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  • But what struck me at the time most of all, was the Classification of Offences, which is much more clear, compact and imposing in Dumont’s rédaction than in the original work of Bentham from which it was taken.

    Chapter III. Last Stage of Education and First of Self-Education 1909

  • But what struck me at the time most of all, was the Classification of Offences, which is much more clear, compact and imposing in Dumont's rédaction than in the original work of Bentham from which it was taken.

    The autobiography of John Stuart Mill 1873

  • They get charged with one of a number of Road Traffic Offences.

    Ooooh….. I didn’t know that! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Soon-to-be-ex Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir has outraged normal human beings by calling for a repeal of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act and the reintroduction of jail sentences for 'being a bender'.

    Mail's Moir Calls for Man-Love Moratorium Dungeekin 2009

  • But on the Sexual Offences Bill, soon to be a Act, why did such an Act never appear on the statute books during the 8 years Scot Nulab had total control of the Holyrood chamber?

    Archive 2009-06-01 Alan Smart 2009

  • The Monarch, Chalk Farm Road, NW1, FriLeonie CooperUntil a Mr Kipling decides to start a techno night or DJ Peek Freans brings the Balearic beats to a nightclub near you, Huntleys & Palmers remain Britain's leading club promoters apparently named after a manufacturer of teatime favourites, although their moniker is actually derived from the 1954 Report Of The Departmental Committee On Homosexual Offences And Prostitution.

    Clubs picks of the week 2011

  • Soon-to-be-ex Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir has outraged normal human beings by calling for a repeal of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act and the reintroduction of jail sentences for 'being a bender'.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • Currently, section 16 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 gives courts the power to award costs that are "reasonably sufficient to compensate the defendant for any expenses which he has properly incurred in the proceedings".

    Legal aid U-turn 'will penalise the innocent' 2011

  • • The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill: to prevent sexual exploitation of children

    India Starts Key Session Paul Beckett 2011

  • For info it is illegal to have sex for both parties, but was agreed when the Sexual Offences Act 2003 was introduced that the power to prosecute would not be exercised for children. on February 15, 2009 at 8: 35 pm | Reply Edmund Grindsbrook

    The Customer Is Always Right « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

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