A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Heads, Volume 1S. Sweet, 1824 - Criminal procedure |
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... authority . If they ought not to be received as settled law in civil actions , still less ought they in the construction of criminal statutes , particularly when it is considered under what circumstances of mere momentary consi ...
... authority . If they ought not to be received as settled law in civil actions , still less ought they in the construction of criminal statutes , particularly when it is considered under what circumstances of mere momentary consi ...
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... authority , being no violence to that general humanity which you delight to shew to all mankind . But the duties of your office require you sometimes to put on another character , and to shew the awful face of justice , to curb the rage ...
... authority , being no violence to that general humanity which you delight to shew to all mankind . But the duties of your office require you sometimes to put on another character , and to shew the awful face of justice , to curb the rage ...
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... authority to dismiss him must be understood ( a ) of a reprieve before judgment , or that the jury find the prisoner within the age of seven years , or not of sufficient discretion to judge between good and evil . Pult . 125 . Foster ...
... authority to dismiss him must be understood ( a ) of a reprieve before judgment , or that the jury find the prisoner within the age of seven years , or not of sufficient discretion to judge between good and evil . Pult . 125 . Foster ...
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... authority , or endeavour to reform his government , are said to levy war against him ; and therefore , Sect . 24. Those that hold a fort or castle against the king's Foster , 13 , 14 . forces , or keep together armed numbers of men ...
... authority , or endeavour to reform his government , are said to levy war against him ; and therefore , Sect . 24. Those that hold a fort or castle against the king's Foster , 13 , 14 . forces , or keep together armed numbers of men ...
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... authority of Sir Edward Coke in his Third ( a ) 3 Inst . 5 . Institute , ( a ) it is of the less weight , because he is said to have 14 : 140 been some time of the contrary opinion . Sect . 45. Neither does it appear to me , that my ...
... authority of Sir Edward Coke in his Third ( a ) 3 Inst . 5 . Institute , ( a ) it is of the less weight , because he is said to have 14 : 140 been some time of the contrary opinion . Sect . 45. Neither does it appear to me , that my ...
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Page 57 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart, abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 385 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject...
Page 235 - Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this Act...
Page 48 - Province, or part of any Province or People, or in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of, any Person or Persons exercising, or assuming to exercise the powers of Government in or over any Foreign Country, Colony, Province, or part of any Province or People...
Page 47 - ... part of any province or people, or in the service of or for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of...
Page 71 - Attempts whatever, which shall be made against his Person, Crown, or Dignity; and I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose...
Page 57 - I do declare, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority preeminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm: So help me God.
Page 158 - ... such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same...
Page 385 - I do declare that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 531 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.