 | Edward Henslowe Bedford - Law - 1879 - 308 pages
...(4) the means of prevention ; (5) the method of punishment. What is a crime ? A crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. How are crimes distinguished from civil injuries ? In that they are a breach and violation of the public... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Criminal law - 1880 - 362 pages
...forbidding or commanding it.1 This definition, however, though adequate 1 " A crime or misdemeanor (delict) is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." Stephen's Com. iv. 89, note, adopted in Nasmith's Institutes, 63. A crime is " an act of disobedience... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Criminal law - 1880 - 844 pages
...manding it. 1 This definition, however, though adequate bv Iaw 1 " A crime or misdemeanor (delict) is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." Stephen's Com. iv. 89, note, adopted in Nasmith's Institutes, 63. A crime is " an act of disobedience... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1128 pages
...department. it is a principle of criminal law that an offense which may be the subject of criminal procedure is an act committed or omitted 'in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it.' 4 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 642; 4 Bl. Comm. 5." US v. Eaton, supra. Section 2290 of the Revised Statutes... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 2268 pages
...department. It is a principle of criminal law that an offense which may be the subject of criminal procedure is an act committed or omitted 'in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.' 4 Am. & Eng. Euc. of Ii. 042; 4 Bl. Com. 5. It would be a very dangerous principle to hold that a thing... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1038 pages
...law demanded that an offense which could be made the subject of criminal procedure was an act either committed or omitted in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it, and that it would be a very dangerous precedent to hold that a thing prescribed by the Commissioner of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 2042 pages
...law demanded that an offense which could be made the subject of criminal procedure was an act either committed or omitted in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it, and that it would be a very dangerous precedent to hold that a thing prescribed by the Commissioner of... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (6th Circuit), William Searcy Flippin - District courts - 1881 - 754 pages
...willfully is a crime, and may be punished by indictment. "A crime," says Bouvier's Law Diet., 384, " is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." The United States courts are authorized to issue subpoanas for witnesses, enjoin parties, etc. If the... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 968 pages
...for that which clearly comes within the definition of a crime or misdemeanor. A crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it. 4 Bl. Com. 4. J, H. Olmstead, State's attorney, for State. PARK, CJ The object of the statute under... | |
 | William Callyhan Robinson - Law - 1882 - 438 pages
...injury to the public, or an act forbidden by the state. The following are illustrations : ' ' A crime is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." "A crime is an injury so atrocious in its nature, or so dangerous in its example, that, besides the... | |
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A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. 
