Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1A Strahan, 1825 - Law |
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... criminal law ; or , as it is more usually denominated with us in England , the doctrine of the pleas of the crown ; so called , because the king , in whom cen- ters the majesty of the whole community , is supposed by the law to be the ...
... criminal law ; or , as it is more usually denominated with us in England , the doctrine of the pleas of the crown ; so called , because the king , in whom cen- ters the majesty of the whole community , is supposed by the law to be the ...
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... criminal law , it could not have continued to this hour a felony , without benefit of clergy , to be seen for one month in the company of persons who call themselves , or are called , Egyptians § . ( 1 ) Ir is true , that these ...
... criminal law , it could not have continued to this hour a felony , without benefit of clergy , to be seen for one month in the company of persons who call themselves , or are called , Egyptians § . ( 1 ) Ir is true , that these ...
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... criminal , till he had an opportunity of repeating perhaps the worst of vil- lanies . 3. As to the measure of human punishments . From what has been observed in the former articles we may collect , that the quantity of punishment can ...
... criminal , till he had an opportunity of repeating perhaps the worst of vil- lanies . 3. As to the measure of human punishments . From what has been observed in the former articles we may collect , that the quantity of punishment can ...
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... criminal prosecution whatever . What the age of discretion is , in various nations is matter of some variety . The civil law dis- tinguished the age of minors , or those under twenty - five years old , into three stages : infantia ...
... criminal prosecution whatever . What the age of discretion is , in various nations is matter of some variety . The civil law dis- tinguished the age of minors , or those under twenty - five years old , into three stages : infantia ...
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... criminal misbehaviour . A drunkard , says sir Edward Coke ' , who is voluntarius daemon , hath no privilege thereby ... criminals , who may become insane during their imprisonment : the secretary of state is empowered to remove them to ...
... criminal misbehaviour . A drunkard , says sir Edward Coke ' , who is voluntarius daemon , hath no privilege thereby ... criminals , who may become insane during their imprisonment : the secretary of state is empowered to remove them to ...
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Page 151 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press, but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.
Page 190 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 151 - But to punish, as the law does at present, any dangerous or offensive writings which when published shall on a fair and impartial trial' be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Page 377 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders; 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void; 13.
Page 81 - 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...
Page 191 - When a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
Page 53 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 213 - It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent.
Page 53 - RELIGION which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the Sacraments...
Page 58 - ... the sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the usage of the Church of England...