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" The test is whether, if what is set out in the second indictment had been proved under the first, there could have been a conviction; when there could, the second cannot be maintained; when there could not, it can be. "
Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the ... - Page 305
by Iowa. Supreme Court - 1905
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Reports of Civil and Criminal Cases Decided by the ..., Volume 40; Volume 147

Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1912 - 966 pages
...prosecution is a bar to another Is whether, if what is set out in the second indictment had been proven under the first, there could have been a conviction....second cannot be maintained; when there could not, it can be. Idem 710 10. Cannot be Amended. — A defective pleading may be amended, but an indictment...
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Commentaries on the Criminal Law, Volume 1

Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1858 - 1012 pages
...liable to be prosecuted on a new indictment in which the matter is truly alleged. The test is, whether, if what is set out in the second indictment had been proved at the trial under the first, there could legally have been a conviction; when there could, the second...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 43

Illinois. Supreme Court - 1869 - 636 pages
...the same evidence from sustaining both ;" and, in the next section, he says: "The test is, whether, if what is set out in the second indictment had been proved at the trial under the first, there could have Opinion of the Court. legally been a conviction ; when...
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New York Criminal Reports: Reports of Cases Decided in All Courts ..., Volume 14

1900 - 632 pages
...offense. The test laid down by Bishop in that regard is stated as follows: "Whether, if that which is set out in the second indictment had been proved...second cannot be maintained ; when there could not, it can be." 1 Bish. Cr. Law (8th Ed.) § 1052, subd. 2. Where a defendant relies upon an adjudication...
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The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 61

1901 - 1214 pages
...In Blsh. Cr. La\v, § 1053, the rule applicable in such cases is thus stated: "The test is whether, if what is set out in the second indictment had been...second cannot be maintained. When there could not, it can be." It follows, therefore, that the court below erred in disregarding the plea of former conviction,...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 119

Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1889 - 690 pages
...discussion of the rules to determine when the two offences are the same, says : " The test is, whether, if what is set out in the second indictment had been...have been a conviction ; when there could, the second can not be maintained ; when there could not, it can be." When tested by this rule the two offences...
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New Commentaries on the Criminal Law Upon a New System of Legal ..., Volume 1

Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1892 - 922 pages
...fact is truly stated. For this class of cases and numerous others, — 2. The Teat — is, whether, if what is set out in the second indictment had been...second cannot be maintained; when there could not, it can be.8 And — § 1053. 1. Generality of Test. — The case of variance is merely illustrative. In...
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The Law of Crimes

John Wilder May, Joseph Henry Beale - 1893 - 386 pages
...goods,2 or one acquitted of a crime as principal is indicted as accessory.3 The test is this: whether, if what is set out\ in the second indictment had been proved under the first, there could have been a conviction.4 § 121. Prior Conviction of less Degree of same Offence. — Where one is tried on an...
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Miscellaneous Reports. Cases Decided in the Courts of Record of ..., Volume 22

New York (State). Courts - 1898 - 868 pages
...imaginary. The test laid down by Mr. Bishop is as follows: " Whether if that which is set out in a second indictment had been proved under the first...second cannot be maintained: when there could not, it can be." 1 Bish. Or. Law (8th ed.\ § 1052, subd. 2. Where a defendant relies upon an adjudication...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Appellate Court of the State of ..., Volume 33

Indiana. Appellate Court - 1904 - 802 pages
...State, 119 Ind. 501, the following is quoted with approval from a text writer: "The test is, •whether, if what is set out in the second indictment had been...have been a conviction ; when there could, the second can not be maintained; when there could not, it can be." See, also, Beyerline v. State, 147 Ind. 125;...
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