| Great Britain - 1737 - 598 pages
...doubt, we have the " Suffrage of that Oracle of Law, LITTLETON, who ** in his ^Tenures, Seft. 368. declares, that if a JURY " will ta'ke upon Them the...Knowledge of the LAW *• upon the Matter, They may ; which is agreed to like" wile by Coke, in his Comment thereupon. And " therefore it is falfe to fay,... | |
| Giles Duncombe - Forms (Law) - 1766 - 378 pages
...Alfo in fuch Cafe where the Inqueft may General give their Verdict at large, if they will take ^"d^ 68 upon them the Knowledge of the Law upon^/,^ " the Matter, they may give their Verdict ge- court cannot nerally, as is put in their Charge j as in the rerufe a geneCafe... | |
| William Smith (M.D.) - Great Britain - 1771 - 508 pages
...has an action of damages againft the judge for fo doing. The great judge Littleton, in his Tenures, declares, That if a jury will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may, which is alfo agreed to by lord ' 'Coke, in his commentary upon the Tenures. And Sir M. Hale fays,... | |
| Edward Wynne - Constitutional law - 1785 - 348 pages
...themfelves an hundred times, that Jurors are Judges of the Law as Well as the Fact. — " If they '«« will take upon them the knowledge " of the Law upon the matter, they " may give their verdict generally, as '« is put in their charge." But does ppt the Judge betray his truft,... | |
| Ralph Heathcote - Anecdotes - 1786 - 354 pages
...the * fa£t brought before them "'." 'On the other hand, Littleton' in his Tenures exprefsly fays, that, " if a Jury will take upon •«« them the knowledge of the law upon the •" matter, they may1*°:"- to which Lord Coke agrees, m his comment thereupon.- And indeed it is not eafy to conceive,... | |
| Earl Charles Stanhope Stanhope - Jury - 1792 - 178 pages
...Cafe, " where the Inqueft," (that is to fay, the Jury) " may give their Verdict at large, if they " will take upon them the Knowledge of the *" 'Law upon the Matter, they may give their " Verdict generally, as is put in their Charge.'* , And the Law as thus laid down by Littleton,... | |
| Sir Edward Coke - Land tenure - 1794 - 588 pages
...kffec, Ms voilent, £sV . LSO in fuch cafe where the enqucft may give their verdiJ:i at large, if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may give their verduSt generally, as is put in their charge ; as irr the cafe aforefaid they may well fay,... | |
| Richard Burn - 1797 - 842 pages
...although the judge be miftaken, yet the jury (hall not be liable to attaint. L,. Raym. But if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may { yet it is dangerous, for if they mi (lake the law, they run into the danger of an, attaint ; therefore... | |
| Samuel Harrison Smith, Thomas Lloyd - Impeachments - 1805 - 514 pages
...involving both. In this I have the authority of Littleton himself, who writes, that if the inquest will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may give their verdict generally : " But on the oiher hand I think it seems clear, that questions of law... | |
| Samuel Harrison Smith, Thomas Lloyd - Impeachments - 1805 - 544 pages
...both. In this I have the authority of Littleton himself, who writes, that if the inquest will rake upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may give their verdict generally : " But on the other hand I think it seems clear,' that questions of law... | |
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