Lanterna Rally

Author: Wilfred Baugh Allen

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-04-29

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780366300372

Excerpt from The Criminal Evidence Act, 1898: 61 and 62 Vict. C. 36 The general effect of the Act is that on the expira tion of two months from the passing thereof, in all cases where a person is charged with a criminal offence, the defendant, and the defendant's wife or husband, will in all courts, inferior as well as superior, and whether tried by a jury or not, be com petent witnesses for the defence on the application of the defendant, except that with regard to a person charged with neglecting to maintain or deserting his wife or any of his family under the Vagrancy Act, 1824, the wife; and, with regard to a person charged with an offence under s. 80 of the Poor Law (scotland) Act, 1845, or under ss. 48 to 55 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, or under ss. 12 and 16 of the Married Women's Property Act, ' 1882, or under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, or under the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1894, the wife and husband of the defendant will be compellable witnesses, both for the prosecution and the defence. 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.