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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... respect , ( in common , I believe , with the Profession at large , ) for that profound legal erudition which justly called your Lordship to the eminent station which you now fill . And having long practised in your Lordship's Court , it ...
... respect , ( in common , I believe , with the Profession at large , ) for that profound legal erudition which justly called your Lordship to the eminent station which you now fill . And having long practised in your Lordship's Court , it ...
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... respect to former Editions . The last was published by Mr. Leach , in the year 1795. But it appears to the Editor of the present edition , that the book was swelled to an unnecessary bulk , by the inser- tion of much matter wholly ...
... respect to former Editions . The last was published by Mr. Leach , in the year 1795. But it appears to the Editor of the present edition , that the book was swelled to an unnecessary bulk , by the inser- tion of much matter wholly ...
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... has received from those have the honour to serve him . I am with greatest respect , My Lord , Your Lordship's Most obliged and most humble Servant , WILLIAM HAWKINS . THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE . NOTHING is more common than to X DEDICATION .
... has received from those have the honour to serve him . I am with greatest respect , My Lord , Your Lordship's Most obliged and most humble Servant , WILLIAM HAWKINS . THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE . NOTHING is more common than to X DEDICATION .
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... respect of their want of reason.- SECONDLY , in respect of their subjection to the power of others . Sect . 1. As to THE FIRST POINT , it is to be observed , that B. Cor . 61. 170 . those who are under a natural disability of ...
... respect of their want of reason.- SECONDLY , in respect of their subjection to the power of others . Sect . 1. As to THE FIRST POINT , it is to be observed , that B. Cor . 61. 170 . those who are under a natural disability of ...
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... respect of that high regard which the law has for the safety of the king's person , that a madman might be punished as a traitor ( 4 ) for killing or offer- ing to kill the king ; but this is contradicted by the later opi- nions . 1 ...
... respect of that high regard which the law has for the safety of the king's person , that a madman might be punished as a traitor ( 4 ) for killing or offer- ing to kill the king ; but this is contradicted by the later opi- nions . 1 ...
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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.