The Principles and practice of medical jurisprudence v. 1, Band 1

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Henry C. Lea, 1873

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Seite 486 - The consideration of the nature of circumstantial evidence,' observes Starkie, 'and of the principles on which it is founded, merits the most profound attention. It is essential to the well-being at least, if not to the very existence of civil society, that it should be understood that the secrecy with which crimes are committed will not insure impunity to the offender.
Seite 37 - ... judge of the Court in which proceedings to recover such compensation are taken, or any person who by the consent of the parties or otherwise, has power to fix the amount of compensation, may order that the person injured be examined by some duly qualified medical practitioner named in the order, not being a witness on either side, and may make such order with respect to the costs of such examination as he may think fit.
Seite 20 - His client must trust to him at times for fortune, and character, and life. The law trusts him with a privilege in respect of liberty of speech, which is in practice bounded only by his own sense of duty...
Seite 175 - Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously administer to, or cause to be administered to, or taken by any other person, any poison, or other destructive or noxious thing, with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy such person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.
Seite 544 - In any indictment for murder or manslaughter, or for being an accessory to any murder or manslaughter, it shall not be necessary to set forth the manner in which, or the means by which, the death of the deceased was caused...
Seite 175 - ... mentioned, then and in every such case, the jury may acquit the accused of such felony, and find him guilty of such misdemeanor...
Seite 173 - Whosoever shall administer, or cause to be administered to or taken by any person, any poison, or other destructive thing, with intent to commit murder, shall be guilty of felony.
Seite 1 - MEDICINE — may be defined to be that science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purposes of the law ; hence its limits are, on the one hand, the requirements of the law, and on the other, the whole range of medicine.
Seite 568 - Rolfe, that where a wound is given which, in the opinion of competent medical advisers, is dangerous, and the treatment which they bond fide adopt is the immediate cause of death, the party who inflicted the wound is criminally responsible, and of course those who aided and abetted him in it.
Seite 17 - There is a distinction between the case of a man who sees a fact, and is called to prove it in a court of justice, and that of a man who is selected by a party to give his opinion about a matter with which he is peculiarly conversant from the nature of his employment in life.

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