prisonam frangentibus, Statute de
23 Edw. 1), a still unrepealed statute, whereby it is felony for a felon to break prison, but misdemeanour only for a misdemeanant to do so, 1 Hale, P.C. 612.
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Photographs
photo-lithograph and any work produced by any process analogous to photography (s. 35). See COPYRIGHT. It is a misdemeanour to send indecent matter, including photographs, through the post. [(Eng-lish) Post Office Act, 1908, s. 63, as amended
Preventive detention
whether he is or not and for this propose can be sworn as on a trial for a misdemeanour, R. v. Turner, (1910) 1 KB 346. The jury is not bound to find that an offender is
Poison
up to ten years, or imprisonment; and such adminis-tration with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy is a misdemeanour, punishable by penal servitude up to five years: see ss. 23, 24 of the same Act. As to
Poaching
rabbits (any of them being armed with any gun or other offensive weapon), are each guilty of a misdemeanour, and liable to penal servitude for any term between seven and three (now five) years, or imprisonment with
Malveilles
Malveilles [fr. malveillance, Fr.], ill-will; crimes and misdemeanour; malicious practices
Peremptory Challenge
showing any cause. This privilege is granted to a prisoner in cases of treason and felony, but not misdemeanour, and is denied to the Crown. In treason a prisoner can challenge without cause thirty-five jurors, unless the
Oysters
a male under 16, with or without whipping. Dredging or netting for oysters in a bed is a misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment up to three months, with or without hard labour. See (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24
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