Odger's English Common Law

convicted criminal; 1
offender
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APPEAL. 141
but even the King cannot pardon an
(i.) who has been convicted of a public nuisance which
still remains unabated ; or
(ii.) who has sent a prisoner out of the realm in order to
deprive him of the protection of the Habeas Corpus Act.-
So far we have dealt with the principles which are applicable
to crimes in general. In the remainder of this Book we
shall discuss specific crimes in detail and contrast each with
those which it most closely resembles.
All crimes, as we have seen, are offences against the State-
Even those crimes, which are attacks upon the person or
property of an individual, are also injurious to the public
at large. There are other crimes which are aimed more
directly against the Constitution and tranquillity of the realm,
and are therefore more pernicious. For this purpose it has
been found convenient to classify crimes into three main
groups :
I. Offences against the Sovereign, the Constitution and the
Good Order of the Eealm, such as treason, sedition, riot,
nuisance and conspiracy.
II. Offences against the Person, such as murder, man-
slaughter, rape and robbery.
III. Offences against Property, such as larceny, forgery,
burglary and arson.
1 This prerogative is in no way affected by the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907
(7 Edw. VII. c. 23). See ss. 6, 19.
2 31 Car. II. c. 2.