 Also it seems to be a good general ground, that wherever a statute prohibits a matter of public grievance to the liberties and security of a subject, or commands a matter of public convenience, as the repairing of the common streets of a town, an offender...  A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors - Sida 89efter William Oldnall Russell - 1824Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Waller Hening - 1810 - 710 sidor
...a matter of a public grievance to the liberties and security of a citizen, or commands a matter of public convenience, as the repairing of the common...statute is punishable, not only at the suit of the party grieved, but also by way of indictment for his contempt of the statute, unless such method of proceeding... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 394 sidor
...public convenience, as the repairing ot the common streets of the town, &c , every disobedience of such statute is punishable, not only at the suit of the party grieved, but also by way of indictment, for contempt of the statute, unless such method of proceeding... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1820 - 834 sidor
...prohibits a matter of public grievance to the liberties and security of a subject ; or commands a matter of public convenience, as the repairing of the common...statute is punishable not only at the suit of the party grieved, but also by way of indictment for his contempt of the statute, unless such method of proceeding... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - 1822 - 1042 sidor
...indictable, all actions of u tendency injurious to public morals or decency. — 2. No actions, however, of a private nature are indictable, unless they in some way concern the king. 2 Hawk. c. 25. s. 4. — 3. Hence the objection teken in a late case, (where parties were indicted... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 780 sidor
...prohibits a matter of public grievance to the liberties and security of a subject, or commands a matter of public convenience, as the repairing of the common...indictable, unless they in some way concern the king, (s) It is an indictable offence, in the nature of a misdemeanor, to refuse or neglect to provide sufficient... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 788 sidor
...matter of public grievance to the liberties and security of a subject, or commands a matter of pxtblic convenience, as the repairing of the common streets...indictable, unless they in some way concern the king, (s) It is an indictable offence, in the nature of a misdemeanor, to refuse or neglect to provide sufficient... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - 1831 - 598 sidor
...offender tigainiU such statute is punishable, not only at the cuit of the party crrievcd, hut also hy wny of indictment, for his contempt of the statute, unless such method of proceeding be cnrefully excluded by the legislative enactment: see 2 Hawk. P. C. c. 20. s. 4. But no injuries... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1836 - 1178 sidor
...liberties and of public ¡insecurity of a subject ; or commands a matter of public conve- P°rtnience, as the repairing of the common streets of a town ;...statute is punishable, not only at the suit of the party grieved, but also by way of indictment for his contempt of the statute, unless such method of proceeding... | |
 | Scotland. High Court of Justiciary, Archibald Swinton - 1842 - 698 sidor
...of a subject, or commands aFal8eUllthl " matter of public convenience, as the repairing the com" mon streets of a town, an offender against such statute...proceeding do manifestly " appear to be excluded by it." It is to be observed, that though the illustration introduced by the author is not at all in point... | |
 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 sidor
...of the civil rights which belong to individuals, considered merely as individuals." (4 Bl. Com. 5.) No injuries of a private nature are indictable, unless they in some way concern the king. (1 Russ. on Commonwealth t>. Euntmm and others. Crimes, 61.) Now the only public injury, connected... | |
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