 | 1885 - 1016 páginas
...the term ' felony,' when used in ibis act or any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable...punished by death, or by imprisonment in a state prison." Although, as has been already remarked, the term " felony " is not used in any of the provisions of... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1936 - 298 páginas
...(Section 57.02 (2) .) The term felony as defined by statute 353.31 "shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by imprisonment in a state prison." For example, a person convicted of an offense that might be punished... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code, David Dudley Field - 1998 - 3652 páginas
...here given is more comprehensive than that given by the Revised Statutes. The provision there is : " The term ' felony,' when used in this act, or in any...punished by death or by imprisonment in a state prison." 2 RS 3d ed^ 789, sec* 33. It was held by the supreme court, in Ward v. The People, 3 Hill, 295, and... | |
 | Samuel Warren, Thomas W. Clerke - 2004 - 676 páginas
...administered. Note XV, Page 355.— FELONY. The term " felony " is defined by statute in New- York to mean an offence for which the offender on conviction...punished by death, or by imprisonment in a state prison. Note XVI, Page 384. — MULTIPLICATION OF COURTS. The author in a former page condemned a multiplication... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - 1861 - 614 páginas
...to testify in any cause, matter or proceeding, civil or criminal." The 30th section of the same act declares that "the term 'felony,' when used in this...punished by death or by imprisonment in a state prison." Leary had been convicted of petit larceny, as a first offence; and that crime is not, by law, punishable... | |
 | W.M. OGDEN NILES, EDITOR - 1838 - 436 páginas
...penal code of this state, is in these words: Section 13th. "The term felony when used in this act, shall be construed to mean an offence, for which the...conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished with death, or imprisonment in the penitentiary, and not otherwise." And the 20th section of the 6th... | |
 | Michigan - 1872 - 1276 páginas
...5 Mich. Rep. 7i. in any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offense for lOMich.Kep. J i«. which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable...law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in the State Prison. •^Felonious" and (7821.) SEC. 19. The term " felonious," when used in any statute,... | |
 | Missouri. Courts of Appeals - 1908 - 818 páginas
..."The term 'felony,' when used in this or any other statute, shall be construed to mean any offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished with death or imprisonment in the penitentiary, and no other." [Section 2393, RS 1899.] Under this... | |
 | 1840 - 1174 páginas
...words : " Section 13th. The TJH felony, when used in this act, shall be construed to mean an offence ir which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished •ith death, or imprisonment in the penitentiary, and not otherwise." And ie 20th section of the 6th... | |
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The term felony, when used in this act, or in any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in a State Prison. 
