Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 5Virginia State Bar Association, 1892 - Bar associations |
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Page 158
... accused by a justice for the offense for which he was indicted , with the power to discharge him from the indictment , the accused sometimes escaped trial by a jury altogether and the punishment justly due his offense . The court was ...
... accused by a justice for the offense for which he was indicted , with the power to discharge him from the indictment , the accused sometimes escaped trial by a jury altogether and the punishment justly due his offense . The court was ...
Page 162
... accused was liable to be convicted upon the indictment , the trial court in- structed , among other things , that if the jury did not believe him . guilty of the felony charged it might still find him guilty of assault and battery and ...
... accused was liable to be convicted upon the indictment , the trial court in- structed , among other things , that if the jury did not believe him . guilty of the felony charged it might still find him guilty of assault and battery and ...
Page 163
... accused could be ac- quitted of the statutory felony charged and lawfully found guilty of the common law offense of assault and battery ; and it does not appear from the report of the case that the attention of the court was ...
... accused could be ac- quitted of the statutory felony charged and lawfully found guilty of the common law offense of assault and battery ; and it does not appear from the report of the case that the attention of the court was ...
Page 164
... accused . It is unjust to a faithful corps of officers to put into the scales of justice their fees against the innocence of the accused . Price- less innocence should incur no such risk ; members of an honora- ble and chivalrous ...
... accused . It is unjust to a faithful corps of officers to put into the scales of justice their fees against the innocence of the accused . Price- less innocence should incur no such risk ; members of an honora- ble and chivalrous ...
Page 165
... accused the privilege , which he did not have at common law , of becoming a witness in his own behalf in any case of felony or misdemeanor , but if he does not choose to testify , it provides that his silence shall create no presumption ...
... accused the privilege , which he did not have at common law , of becoming a witness in his own behalf in any case of felony or misdemeanor , but if he does not choose to testify , it provides that his silence shall create no presumption ...
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