History of the English Law: From the Time of the Saxons, to the End of the Reign of Philip and Mary [1558], Volume 2Reed and Hunter, 1814 - Law |
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... - Statute of Trea- sons - Riots - Of Indictments - A Jury de Medietate Linguæ - The Benefit of Clergy - Of Pardons - Pro- cess of Capias and Exigent - Origin of Justices of the Peace 406 ENGLISH LAW . CHAP . VIII . HENRY III , CONTENTS .
... - Statute of Trea- sons - Riots - Of Indictments - A Jury de Medietate Linguæ - The Benefit of Clergy - Of Pardons - Pro- cess of Capias and Exigent - Origin of Justices of the Peace 406 ENGLISH LAW . CHAP . VIII . HENRY III , CONTENTS .
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... indicted of larceny , who were by law repleviable , or raising amercements , or making unlawful distresses ; of such who did not produce those they had been pledged for before the justices ; of warrens made without lawful authority ; of ...
... indicted of larceny , who were by law repleviable , or raising amercements , or making unlawful distresses ; of such who did not produce those they had been pledged for before the justices ; of warrens made without lawful authority ; of ...
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... indicted per famam patria . This was pro- Proceeding per bably no other than the fama publica mention- famam patriæ . ed by Glanville ( b ) ; which raised a presumption amounting to a conviction , till the party had purged himself from ...
... indicted per famam patria . This was pro- Proceeding per bably no other than the fama publica mention- famam patriæ . ed by Glanville ( b ) ; which raised a presumption amounting to a conviction , till the party had purged himself from ...
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... indicted , that , if he entertained suspicion of any of the jurors , he might have them removed : for , if no objection was made to any of them , when the twelve jurors ( a ) ap- peared , they were all sworn , either singly , or all ...
... indicted , that , if he entertained suspicion of any of the jurors , he might have them removed : for , if no objection was made to any of them , when the twelve jurors ( a ) ap- peared , they were all sworn , either singly , or all ...
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... indicted by the knights , or other credible persons . In the former case , if he could not find pledges , he was to abjure the realm , or to remain in gaol for ever ( c ) ; as should the other appealed per- sons , if the provor died ...
... indicted by the knights , or other credible persons . In the former case , if he could not find pledges , he was to abjure the realm , or to remain in gaol for ever ( c ) ; as should the other appealed per- sons , if the provor died ...
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Page 469 - ... to restrain the offenders, rioters, and all other barrators, and to pursue, arrest, take, and chastise them according to their trespass or offence...
Page 367 - And whereas also by authority of Parliament, in the 25th year of the reign of King Edward the Third, it is declared and enacted, that no man shall be forejudged of life or limb against the form of the Great Charter, and the law of the land...
Page 445 - ... and judged in the French tongue, which is much unknown in the said realm; so that the people which do implead, or be impleaded, in the king's court, and in the courts of...
Page 380 - ... to appear before the king and his council, or in his chancery, or before the king's justices, in...
Page 469 - Prison; and to take of all them that be not of good fame, where they shall be found, sufficient Surety and Mainprise of their good Behaviour towards the King and his People...
Page 414 - Council, unless it be by indictment or presentment of good and lawful people of the same neighbourhood where such deeds be done, in due manner or by process made by writ original at the common law...
Page 129 - ... any false news or tales, whereby discord, or occasion of discord or slander, may grow between the King and his people, or the great men of the realm ; and he that doth so, shall be taken and kept in prison, until he hath brought him into the court, which was the first author of the tale.
Page 467 - Item, that two or three of the best of reputation in the counties shall be assigned keepers of the peace by the king's commission ; and, at what time need shall be, the same, with other wise and learned in the law, shall be assigned by the king's commission to hear and determine felonies and trespasses done against the peace in the same counties, and to inflict punishment reasonably, according to law and reason, and the manner of the deed.
Page 469 - ... to hear and determine at the king's suit all manner of felonies and trespasses done in the same county according to the laws and customs aforesaid...
Page 108 - ... prove that they were his, or perished in his keeping, within a year and a day, they shall be restored to him without delay : and if not, they shall remain to the King, and...