Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law, and Cognate Topics: With Special Relation to Ruling Cases. Together with a Brief Excursus on the Law of Property, Chiefly Founded on the Writings of the Late Sir Chaloner Alabaster ...Luzac & Company, 1899 - 677 pages |
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... committed in Mongolia or within the Eighteen Provinces ( Chihli being the province in the case in point ) . In the ... commit robbery , the Mahomedans , under the Mahomedan law ' where three or more ' etc. ' , incur the penalty of ...
... committed in Mongolia or within the Eighteen Provinces ( Chihli being the province in the case in point ) . In the ... commit robbery , the Mahomedans , under the Mahomedan law ' where three or more ' etc. ' , incur the penalty of ...
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... committed . It may be partially true to explain this away in the usual manner by attributing it to languor ; but it would be more correct to say that it is due to fear of the Law . It is laid down that persons must not interfere unless ...
... committed . It may be partially true to explain this away in the usual manner by attributing it to languor ; but it would be more correct to say that it is due to fear of the Law . It is laid down that persons must not interfere unless ...
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... committed by him and punished as accessories thereto . Nay , without a special bond , the wardsmen and tipaos are bound to give information , or , if need be , arrest and give over to the authorities all bad characters within their ward ...
... committed by him and punished as accessories thereto . Nay , without a special bond , the wardsmen and tipaos are bound to give information , or , if need be , arrest and give over to the authorities all bad characters within their ward ...
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... committed , a private mutual arrangement of the involved parties to hush up or compound the same , in neglect of the Courts , is illegal , the person whose offence it was sought to compromise becoming liable to an aggravated penalty for ...
... committed , a private mutual arrangement of the involved parties to hush up or compound the same , in neglect of the Courts , is illegal , the person whose offence it was sought to compromise becoming liable to an aggravated penalty for ...
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... committed by themselves or by accessories . Persons aged eighty years or over , or ten years or under , the totally infirm , and females , are allowed to lay information or make complaint regarding high treason , rebellion , lack of ...
... committed by themselves or by accessories . Persons aged eighty years or over , or ten years or under , the totally infirm , and females , are allowed to lay information or make complaint regarding high treason , rebellion , lack of ...
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