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... peace , and of a reformed act of uniformity , as the best and necessary means thereto ; that great con- temner of the riches , pomp and vanity of the world ; that pattern of honest plainness and humility , who while he fled from the ...
... peace , and of a reformed act of uniformity , as the best and necessary means thereto ; that great con- temner of the riches , pomp and vanity of the world ; that pattern of honest plainness and humility , who while he fled from the ...
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... peace and well ordering of the kingdom hath [ 13 ] in all ages and in almost all countries prevailed against that opinion , and annexed death as the punishment of theft , when the offence hath grown very common and accompanied with ...
... peace and well ordering of the kingdom hath [ 13 ] in all ages and in almost all countries prevailed against that opinion , and annexed death as the punishment of theft , when the offence hath grown very common and accompanied with ...
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... Peace , cap . 95. and 104. ( z ) 2. An infant under the age of fourteen years and above [ 26 ] the age of twelve years is not prima facie presumed to be doli capax , and therefore regularly for a capital offence committed under fourteen ...
... Peace , cap . 95. and 104. ( z ) 2. An infant under the age of fourteen years and above [ 26 ] the age of twelve years is not prima facie presumed to be doli capax , and therefore regularly for a capital offence committed under fourteen ...
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... peace , before whom he repeated his confession , with all the circumstances he had related to the coroner and his jury . The justice of the peace very prudently deferred proceeding to a commitment until the boy should have an ...
... peace , before whom he repeated his confession , with all the circumstances he had related to the coroner and his jury . The justice of the peace very prudently deferred proceeding to a commitment until the boy should have an ...
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... peace who took the boy's examination , and also some other persons in whose prudence he could confide , to make the strictest inquiry they could into the affair and report to him . At length he , receiving no farther light , determined ...
... peace who took the boy's examination , and also some other persons in whose prudence he could confide , to make the strictest inquiry they could into the affair and report to him . At length he , receiving no farther light , determined ...
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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...