 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1812 - 700 pages
...two months after request, whereby the plaintiff had lost the benefit of his trade. After verdict, a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground, that the plaintilV ought to have brought detiuue or trover; but the court held the action well brought; for,... | |
 | Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1815 - 516 pages
...should have been so ill advised, as not to defend himself. In the next place, he was astonished that no motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the paper was no? libel at all. He thought the sentence most severe, and that opinion had not, Mr. Fox... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 848 pages
...plaintiff lost the benefit of the land. The defendant pleaded not guilty. — Verdict for the plaintiff. A motion was made in arrest of judgment on the ground that the action would not lie, as the plaintiff might have abated the nuisance, or might have distrained the... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 788 pages
...writing purporting to be a warrant to apprehend the defendant for forgery ; and, after a conviction, a motion was made in arrest of judgment on the ground that the charge did not amount to an indictable offence. Perryn, B. took time to consider to the subsequent... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 516 pages
...performance of the condition ; and the issue, joined on the last plea, was found for the plaintiff. A motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the contract, disclosed in the condition of the bond, was illegal. But the motion was overruled, and the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1830 - 1076 pages
...for not paying the stamp-duty on an indenture of apprenticeship. After verdict for the plaintiff, a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the defendant had sinae paid the duties under the 9 Geo. 3. c. 37. s. 4, which discharges the penalty incurred,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore, Joseph Payne - Law reports, digests, etc - 1831 - 812 pages
...not paying the stamp duty upon an indenture of apprenticeship ; after verdict for the plaintiff, a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the defendant had, since the verdict, and before the 1st September, 1769, paid the duties under the statute... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1836 - 1250 pages
...the offence shall be committed." The plaintiff having recovered a verdict for several penalties, a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the plaintiff oilght to have proceeded by information before a justice: for although the aggregate number... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 700 pages
...the plea of not guilty, the jury found a verdict against the defendant, of Two hundred djollars. A motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the value of the mare charged in the indictqjent to have been maliciously killed by the defendant, was... | |
 | Law - 1841 - 522 pages
...King- v. Wuolstun* the defendant was charged with publishing five libels against Christianity itself. A motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the offence was not one which was punishable in the temporal courts, and there the Coin t said that it... | |
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After verdict for the plaintiff a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the plaintiff was a stranger to the consideration. 
