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The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey

... 13 ; how the act was affected by the view Parliament took of the Com- pany's rights , 13 , 14 ; references to the , 33 , 81 , ii 11 , 17 ; terms of the provision of the , constitut- ing the Supreme Court , 18 ; ref- erences to , 29 ...

A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments)

... a person to do some act which causes his own death , such act being a mode of avoiding such violence or threats ... Russ . Cr . ( 5th ed . ) 830 ; 3 Cox , 439. R. v . Ledger , 1 Russ . Cr . ( 5th ed . ) 835 , 6 ; and Mr. Greaves ' note ...

A Digest of the Law of Criminal Procedure in Indictable Offences

... bill of indictment , and the foreman of such grand jury must write his ... true bill against him , in which case the foreman indorses upon the indictment the words " a true bill . " If they think that there is no ... Bills • Right to present ...

A History of the Criminal Law of England

... true bill,” or “ no true bill,” as the case may be (in the days of law Latin the endorsements were “ Billa Vera,” or “ Ignoramus ”), and come into court and hand the indictments to the clerk of assize or clerk of the peace, who says ...

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