 | Law - 1844 - 500 pages
...redressing or avenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing eome public benefit, he ¡9 nevertheless punishable, according to the nature of...understand your Lordships to mean the law of the land. As the third and fourth questions appear to us to be more conveniently answered together, we have to... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 1114 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature...understand your lordships to mean the law of the land. Your lordships are pleased to inquire of us, secondly, Second and " What are the proper questions to... | |
 | 1845 - 986 pages
...redrfssin5 or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature...-which expression we understand your Lordships to roenn the law of the land." No such principle is recognised in law, as that a man allowing a fancy... | |
 | 1845 - 408 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable, according to the nature...committed, if he knew at the time of committing such crimes that he was acting contrary to law, by which expression we understood your Lordships to mean... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal procedure - 1846 - 914 pages
...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 lime of committing such crime, that he was acting contrary to law, by which expression we understand... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Pleas of the crown - 1847 - 784 pages
...redressing or avenging -MUM: supposed grievances or injury, or of producing Borne public benefit, ho is, nevertheless, punishable according to the nature...understand your Lordships to mean, the law of the land. As the third and fourth questions appear to us to be more conveniently answered together, we have to... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Criminal law - 1847 - 774 pages
...redressing or aveng. ing some supposed grievances or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is, nevertheless, punishable according to the nature...understand your Lordships to mean, the law of the land. As the third and fourth question* appear to us to be more conveniently answered together, we have to... | |
 | Law - 1855 - 736 pages
...public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable, according to VOL. VII. — NO. X. — NEW SERIES. 49 the nature of the crime committed, if he knew at the...committing such crime, that he was acting contrary to law, which expression we understand, to mean the law of the land.' The second inquiry was : ' What are the... | |
 | Scotland - 1850 - 866 pages
...redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of prodncing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable according to the nature...contrary to law ; by which expression we understand your Lordship to mean the law of the land." QUESTIONS II. and III. (1.)—" What are the proper questions... | |
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... 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... 
