 THE other remaining offence, that of kidnapping, being [ 219 ] the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child, from their own country, and sending them into another, was capital by the Jewish law.  A New Dictionary of the English Language - Page 455by Charles Richardson - 1839 - 886 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...punishable, on indictment, if need be, by fine and imprisonment. IX. The other offence, kidnapping, being the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man,...them into another, was capital by the Jewish law. So likewise in the civil law, plugium, was punished with death. With us it was formerly punished with... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1865 - 806 pages
...available in the defence.5 § 772. The Illinois statute defines kidnapping to be, as stated by the court, " the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from his or her country, and sending or taking him or her into another." And the court has held, that, to... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Great Britain - 1866 - 780 pages
...indicted at the suit of the king. *IX. The other remaining offence, that of kidnapping, being the r*.;>ig forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from L their own country and sending them into another, was capital by the Jewish law: — " He that stealeth... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1867 - 810 pages
...offence., that of kidnapping, being the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, ог_е]цш, from their own country, and sending them into another, was capital by the Jewish law. " He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1870 - 674 pages
...5. KIDNAPPING. The stealing and carrying away, or secreting a person. Lewis' US Grim. Law, 17. — The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man,...their own country, and sending them into another. 4 Bl. Com. 219. — An aggravated kind of abduction, consisting in the forcible carrying away, or fraudulent... | |
 | Law - 1901 - 510 pages
...England, it was made a crime punishable by fine and imprisonment and the pillory. The crime consisted in the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man,...from their own country and sending them into another country. But the crime charged against Callahan and his associates does not fall within the prohibition... | |
 | Wyoming - Law - 1870 - 808 pages
...dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year in the county jail. Bid^iipiug. SEC. 34. Kidnapping is the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman or child from his or her own county, and sending or taking him or her into another. pnui»iimoB». SEC. 35. Every... | |
 | John Wade - Law - 1871 - 946 pages
...description of offence against the person, and amounts only to a misdemeanor: it consists in carrying off a man, woman, or child, from their own country and sending them into another. It is punishable by the common law with fine and imprisonment. TI. CHILD- STEALING. By 24 & 25 V. c.... | |
 | Canada - Criminal law - 1874 - 1416 pages
...— 1 Russell, 962. The above sections are taken from the 29 Victoria, cb. 14, (1865). The forcible stealing away of a man, woman or child from their...sending them into another was capital by the Jewish and also by the civil law. This is unquestionably a very heinous crime, as it robs the sovereign of... | |
 | Canada, Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau - Criminal law - 1874 - 844 pages
...— 1 Russell, 962. The above sections are taken from the 29 Victoria, ch. 14, (1865). The forcible stealing away of a man, woman or child from their own country, and sending them into another w7as capital by the Jewish and also by the civil law. This is unquestionably a very heinous crime,... | |
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