The Weekly Reporter: Appellate High Court, Volum 5

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D. E. Cranenburgh, 1891
Containing decisions of the Appellate High Court in all its branches, viz., in civil, revenue and criminal cases, as well as in cases referred by the Calcutta and Mofussil Small Cause Courts and the Recorders' Courts; together with rules and the civil and criminal circular orders issued by the High Court, and circular orders of the Board of Revenue; also decisions of Her Majesty's Privy Council in cases heard in appeal from courts of British India.
 

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Pàgina 272 - report into consideration, was pleased, by •• and with the advice of Her Privy Council. •• to approve thereof, and to order, as it is "hereby ordered, that the said decree of the
Pàgina 88 - prior to decree : but, if the decree " be appealed against, any error, defect, or " irregularity in any such order affecting the •' merits of the case or the jurisdiction of "the Court may be set forth as a ground of "objection in the memorandum of appeal." The decision reversing the decree of the
Pàgina 88 - have intended that it was their duty to do so. " Discretion, '' says Lord Mansfield, " when " applied to a Court of Justice, means sound " discretion guided by law. It must be " governed by rule, not by humour. It " must not be arbitrary, vague, and fanciful,
Pàgina 45 - 300, that is to say, unless the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing such bodily injury as the offender knows to be likely to cause the death of the person to whom the harm is caused, or
Pàgina 84 - to the circumstances of the crime, but " also as to the person of the prisoner ;" and Creswell, J., added : " You may take it for " granted that the accomplice was at the " committal of the offence, and may be " corroborated as to the facts ; but
Pàgina 23 - Except in cases of treason, the direct evidence of one witness, who is entitled to full credit, shall be sufficient for proof of any fact in any such Court or before any such person.
Pàgina 83 - is that, when a man is fixed, and knows " that his own guilt is detected, he may " purchase impunity by falsely accusing " others. I would suggest to you that the '• circumstances are too slight to justify you " in acting on this evidence." The prisoner was accordingly acquitted.
Pàgina 1 - sarily established conclusively between the " parties, and that either may again litigate " them for any other purpose as to which " they may come in question, provided the " immediate subject of the decision be not " attempted to be withdrawn from its
Pàgina 61 - do anything which he would not do or omit if he were not so deceived, and which act or omission causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to that person in body, mind, reputation, or property, is said to 'cheat.' Explanation.—A dishonest concealment of facts is a deception within the meaning of this Section.'' And then there is Illustration
Pàgina 282 - gained by gradual accession, whether from " the recess of a river or of the sea, it shall " be considered an increment to the tenure " of the person to whose land or estate it " is thus annexed, whether such land or " estate be held immediately from

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