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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Page xlv
... wound anyone , by ' the Law no distinction is made between principal ' and accessory , and the sentence is in every ... wounds - the former the - ' principal , the latter an accessory and furthermore ' in cases of wounding , between ...
... wound anyone , by ' the Law no distinction is made between principal ' and accessory , and the sentence is in every ... wounds - the former the - ' principal , the latter an accessory and furthermore ' in cases of wounding , between ...
Page xlviii
... wounds the owner of property is more severely dealt with than a person who kills or wounds the protector of an unvirtuous woman . In a discussion upon the point , with a view to rectify the anomaly , the Emperor himself directed a ...
... wounds the owner of property is more severely dealt with than a person who kills or wounds the protector of an unvirtuous woman . In a discussion upon the point , with a view to rectify the anomaly , the Emperor himself directed a ...
Page xlix
... wounds his victim will be sentenced to death , while in the other case the offender will but receive two degrees more punishment than the ordinary penalty . The Judiciary Board was of opinion , however , that nothing could be done ...
... wounds his victim will be sentenced to death , while in the other case the offender will but receive two degrees more punishment than the ordinary penalty . The Judiciary Board was of opinion , however , that nothing could be done ...
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... wounds in a corpse will be carefully examined to ascertain if there are any ' undisclosed circumstances ' . But such an enquiry must be carefully distinguished from a postmortem ( q . v . ) . Persons allowed to keep silent by reason of ...
... wounds in a corpse will be carefully examined to ascertain if there are any ' undisclosed circumstances ' . But such an enquiry must be carefully distinguished from a postmortem ( q . v . ) . Persons allowed to keep silent by reason of ...
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... wound , if there be only one wound , or who inflicts the first fatal wound , if there be several wounds , or if there be no possibility of distinguishing between the gravity of the wounds the one who uses an edged weapon , or if both ...
... wound , if there be only one wound , or who inflicts the first fatal wound , if there be several wounds , or if there be no possibility of distinguishing between the gravity of the wounds the one who uses an edged weapon , or if both ...
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