This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...is true in regard to any other officers of the law, as, for instance, excise and sheriff officers.3 Assault is aggravated, by being committed by a child on its parent, by a husband on his wife, or by any person upon another within the house of the latter. Assault is also aggravated, like every other crime, by a ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...is true in regard to any other officers of the law, as, for instance, excise and sheriff officers.3 Assault is aggravated, by being committed by a child on its parent, by a husband on his wife, or by any person upon another within the house of the latter. Assault is also aggravated, like every other crime, by a previous conviction for the same offence. Mutilation of the limbs, as it is an irreparable injury, is, undoubtedly, one of the worst kinds of assault. It may be charged either as an aggravation of the simple crime of assault, or as a separate offence. Where any bodily injury inflicted is of such a kind as cannot be announced by a single phrase, it is sufficient if the libel give an intelligible description of it. The terms Stellionale, and Real Injury, are generally used to designate such offences.4 The punishment of assault varies, according to the degree of guilt, from imprisonment for a month, or even a shorter period, to transportation for life. In cases of great cruelty, scourging has been frequently superadded. 1 Alison, 188. si 1 Hume, 329.--Alison, 188. 21 Hume, 329. 1 Hume, 328.--Using threats of death to any person, and attempting, or pretending to carry them into execution, in order to compel a con1es, sion of a real or supposed crime, Is an indictable offence. The same is true in regard to violence and oppression, more especially, when committed by persons in authority, or entrusted with legal power. In the case of Waddell and others, (189, ) the pannels, who were messengers, had seized a person under colour of legal d1ligence, carried him, with much violence, to a lock-up house, and stripped and searched his person, all in order to extort money. Sentence of imprisonment and transportation was pronounced--Alison, 633.--Forcibly carrying of..
Read Less
Add this copy of A Summary of the Powers and Duties of Juries in to cart. $65.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
