Railway Robberies The Summing Up Of Chief Justice Wilde Notes Of The Trial December 1846 Wareham V Prance Nash Collard

Author : Henry Gregory Thomas Wareham Prance
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ISBN 13 : 9781332618309
Total Pages : 114 pages
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Download or read book Railway Robberies written by Henry Gregory Thomas Wareham Prance and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railway Robberies: The Summing Up of Chief Justice Wilde; Notes of the Trial, December 1846 This was an Action of Trespass against Prance, a Passenger on the Great Western, who was robbed; Nash, who conducted the prosecutions, for several Railway Companies, of Maynard, Gar-ratt, and Farr; and Collard, Superintendent of Great Western Police. The Declaration complained, that on the 20th August, 1845, the Defendants Entered and Searched Plaintiff's lodging, and Arrested him; and Collard took him to Great Western Station, and kept him there all night, and next morning Discharged him. The Defendant Nash pleaded the following Pleas. - The other Defendants pleaded the same in substance. 1. To the whole Declaration - Not Guilty. 2. As to Part - a Justification, alleging that Garratt was Engaged in Stealing Luggage on Railways, and Maynard was Associated with him to Feloniously Receive same, and to take Rewards for Restoration; and that a Felony had been committed by Maynard and Garratt, and a person unknown, in obtaining from John Bush a Reward for Restoration of Property Stolen at the Birmingham Railway; and showing Reasonable Cause for Suspecting Plaintiff to have been Guilty with them, and to have Aided Garratt to Escape, and Secreted Property and Effects tending to Show the Guilt of the Parties Engaged, &c. &c. 3. As to same - a Justification, alleging likewise a Felony to have been committed by Maynard in taking Reward of Bernard Hartley for the Restoration of Stolen Goods, and showing Reasonable Cause for Suspecting Plaintiff to have been an Accessory before the fact, and Assisting him, &c. 4. As to Part - a Justification, alleging Garratt to have been Engaged with other persons for the purpose of Stealing from Railways, and to have Committed a Felony in Stealing Goods of Defendant Prance from the Great Western Railway, &c., and Plaintiff to have been Accessory after the fact, and comforted, aided, assisted him, &c. 5. As to Part - a Justification, alleging Maynard to have Committed a Felony in Receiving Prance's Goods Stolen from the Great Western Railway, &c., and that Plaintiff was Accessory after the fact. 6. To same - a Justification, alleging Plaintiff to have Committed a Felony in Receiving Stolen Goods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.