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Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English)
1928 Act. The penalties in summary proceedings against brothel-keepers are increased, and s.5 repeals s. 5 of the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908, which required all proceedings under the Act to beheld in camera, see R. v.
Uttering
Uttering, tendering; selling; putting in circulation; publishing. Knowingly uttering counterfeit coin is a misdemeanour, and after two prior convictions a felony, by the Coinage Offences Act, 1861, s. 21. Knowingly uttering a forged document is punishable...
habitual criminal
for offenses of a specified kind (as felonies) and is thereby under some statutes subject to an increased penalty (as life imprisonment)
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Musician, London
or public place near any such house after being so required to depart, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings, or, in the discretion of the magistrate before whom he shall be
Abortion
Abortion, a miscarriage, or the premature expulsion of the contents of the womb before the term of gestation is completed. By the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. C. 100), s....
Summary jurisdiction
Summary jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a court to give a judgment or make an order itself forthwith, e.g., to commit to prison for contempt, to punish malpractice in a solicitor, or in the case of justices...
infamous
(as a year or more in a penitentiary) that can lead to loss of rights and privileges upon conviction ;also : convicted of such a crime
Prison
Statutes, tit. 'Prison'), has constituted the Prison Commissioners Directors of Convict Prisons, established three divisions of prisoners, not sentenced to penal servitude or hard labour, and restricted the authorization of corporal punishment. Both these Acts have been
Pr'munire
of this realm a prisoner, under certain exceptions in the Act specified, into parts beyond the seas. The punishment of the offence is (see 25 Edw. 3, st. 5, c. 22, and 16 Rich. 2, c. 5)
Sorcery
the same Act enacts that persons pretending to use witchcraft, sorcery, etc., shall suffer one year's imprisonment on conviction. Persons using any subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive the people, are rogues
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