The Quebec Law Digest: From the first of January, 1877, down to the first of January, 1881, together with a large number of important decisions, principally of the years 1876-77, not to be found in any of the reportsJ. Lovell, 1882 |
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Page 285 - ... the purpose of instituting or maintaining a prosecution for an offence in relation to ballot papers, or for the purpose of a petition questioning an election or return...
Page 373 - Rights, be determined agreeably to the said Laws and Customs of Canada, until they shall be varied or altered by any Ordinances that shall, from Time to Time, be passed in the said Province by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the time being, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council of the same...
Page 229 - ... the name of the vessel and of the master, and of the place to which bound, and of the place, within the port, where the goods are to be unladen, — and...
Page 283 - ... 2. Every person who shall after any election directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, receive any money or valuable consideration on account of any person having voted or refrained from voting, or having induced any other person to vote or refrain from voting at any election...
Page 585 - Church by one archbishop, and eight bishops ; and the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connection with the Church of Scotland, by annual synods, presided over by moderators.
Page 223 - ... the justice shall at the time of the conviction appoint, it shall be lawful for the convicting justice (unless where otherwise specially directed) to commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
Page 219 - The case came on for trial at the court of sessions of said county. After the jury were empaneled and sworn, and presumably after the defendant had pleaded, a motion to quash the indictment on the ground that it did not allege facts sufficient to constitute a crime was entertained by the court, and granted, and from the judgment of dismissal of the indictment the people appeal. It is plain that the indictment in question failed to apprise the defendant of what he should be prepared to answer on the...
Page 281 - ... any such act as aforesaid, on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : 3.
Page 283 - ... election, directly or indirectly gives or provides, or causes to be given or provided, or is accessory to the giving or providing, or pays wholly or in part any expenses incurred for any meat, drink, refreshment or provision to or for any person, in order to be elected or for being elected, or for the purpose of corruptly influencing such person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote at such election, shall be deemed guilty of the offence of treating...
Page 197 - ... acting, is injured or damnified, provided it appear that such false representation was made with the intent that it should be acted on by such third person in the manner that occasions the injury or loss.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Quebec Law Digest: From the first of January, 1877, down to the first of January, 1881, together with a large number of important decisions, principally of the years 1876-77, not to be found in any of the reports Volume 2 of The Quebec Law Digest: Being a Complete Compilation of All the Reported Decisions in the Province of Quebec ... Analytically Digested and Arranged, with Constant Reference to the Codes and Statutes in Relation Thereto, Charles Henry Stephens |
| Author | Charles Henry Stephens |
| Publisher | J. Lovell, 1882 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2006 |
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