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... TRIAL BY JURY . My introductory matter is of a kind somewhat de- serving notice , although chiefly relating to criminal jurisprudence - morality the elementary power of em- pire the homes of England - maxims of law - the vices of ...
... TRIAL BY JURY . My introductory matter is of a kind somewhat de- serving notice , although chiefly relating to criminal jurisprudence - morality the elementary power of em- pire the homes of England - maxims of law - the vices of ...
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... trial and conviction , he was sentenced to be carried back to prison , and thence , according to ancient custom , to be put into a cart , cloathed in a party - coloured coat , and so drawn through the public streets of the city , and es ...
... trial and conviction , he was sentenced to be carried back to prison , and thence , according to ancient custom , to be put into a cart , cloathed in a party - coloured coat , and so drawn through the public streets of the city , and es ...
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... trial , or bailed , during the year , is 27,760 . This includes the cases where bills were ignored by grand juries , amount- ing to 2,048 ; and likewise cases not prosecuted , amount- ing to 386 ; leaving 25,326 cases brought to trial ...
... trial , or bailed , during the year , is 27,760 . This includes the cases where bills were ignored by grand juries , amount- ing to 2,048 ; and likewise cases not prosecuted , amount- ing to 386 ; leaving 25,326 cases brought to trial ...
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... trial ) was 3,562 . From this number we have to deduct 653 , who were dis- charged before trial ; when we have 2,909 actually brought to trial . Of these the number acquitted was 216 , or 7 and 2-5ths per cent . Yet , even this small ...
... trial ) was 3,562 . From this number we have to deduct 653 , who were dis- charged before trial ; when we have 2,909 actually brought to trial . Of these the number acquitted was 216 , or 7 and 2-5ths per cent . Yet , even this small ...
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... Trial by Jury is , undoubt- edly , of remote antiquity in this kingdom . Historians , and other able writers , have attempted to trace its ori- ginal up to the first inhabitants of our country , namely , the Britons themselves . Several ...
... Trial by Jury is , undoubt- edly , of remote antiquity in this kingdom . Historians , and other able writers , have attempted to trace its ori- ginal up to the first inhabitants of our country , namely , the Britons themselves . Several ...
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Page 168 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 141 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.