Reports of Cases Decided at Nisi Prius and at the Crown Side on Circuit; with Select Decisions at Chambers: By T. Campbell Foster, and W. F. Finlason, Volume 3Stevens & Norton; Sweet and Maxwell, 1864 |
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Page 820 - 1863. whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time." How is it possible for any man to prove a negative? The prisoner cannot do that.
Page 819 - Whosoever being married shall marry any other person during the life of the former husband or wife, shall be guilty of felony ;" and then the proviso says, " Provided, that nothing in this section contained shall extend to any person marrying a second time
Page 675 - There is nothing in our laws or in the law of nations that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of
Page 648 - vessel, or by changing those on board for other guns, or by the addition of any equipment for war, increase or augment, or procure to be increased or augmented, or shall be knowingly concerned in increasing or augmenting the warlike force of any ship or
Page 648 - That if any person, within any part of the United Kingdom or in any part of his Majesty's dominions beyond the seas, shall, without the leave and licence of his Majesty for that purpose first had and obtained as aforesaid, equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or attempt or
Page 649 - vessel of war or cruiser, or other armed vessel, which at the time of her arrival in any part of the United Kingdom, or any of his Majesty's dominions, was a ship of war, cruiser, or
Page 647 - with an intent or in order to enlist or enter himself to serve, or with intent to serve, in any warlike or military operation whatever, whether by land or by sea, in the service of or for or under or in aid of any foreign prince, state,
Page 661 - a ship of war or privateer or transport, by either of the said contending parties ; or by breaking, or endeavouring to break, any blockade lawfully and actually established by or on behalf of either of the said contending parties; or by carrying officers, soldiers, despatches, arms, military stores, or materials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be con1863. ATTORNEYGENERAL v.
Page 855 - shall have been unlawfully in search or pursuit of game, or any person aiding or abetting such person, and having in his possession any game unlawfully obtained, or any gun, part of gun, or nets or engines used for the killing or taking game, and also to
Page 673 - by the law of nations. But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, which forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale.