A General View of the Criminal Law of EnglandMacmillan and Company, 1863 - 499 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 13
... guilt was proved , by his being taken in the fact , was instantly put to death , as an enemy might be treated in time of war . If he was so violently suspected that a given number of persons swore to their belief in his guilt , he had ...
... guilt was proved , by his being taken in the fact , was instantly put to death , as an enemy might be treated in time of war . If he was so violently suspected that a given number of persons swore to their belief in his guilt , he had ...
Σελίδα 17
... guilty or not is to be inquired of by the country ( on account of the report and suspicion ) , ought first , " if he is in doubt and suspects the jury , to inquire from " whom those twelve learnt what they state in their indict- " ments ...
... guilty or not is to be inquired of by the country ( on account of the report and suspicion ) , ought first , " if he is in doubt and suspects the jury , to inquire from " whom those twelve learnt what they state in their indict- " ments ...
Σελίδα 18
... guilty . Your charge is " to say whether he is guilty or not , and hearken to the " evidence . " Originally , the jury were The last clause was not in the old charge . It would have been needless , for the jurors themselves were the ...
... guilty . Your charge is " to say whether he is guilty or not , and hearken to the " evidence . " Originally , the jury were The last clause was not in the old charge . It would have been needless , for the jurors themselves were the ...
Σελίδα 53
... guilty of theft were acquitted because they had been indicted for embezzlement , whilst persons obviously guilty of embezzlement were acquitted because they had been indicted for theft . This continued to produce confusion and failures ...
... guilty of theft were acquitted because they had been indicted for embezzlement , whilst persons obviously guilty of embezzlement were acquitted because they had been indicted for theft . This continued to produce confusion and failures ...
Σελίδα 54
... guilty of theft , if anything , the conviction would be quashed upon a case reserved . * The result of the enactment has thus been to transfer the difficidty of deciding whether a given state of facts constitutes theft or embezzlement ...
... guilty of theft , if anything , the conviction would be quashed upon a case reserved . * The result of the enactment has thus been to transfer the difficidty of deciding whether a given state of facts constitutes theft or embezzlement ...
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Σελίδα 155 - Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? You are not obliged to say' anything, unless you desire to do so, but whatever you say will be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence...
Σελίδα 34 - Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm, or be adherent to the King's enemies in his realm, giving to them aid and comfort in the realm, or elsewhere, and thereof be provably attainted of open deed by the people of their condition.
Σελίδα 34 - Heir ; or if a Man do violate the King's Companion, or the King's eldest Daughter unmarried, or the Wife of the King's Eldest Son and Heir ; or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King...
Σελίδα 55 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God.
Σελίδα 252 - Though the Being to whom the miracle is ascribed be, in this case, Almighty, it does not, upon that account, become a whit more probable ; since it is impossible for us to know the attributes or actions of such a Being, otherwise than from the experience which we have of his productions in the usual course of nature.
Σελίδα 45 - By this statute it is enacted that if any person shall of malice aforethought and by lying in wait unlawfully cut out or disable the tongue, put out an eye, slit the nose, cut off a nose or lip, or cut off or disable any limb or member, of any other person, with intent to maim or disfigure him, such person, his counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall be guilty of felony without benefit of clergy.
Σελίδα 59 - The King our Sovereign Lord remembereth how by unlawful maintenances, giving of liveries, signs, and tokens and retainders by indentures, promises, oaths, writings or otherwise, embraceries of his subjects, untrue demeanings of sheriffs in making of panels and other untrue returns, by taking of money by juries, by great riots and unlawful assemblies, the policy and good rule of this realm is almost subdued...
Σελίδα 299 - ... the circumstances of the supposed statement, sufficient to designate the particular occasion, must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or net he has made such statement.