Edward II., which enacts that a prisoner who breaks prison shall be guilty of felony, does not extend to a prisoner who breaks out when the prison is on fire, ' for he is not to be hanged because he would not stay to be burnt. The Central Law Journal - Σελίδα 3541921Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Francis Bowes Sayre - 1927 - 1192 σελίδες
...street in a fit. The same common sense accepts the ruling, cited by Plowden, that the statute of 1st Edward II, which enacts that a prisoner who breaks...be hanged because he would not stay to be burnt.' " And in United States v. Jin Fuey Moy, 241 US 394, 401, we said: "A statute must be construed, if... | |
| 1905 - 1502 σελίδες
...guilty of felony. But it was held not to extend to a prisoner who broke out when the prison was on flre, "for he is not to be hanged because he would not stay to be burned." Plowden says in his comments on Stradling v. Morgan, at page 205a, as the result of many cases... | |
| 1927 - 256 σελίδες
...who broke prison should be guilty of a felony did not extend to one breaking from a burning prison, "for he is not to be hanged because he would not stay to be burnt." In reading of these ancient precedents one is scornful of the narrow stupidity of those who set in... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1922 - 1432 σελίδες
...street in a fit. The same common sense accepts the ruling, cited by Plowden, that the Statute of 1st Edward II., which enacts that a prisoner who breaks...be hanged because he would not stay to be burnt.' " And in United States v. Jin Fuey Moy, 241 U. S. 394, 401, 60 L. ed. 1061, 1064, 36 Sup. Ct. Rep.... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1920 - 1138 σελίδες
...sense accepts the ruling, cited by Plowden, that the statute of 1st Edward IL, which enacts that я prisoner who breaks prison shall be guilty of felony,...be hanged because he would not stay to be burnt.' And we think that a like common sense will sanction the ruling we make, that the Act of Congress which... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 962 σελίδες
...breaks prison shall be guilty of a felony," does not extend to a prisoner who breaks out of prison when the prison is on fire "for he Is not to be hanged because he would not stay to be burnt." See Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States (143 US 457). Applying this doctrine to the present... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1902 - 912 σελίδες
...in a fit. The same common sense accepts the ruling cited by Plowden that the Statute of 1st Edwards II, which enacts that a prisoner who breaks prison...be hanged because he would not stay to be burnt." State vs. Bolden. which create the obstructions are in themselves unlawful, the intention, the court... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1915 - 652 σελίδες
...who breaks prison shall be guilty of felony, does not extend to a prisoner who breaks out when tlie prison is on fire, "for he is not to be hanged because he would not stay to be burnt." And we think that a like common sense will sanction the ruling we make that the act of Congress which... | |
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