COIN-continued. having in possession, &c., 68 making, &c., coining tools, 69 conveying out of Mint instruments, bullion, &c., 69 search for, and seizure of counterfeit coin and tools, 69 public, embezzlement by directors, &c., 239 receiving property and not entering in books, 240 falsifying books, 240 making false statements, &c., 240 falsifying books of company wound up, 241 COMPANIES ACT, 1862, 241 COMPASSING death of sovereign, queen, or eldest son and heir, 49 COMPENSATION BY PRISONER, 466 COMPETENCY OF WITNESSES: v. WITNESS. COMPOUND LARCENY, distinguished from simple, 198 cases of, 219 COMPOUNDING FELONY, 98 theft bote, 99 COMPOUNDING FELONY-continued. reward for return of stolen property, 99 advertising reward, &c., 99 COMPOUNDING MISDEMEANOR, 100 COMPOUNDING INFORMATION ON PENAL STATUTE, 100 of birth, 183 verdict of, on indictment for murder, 183 CONFESSION on arraignment, 373 before magistrate is merely evidence, 373 before magistrate, 432 CONFINEMENT: v. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. CONSPIRACY, 130 the combination the gist of, 130 wide nature of crime, 131 objects enumerated, 131 not every combination to effect a tort is criminal, 133 merged in felony, if carried out, 133 CONSPIRACY AND PROTECTION OF PROPERTY ACT, 1875, 127 CONSTABLE: v. OFFICER. CONSTRUCTIVE TAKING, 209 CONTEMPTS OR HIGH MISDEMEANORS AGAINST THE SOVEREIGN AND GOVERNMENT, 70 CONTEMPT OF COURT, 103 direct, 103 consequential, 103 by whom committed, 103 proceedings, 105 CONTRACT OF SERVICE, wilfully breaking, so as to deprive of gas or water, 128 so as to endanger life, 128 CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE, not recognized in manslaughter, 65 CONVEYANCES, fraudulent, 249 CONVICTION, forgery of, 264 how proved, 437 verdict entailing, 445 CO-PARTNERSHIP, larceny by members of, 214 CORN, servants taking master's, &c., 217 CORONER, court of, 313 arrest by, 322 bail by, 333 inquisition of, 348 proceedings before, 349 committal for trial by, 350 CORPORATE BODIES: v. COMPANIES. CORPORATIONS may be guilty of crime, 31 larceny of property of, by members, 214, n. CORRECTION, killing by, 173 CORROSIVE FLUID, throwing at any person, &c., 193 CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT, 1854, 89 CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICE PREVENTION ACT, 1883, 89 COSTS, in certain cases of libel, paid by prisoner, 118 on acquittal of offence under Vexatious Indictments Act, on certiorari, 368 when paid by prisoner, 416, 466 on summary proceedings, 496: v. EXPENSES. larceny of, in process of manufacture, 220 COUNSEL, order of speeches and examination, 396 when incompetent to give evidence against client, 407 functions of counsel for prosecution, 418 for defence, 418 requested by judge to defend prisoner, 449 COUNTERFEITING COIN, 65: v. COIN. for distinct acts of stealing, 218 when more than one count may be inserted, 341 in felony, 342 felony and misdemeanor, 343 in misdemeanor, 344 count charging previous conviction, 344 COURT, CONTEMPT OF: v. CONTEMPT. COURT OF A CRIMINAL JURISDICTION, 295 COURT LEET, 315, n. COURT MARTIAL, 61, 63 COURT ROLL, forgery of, 264 Cow, stealing, 207 killing, maiming, &c., 283 CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES, 409: v. WITNESS. CREDIT, bankrupt fraudulently obtaining, 123 any person, 124 CREDITORS, defrauding of, 122, 124 false claims by, 124 CRIME, description thereof, I contrasted with civil injury, 2 proof that an act does not become a crime on account of courses open when an act is both a crime and a civil injury, 3 false distinctions from civil injury pointed out, 3 narrow line between the two, 3 morality and crime, 5 crimes at common law, 5 by statute, 5 crime contrasted with offence, 7 what are indictable crimes, 7 CRIME-continued. completed crime punished more severely than attempt, 17, 153; v. PREVENTION OF CRIME. CRIMINAL OR CIVIL, test whether a proceeding is, 4 CRIMINAL CODE: v. CODIFICATION. CRIMINAL INTENTION: v. INTENTION. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY: v. RESPONSIBILITY. CROPS, setting fire to, 274 CROSS-EXAMINATION, 422: v. EXAMINATION. CROSSED CHEQUE: v. CHEQUE. CROWN CASES RESERVED, court for, 471 proceedings in, 471 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, 283 CULTIVATED VEGETABLE PRODUCE: v. PLANTS. CUSTOMS, offences relating to, 120 CUSTOMS, false declarations as to, 87 CUSTOMS CONSOLIDATION ACT, 1853, 120 CUSTOMS, general or particular, how proved, 436 DAM, damaging, 281 of pond, destroying, 282 D. DAMAGING: v. MALICIOUS INJURY. DEAD ANIMALS, subjects of larceny, 204 DEAF AND DUMB PERSONS, by presumption of law are idiots, 21 DEATH, PUNISHMENT OF, 458: v. EXECUTION. ownership of goods of, how laid, 338 depositions of deceased witnesses, 431 DECLARATIONS, FALSE: v. FALSE DECLARATIONS. |