| Nevada. Supreme Court - 1868 - 630 σελίδες
...some violation of law which the jury might think needed correction. An indictment is defined to be a " written accusation of one or more persons, of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation by a grand jury legally convoked." Now as the... | |
| John H. Colby - 1868 - 796 σελίδες
...to proceed further with the prosecution, the course to be pursued is, by indicting the accused. An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a felony or misdemeanor, preferred to and presented upon oath of a grand jury.1 It is not our purpose... | |
| Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1870 - 674 σελίδες
...de Jur. Bell. lib. 3, c. 8. INDICTMENT. [L. Fr. enditemmt; L. Lat. indictamentum^] In criminal law. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to and presented upon oath by a grand jury. 4 Bl. Com. 302. 4 Steph. Com. 369. Arch. Grim. PI. 1. See Indict. Sometimes... | |
| Charles John Smith - 1871 - 630 σελίδες
...have neither the same interests nor the same passions as popular assemblies." — ßlackstone. " An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanour preferred to and presented upon oath by a grand jury." — Ibid. INDICT (Lat, indicere,... | |
| South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1871 - 848 σελίδες
...rule of a common law indictment, I would ask, what is an indictment? It is defined in the books to be "a written accusation of one or more persons, of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a Grand Jury legally convoked." If, then, the... | |
| Richard Hallilay - 1873 - 216 σελίδες
...plaintiff first alleges a debt, and then an implied promise in consideration of the debt. INDICTMENT. An indictment is a, written accusation of one or more...a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to and presented upon oath by a grand jury. IN ESSE. In being; in existence. IN FORMA PAUPEBIS. In the form of a pauper.... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - 1873 - 504 σελίδες
...form prescribed by the statute, is an indictment. " An indictment," says Blackstone (4 Com. 302), " is a written accusation of one or more persons, of...crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented by, a grand jury upon oath." This instrument, now under consideration, contains a written accusation... | |
| William Swinton - 1873 - 170 σελίδες
...building or temple in the East Indies in which idols are worshipped. 70. SENTENCES FOR DICTATION. An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented upon oath by a grand jury. Antipodes are those situated on that part of the globe diametrically... | |
| William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 386 σελίδες
...relative to criminal proceedings which, in their opinion, the judge should be made acquainted with. An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a felony or misdemeanor, preferred to and presented upon oath to a grand jury. The indictment must state... | |
| F. Peel - 1874 - 144 σελίδες
...cast down the resolute-hearted, but only serve to call forth their real powers. EXERCISE XXXIV. An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanour, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury. This grand jury are previously... | |
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