The Code of Criminal Procedure [and Penal Code] of the State of New York, as Amended, and in Force at the Close of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Session of the Legislature |
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... Oath to members of the court . 19. Adjournments , etc. 20. Compensation of members and officers of the court . § 12. Its jurisdiction . - The court for the trial of impeach- ments has power to try impeachments , when presented by the ...
... Oath to members of the court . 19. Adjournments , etc. 20. Compensation of members and officers of the court . § 12. Its jurisdiction . - The court for the trial of impeach- ments has power to try impeachments , when presented by the ...
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... oath or affirmation truly and impartially to try and determine the impeachment ; and no member of the court can act or vote upon the impeachment , or any question arising thereon , without having taken this oath or affirmation . § 19 ...
... oath or affirmation truly and impartially to try and determine the impeachment ; and no member of the court can act or vote upon the impeachment , or any question arising thereon , without having taken this oath or affirmation . § 19 ...
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... oath of office , etc. 77. Justice , how to hold office . 78. Compensation of justice . § 74. Jurisdiction . - Police justices have such jurisdiction , and such only , as is specially conferred upon them by statute . The courts held by ...
... oath of office , etc. 77. Justice , how to hold office . 78. Compensation of justice . § 74. Jurisdiction . - Police justices have such jurisdiction , and such only , as is specially conferred upon them by statute . The courts held by ...
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... oath of office , and file the same with the clerk , together with a bond with such sureties and in such amount as shall be approved by the board of trustees of the village , conditioned for the faithful performance of his official ...
... oath of office , and file the same with the clerk , together with a bond with such sureties and in such amount as shall be approved by the board of trustees of the village , conditioned for the faithful performance of his official ...
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... oath , in addition to the examination required by statute . Bradstreet v . Furguson , 17 Wend . 181 ; 23 id . 638 . § 85. Examination of complainant and witnesses.- When the information is laid before a magistate , he must examine on oath ...
... oath , in addition to the examination required by statute . Bradstreet v . Furguson , 17 Wend . 181 ; 23 id . 638 . § 85. Examination of complainant and witnesses.- When the information is laid before a magistate , he must examine on oath ...
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Popular passages
Page 173 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Page 184 - The granting of a new trial places the parties in the same position as if no trial had been had. All the testimony must be produced anew, and the former verdict cannot be used or referred to, either in evidence or in argument, or be pleaded in bar of any conviction which might have been had under the indictment.
Page 150 - A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved, and in case of a reasonable doubt whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to an acquittal...
Page 18 - No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication, shall be deemed less criminal by reason of his having been in such condition. But whenever the actual existence of any particular purpose, motive or intent is a necessary element to constitute a particular species or degree of crime, the jury may take into consideration the fact that the accused was intoxicated at the time, in determining the purpose, motive or intent with which he committed the act.
Page 169 - In all criminal prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 282 - A person, who finds lost property under circumstances which give him knowledge or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another person who is not entitled thereto, without having first made every reasonable effort to find the owner and restore the property to him, is guilty of larceny.
Page 49 - But the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying, except for perjury in giving such testimony.
Page 302 - Every officer, agent or clerk, of any corporation, or of any persons proposing to organize a corporation, or to increase the capital stock of any corporation, who knowingly exhibits any false, forged or altered book, paper, voucher, security or other instrument of evidence to any public officer or board authorized by law to examine the organization of such corporation, or to investigate its affairs, or to allow an increase of its capital, with intent to deceive such officer or board in respect thereto,...
Page 259 - Upon an information or presentment against a corporation, the magistrate must issue a summons, signed by him, with his name of office, requiring the corporation to appear before him, at a specified time and place, to answer the charge, the time to be not less than ten days after the issuing of the summons.
Page 57 - oath," as used in the last two sections, includes an affirmation and every other mode authorized by law of attesting the truth of that which is stated.