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EVIDENCE (contd.)

prisoner, illiterate, deposition of, 16
EXAMINATIONS, LEGAL, Intro. p. LXI
Excusable homicide (v. Homicide)
Execution of Sentence (v. Sentence)

EXTORTION, 431-433

treatment of, 431

larceny, in case of, 431

officials,

do. 432

relationship, do. , 431

'squeezing', in cases of, 433

FALSE ACCUSATION, 500—512
capital offence, charging a, 503

'charge falsely', to; phrase for and meaning

of, 502

convicts, charges by, 511

exaggeration, effect of, 507, 509

is the custom not the exception, 511
judicial officers, charges against, 510

do.

do. by, 510

member of accused's family dies in consequence, 504

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place of punishment, false charge that a, 505

nicety of law concerning, 501
petty offence, charging a, 502
poverty of accuser, effect of, 504
several charges, case of, 506–509
where graver are false, 507

do.

do. true, 506

calculation of penalty herein, 508
reason for rule, 509

several persons charged, case of, 509

'transfer sentence', to; phrase for and meaning

of, 502

transportable offence of mild nature, charging
a, 502

FALSE ACCUSATION (contd.)

transportable offence of grave nature, charging

a, 503

FALSE PRETENCES,

UNDER, 429-430

treatment of, 429

OBTAINING

public property, in case of, 429
relationship, in case of, 429

PROPERTY

FATHERS AND MOTHERS-IN-LAW, ETC., 196—198
daughter-in-law hurts a father-in-law, 196

do.

kills a mother-in-law, 196

under conditions of extenuation, 197
father-in-law kills a son or daughter-in-law, 197-198
mother-in-law kills a daughter-in-law, 197

duration of the tie, 198.

Felonies, the Ten (v. Offences, division of)
Fines and Forfeitures (v. Punishment)

Fire-arms, effect of using (v. Homicide; Affray;
also incidental references - Justifiable homicide, etc.)
FORGERY, 438-440

treatment of, 438

official documents, of, 438

do. seal or signet, of, 439

relationship, effect of, 440

'counterfeit', to; explanation of expression, 440

FORNICATION, 367–368

aggravated, instance of, 367

mourning, during, 368

officials, by, 368

penalties for, 367

FRAUD, 430-431

treatment of, 430

officials, in case of, 430

FU HSI, Intro. p. XXXIX; App. I.

existence of, question as to, App. I.

marriage, institutes, Intro. p. XXXIX; App. I.

GAMING, 562

meaning of, 562

penalty for, ordinarily, 562

friendly game, in case of a, 562

gaming house, keeping a, 562
Government funds, appropriation,

Embezzlement)

Graduates (v. Privilege)

GUARDIANSHIP OF INFANTS, 600-605

devolves upon next of kin, 600

unless unworthy, 603

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when testamentary disposition to the contrary
will be upheld, 603

HAN DYNASTY, THE, Intro. p. XXXIX
Hardened Offenders (v. Previous Conviction)

HERESY, 526-529

varieties of the offence, 526-527

ancient law, examples of the, 527
magicians etc., punishment for, 527
Christianity, provisions concerning, 527
recantation, mode of, 528

after a relapse, 528

HOMICIDE, 221-345

extent of subject, 221

family, killing several of a, 225-229

distinctions herein between deliberate homicide

and homicide in resisting arrest, 228
essentials for application of rule, 226
position of respective parties, 226

both parties on same footing, 227
offence of slain due to slayer, 227
relations included, what, 229
fire-arms, effect of using, 234-236
objections to, 234

when mitigation allowed, 234
mode of killing, effect of, 223

HOMICIDE (contd.)

burying alive, etc., 224
relationship, effect of, 222-223
sha, to kill; significance of, 221
time, limit of, 229-234
exceeded, 232

relationship, effect of, 232
variations in, 229-232

injury directly causes death, 230
do. indirectly do.
Excusable-Accidental, 260-285

, 231

classes of, distinctions between, and examples of, 260
bricks, throwing, where people frequent, 276,

277, 278, 280

challenge to fight, 271

chance-killing, 280

fight, killing in course of a, 284, 285

fire-arms, discharging,

quent, 275, 278

where people fre-

huntsmen and beaters, Imperial; homicide
by, 268

lethal weapons, responsibility incurred by
carrying, 268

misadventure, killing by, 281, 282

poisoning, special rigour in cases of, 269
pure accident, seemingly; how treated, 270

remote cause of death, being a, 272

blow diverted from one to another, 272
meritorious act, mishap occurs

performance of a, 272

serious effects, where circumstances

excusable, 273

slipping and injuring bystanders, 283
sportsmen, accidental homicide by, 267.
struggling, effect of, 271

during

are

wild beasts, shooting, in frequented places, 279

HOMICIDE (Contd.)

penalties are formal, 274

In self-defence, 286–287

lethal weapons, killing in resisting attack with, 286
rowdy, killing a molesting, 286

unarmed, killing where both parties are, 286
Fustifiable, 236—259

arson in bodies, resisting; homicide during, 240
child kills parent's murderer, 246

do.

would-be murderer, 246

connection between cause and effect to be

direct, 247

danger, parent not in, 249

disarmed, assailant previously, 250

latitude allowed son, 248

relation, assailant is a, 250

weak, assailant is physically or mentally, 250
constable kills offender who resists arrest, 259

desecrator of grave, killing a, 241
husband kills adulterous wife, 251
husband kills adulterer, 251

essentials for justification, 251

'on the spot and at the time', phrase
explained, 252

assistance of relatives herein, 252

party to dishonour, husband a; effect of, 254
husband kills wife who has procured daughter's
dishonour, 255

or mother-in-law who procures his wife's dis-
honour, 255

husband kills wife's lover, 255

do. poisons outsider in endeavour to kill
his wife's lover, 256

impropriety, homicide in resisting, 241

rape, in resisting, 242

unnatural offence, in resisting an, 242

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