This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...cheat was noticed, the earlier holding, as we have seen, was that a cheat accompanied by a conspiracy is indictable. Lord Holt even went so far as to say that in Rex vs. Sterling81 "the gist of the offense was its influence upon the public, and not the conspiracy." wRex vs. Edwards, 8 Mod. 320 (1725). Rex vs. Compton, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...cheat was noticed, the earlier holding, as we have seen, was that a cheat accompanied by a conspiracy is indictable. Lord Holt even went so far as to say that in Rex vs. Sterling81 "the gist of the offense was its influence upon the public, and not the conspiracy." wRex vs. Edwards, 8 Mod. 320 (1725). Rex vs. Compton, Cald. 246 (1782). "Rex vs. Delaval, 1 W. Bl. 410, 430 (1762). "Willes 583 (1783). "3 M. & S. 68 (1814). "Reg. vs. Daniell, 6 Mod. 100 (2 Anne, 1703). Lord Mansfield thus describes the offense charged in Rex vs. Rispal:82 "The crime laid is an unlawful conspiracy. This, whether it be to charge a man with criminal acts, or such as only may affect his reputation, is fully sufficient. The several charges in the indictment are not to be considered as distinct and separate counts; but as one and the same united and continued offense, pursued through its different stages, and then it is clear that the whole will amount to an indictable offense: viz., the getting money out of a man by conspiracy to charge him with a false fact." In some cases, also, where the acts complained of had been done by a combination of malefactors, the element of conspiracy was not noticed in the indictment. In others, although the indictment alleged that the acts had been done "per conspirationem," attention was fixed solely upon the acts performed, and the conspiracy received no further mention. And even in cases, such as Reg. vs. Best,3 Rex vs. Journeymen Tailors,84 etc., in which it was held that the conspiracy was the gist of the offense, the acts done were described in some detail in the indictment, and the above principle was urged in reply to an objection that the facts had not been properly alleged.86 "1 W. B...
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