 | George Rose - Great Britain - 1809 - 440 pages
...the answer of the Judges thereto was, every one assenting, " that the prisoner " ought not by the law to be tortured by the rack ; for " no such punishment is known or allowed by our ** law-f-/* And, when after sentence of death was passed on that wild enthusiast for the horrid crime... | |
 | Max Wilhelm Meyer - 1809 - 786 pages
...bein<; assembled at Serjeants Inn in FU el-street, agreed in one, that he ought not by the law to kc tortured by the rack, for no such punishment is known or allowed by our law *. And this in case of treason was brought iulo this kingdom in the time of Henry the Oth ; note Foitescue... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 510 pages
...the king, being propounded to all the judges, they unanimously agreed, that he ought not, by the law, to be tortured by the rack ; for no such punishment is known or allowed majesty, which she retained to the last inoby our law *." Whereupon, being convicted on his own confession,... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell - Trials - 1816 - 782 pages
...jusiict-s being assembled at Serjeants Inn in Meet-street, agreed in one, that he ought not by the law to be tortured by the rack, for no such punishment is known or allowed by our law*. And this in case of treason was brought into this kingdom in the time of Henry the Oth ; note Fortescue... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 338 pages
...to a very unexpected de* Harl. MSS. 7000. J. Mead to Sir Matt. Stuteville, Sept. 27, 1628. cision, that " Felton ought not to be tortured by the rack,...Thus the judges condemned what the government had constantly practised. Blackstone yields a fraternal eulogium to the honour of the judges on this occasion;... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 334 pages
...to a very unexpected de* Harl. MSS. 7000. J. Mead to Sir Matt. Stuteville, Sept. 27, 1628. cision, that " Felton ought not to be tortured by the rack,...Thus the judges condemned what the government had constantly practised. Blackstone yields a fraternal eulogium to the honour of the judges on this occasion;... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1833 - 392 pages
...silenced them. A council was held, the judges were consulted ; and on this occasion, they came to a very unexpected decision, that ' Felton ought not to be...Thus the judges condemned what the government had constantly practised., Blackstone yields a fraternal eulogium to the honour of the judges on this occasion... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli, Jsaac D'Jsraeli - English literature - 1835 - 524 pages
...this occasion, they came (oa very unexpected docisiun, iii.ii ' Feltnn ought not to be tortured by ihe rack, for no such punishment is known or allowed by...Thus the judges condemned what the government had constantly practised. Biackslone yields a fraternal eulo61)111 to the honour of the judges on this... | |
 | David Jardine - Great Britain - 1835 - 534 pages
...Judges being assembled at Serjeant's Inn, in Fleet-street, agreed in one, that he ought not by the law to be tortured by the rack, for no such punishment is known or allowed by our law.' It is worthy of remark, that several of the Judges who thus honourably delivered their opinions in... | |
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This firm and sensible speech silenced them. A council was held, the judges were consulted ; and on this occasion, they came to a very unexpected decision, that ' Felton ought not to be tortured by the rack, for no such punishment is known or allowed... 
