 ... every action prosecuted by the people of the State as a party against a person charged with a public offense for the punishment of the same. shall be termed a criminal action. Feigned issues are prohibited, and the fact at issue shall be tried by...  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of ... - Page 164by Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - 1888Full view - About this book
 | New York (State). Commissioners on Practice and Pleadings - 1850 - 898 pages
...enforcement or protection of a right, or the redress or prevention of a wrong. § 17. A criminal action is prosecuted by the state, as a party, against a person charged with a public offence, for the punishment thereof. The last two sections are more distinct than sections 5 and 6... | |
 | New York (State)., New York (State). Commissioners on Practice and Pleadings - 1850 - 558 pages
...offence.'r " § 7. Actions are of two kinds : 1. Civil, and 2. Criminal." " § 9. A criminal action is prosecuted by the state as a party, against a person charged with a public offence, for the punishment thereof." These definitions are in accordance with the authority of the... | |
 | New York (State), Member of the New-York Bar - 1851 - 410 pages
...Civil; 2. Criminal. § 6. [5.] Criminal action. — A criminal action is prosecuted by the people of the State, as a party, against a person charged with a public ofFence, for the punishment thereof. Of course, this section does not mean that a criminal action is... | |
 | 1851 - 520 pages
...is a special proceeding. 1. Civil. 2. Criminal. And a criminal action is prosecuted by the people of the State, as a party, against a person charged with a public offence, for the punishment thereof. The act is divided into two parts. The first relates to the courts... | |
 | Henry Whittaker - 1852 - 900 pages
...Actions are of two kinds : 1. Civil ; 2. Criminal. § 5. A criminal action is prosecuted by the people of the state, as a party, against a person charged with a public offence, for the punishment thereof. § 6. Every other is a civil action. § 7. Where the violation... | |
 | New York (State) - 1852 - 606 pages
...Criminal. § 5. [5.] (Amended 1849.) Criminal action. — A criminal action is prosecuted by the people of the State, as a party, against a person charged with a public ofíence, for the punishment thereof. Of course, this section does not mean that a criminal action... | |
 | New York (State) - 1855 - 802 pages
...Criminal. § 5. [5.J (Amended 1849.)' Criminal action. A criminal action is prosecuted by the people of the State, as a party, against a person charged with a public offence, for the punishment thereof. § 6. [6.] Civil action. Every other is a civil action. § 7.... | |
 | New York (State) - 1863 - 1026 pages
...two kinds : 1. Civil; 2. Criminal. 11 B, 106. g 5. A criminal action is prosecuted by the people of the state, as a party, against a person charged with a public offense, for the punishment thereof. g 6. Every other is a civil action. 19 NT, 492; 11 B., 341. g 7. -Where the violation of a right admits... | |
 | New York (State), Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1867 - 966 pages
...thereof. 1 Quatim. How did tkit tcctioA read in 1848 ! As follows : $ 5. [1848.] A criminal action is prosecuted by the state, as a party, against a person...with a public offense, for the punishment thereof. 2. Q. Wkenmuildutngedl Л. In 1849, it was changed as it now stands. § 6. Civil action. Every other... | |
 | New York (State) - 1867 - 1086 pages
...Criminal. § 5. [5.] (Am'd 1849.) Criminal action. A criminal action is prosecuted by the people of the State, as a party, against a person charged with a public offence, for the punishment thereof. , § 6. [6.] Civil action. Every other is a civil action. § 7.... | |
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