INDEX. ACCESSARY. Case of, 324 Evidence against, -328 AFFRAY. No excuse in murder when violent, and the weapon an axe, 242 AIDING and ABETTING, &c. in the robbery of the mail, 315 Evidence in a case of, 328 NSEL en from the roll, BANK BILLS, not money, APPRENTICES. far as it relates to an apprentice contra bonos mores ARRAIGNMENT, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR. Case of one strick- Will be stricken off for acts that would have prevented his admission, BLAKE. His argument in a case of murder, BURGLARY. Cannot be inferred by finding stolen prop- may, CHALLENGES. Is the business of an equestrian so 159 304, 305 344 347 620 247 181-428 55 Defendants in one indictment not al- COLDEN, Mayor. His decision in Scholtz's case, dence, and for what purpose, ib. 617 546 CONFESSION OF PRISONERS. Practice of justices of the peace to take, in Pennsylvania, 150 Private individuals have no authority to take them, ib. Induced by saying, "if you do not tell all you know E about the business, you will be put in the dark room Other cases, See examination. CONSPIRACY. Form of indictment in, 469 ib. 141, 2 143 Letters not containing any direct proof of conspiracy The examination of a prisoner implicating others, 147 256 257, 8 Case of the journeyman cordwainers, 262 Form of indictment in the case of, 263, 4 One conspiracy cannot justify another, 269 Sketches of Mason's, Sampson's, Colden's, Griffin's, and Emmet's speeches in the cordwainers' case, 271–279 The gist of, is the unlawful confederacy, 279-282 279 Journeymen confederating and refusing to work, may 280 An indictment charging a conspiracy to de- CONSTRUCTIVE LARCENY. Rule established by the court in cases of, 259 COUNSEL. No law requiring their presence at the ex- 361 CONSUL GENERAL Not protected by the law of 623 479 COURTS. Their power to decide constitutional questions, 23 When may be tried severally, 519, 20 Of religous worship, cases of, 135.6-8, 9 Blasphemies, libels, slander, &c. against religion, 239 239 Disturbing divine service is indictable at common law, DUELLING. Barker's case of, DYING DECLARATIONS may be given in evidence 136 246 19 398, 9 Quere, may they when there is a faint hope of recovery, 398 EXAMINATION OF PRISONERS. Magistrate or Taken for the benefit of the prisoner, On a charge of murder, it is no objection to reading Parol evidence of facts disclosed by third persons, in 241 241 241 241 378 377 143-152 Allowed to be given of the name of a firm, after the Allowed to be given in a case of murder, of the colour ENLISTMENT, under the act of congress March 16, 1812, FALSE PRETENCES. 254 255 328 541 161 Where a defendant falsely stated that he was a grocer, 80 161 The false pretence set forth in the indictment, must be 161 161 161 Mere accidental circumstances, however, not forming 178 Cannot consist in show or appearance, 178 Must be made before the property is delivered, 178 Must be of an existing fact, 178 Must not be so absurd and irrational, that no man of 179 180 Dress, style, appearance, &c. although they may facil- Vessel must be armed as well as fitted out. 180 234, 235 FIRES. Construction of the act in relation to, in New York, Any material alteration in a building; any considera- Opinion of eminent writers on the law of nations, in 3, 4, 5-13, 14 Reasons why fugitives should not be delivered GOOD BEHAVIOUR. Recognizance of, should not be 594 demanded on a charge of a libel, before conviction, 533 Cases where it has or has not been demanded, 534 535 129 GUARDIAN. The father's right to his children, whether it results from guardianship by nature or nurture 522 523 Custody of the infant is for his own benefit, army or navy, 524 |