When a man is indicted for an offence and acquitted he cannot afterwards be indicted for the same offence, provided the first indictment were such that he could have been lawfully convicted on it ; and if he be thus indicted a second time, he may plead... Decisions of the Supreme Court of Mauritius - Page 64de Mauritius. Supreme Court - 1906Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| John Frederick Archbold - 1822 - 458 pages
...1. Attterfais Acquit. 2. Auterfais Convict. 3. Auterfvis Attaint. 4. Pardon. 1. Aitterfois Acquit. When a man is indicted for an offence, and acquitted,...could have been lawfully convicted on it ; and, if he be thus indicted a second time, he may plead aisterfuis acquit, and it will be a good bar to the indictment.... | |
| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1841 - 834 pages
...in use are, 1. Auterfois acquit ; 2. Auterfois convict ; 3. Pardon. 1st. Auterfois acquit."] Where a man is indicted for an offence, and acquitted, he...could have been lawfully convicted on it ; and if he be thus indicted a second time, he may plead auterfois acquit, and it will be a good bar to the indictment.... | |
| Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1841 - 226 pages
...and call upon the party to plead thereto, and proceed as if no such dilatory plea had been pleaded. When a man is indicted for an offence, and acquitted,...for the same offence, provided the first indictment was such that he could have been lawfully convicted on it, and if he be thus indicted a second time,... | |
| Herbert Broom - 1845 - 544 pages
...111 in criminal now under consideration occurs in criminal law, the rule Uw being well established, that when a man is indicted for an offence, and acquitted,...were such that he could have been lawfully convicted upon it by proof of the facts contained in the second indictment; and if he be thus indicted a second... | |
| John Frederick Archbold - 1846 - 914 pages
...Acquit, 87. 2. Auterfois Convict, 91. 3. Auterfois Attaint, 92. 4. Pardon, 93. \ 1. Auterfois Acquit. When a man is indicted for an offence, and acquitted,...could have been lawfully convicted on it; and if he be thus indicted a second time, he may plead auterfois acquit, and it will be a good bar to the indictment.... | |
| John Jane Smith Wharton - 1848 - 726 pages
...rule is in I he action of ejectment. 2 Selto. NP 763. It is also well established in the criminal law, that when a man is indicted for an. offence, and acquitted,...were such that he could have been lawfully convicted upon it by proof of the facts contained in the second indictment. Arch. Cr. Plead. 88. Nemo débet... | |
| William Hickman - 1851 - 364 pages
...might be made in the charges, &c., as would meet the necessities of the case. Former acquittal. — "When a man is indicted for an offence and acquitted,...could have been lawfully convicted on it; and if he be thus indicted a second time he may plead ' autrefois acquit] and it will be a good bar to the indictment."... | |
| Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1851 - 570 pages
...Chili. Arch. Pr. 476. No man who has once been indicted for an offence and acquitted, can be afterwards indicted for the same offence, provided the first...were such that he could have been lawfully convicted upon it by proof of the facts contained in the second indictment. Broom's Max. 137. Nemo débet [polol]... | |
| Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1851 - 564 pages
...Chitt. Arch. Pr. 476. No man who has once been indicted for an oftence and acquitted, can be afterwards indicted for the same offence, provided the first...were such that he could have been lawfully convicted upon it by proof of the facts contained in the second indictment. Broom's Max. 137. Nemo débet [poteal]... | |
| Herbert Broom - 1852 - 616 pages
...occurs in criminal law, *for there it L -" is a well-established rule, that, when a man has once been indicted for an offence, and acquitted, he cannot...afterwards be indicted for the same offence, provided that the first indictment were such that he could have been lawfully convicted upon it by proof of... | |
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