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... offences , it will not be amiss to pre- mise something touching capital punishments . Laws , that are introduced by custom , or instituted by the legislative authority for the good of civil societies , would be of little effect , unless ...
... offences , it will not be amiss to pre- mise something touching capital punishments . Laws , that are introduced by custom , or instituted by the legislative authority for the good of civil societies , would be of little effect , unless ...
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... offence grew and prevailed more or less . ( c ) Among the laws of king Athelstan , mentioned by Bramp- [ 12 ] ton , p . 849 , 852 , 854. Non parcatur alicui latroni supra 12 annos & supra 12d . quin occidatur . ( d ) Edmund his ...
... offence grew and prevailed more or less . ( c ) Among the laws of king Athelstan , mentioned by Bramp- [ 12 ] ton , p . 849 , 852 , 854. Non parcatur alicui latroni supra 12 annos & supra 12d . quin occidatur . ( d ) Edmund his ...
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... offence hath grown very common and accompanied with enormous circumstances , though in some places more is left herein to the Arbi- trium Judicis to give the same or a more gentle sentence according to the quality of the offence and ...
... offence hath grown very common and accompanied with enormous circumstances , though in some places more is left herein to the Arbi- trium Judicis to give the same or a more gentle sentence according to the quality of the offence and ...
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... offence , there can be no transgression , or just reason to incur the penalty or sanction of that law instituted for the punishment of crimes or offences . And because the liberty or choice of the will presup- poseth an act of the ...
... offence , there can be no transgression , or just reason to incur the penalty or sanction of that law instituted for the punishment of crimes or offences . And because the liberty or choice of the will presup- poseth an act of the ...
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... offence : but this holds not always true ; for according to the opinion of very learned civilians , before ten years and a half they may be doli capaces , and therefore it must be left ad arbitrium judicis upon the circumstances of the ...
... offence : but this holds not always true ; for according to the opinion of very learned civilians , before ten years and a half they may be doli capaces , and therefore it must be left ad arbitrium judicis upon the circumstances of the ...
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Page 328 - 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 13 - And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Page 40 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 454 - ... or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, shall be deemed murder of the first degree, and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder of the second degree...
Page 40 - ... notwithstanding the party accused did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable according to the nature of the crime committed, if he knew at the time of committing such crime that he was acting contrary to law ; by which expression we understand your lordships to mean the law of the land.
Page 196 - The United States in congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states..
Page 90 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 341 - ... to intimidate, or overawe, both Houses, or either House of Parliament ; or to move or stir any foreigner or stranger with force to invade this Realm, or any other his Majesty's dominions or countries...
Page 454 - that all murder, which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration, or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary shall be deemed murder in the first degree...