 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...first, let us observe these incidents to the arraignment, of standing mute, or confession. I. Regularly a prisoner is said to stand mute, when, being arraigned for treason or felony, he either, 1. Makes no answer at all: or, 2. Answers foreign to the purpose, or with such matter as is not allowable... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...arraigned, he either stands mute, or confeatt the fact, or else he pleads to the indictment. Regularly a prisoner is said to stand mute, whe'n, being arraigned for treason or felony, he either makes no answer at all, or answers foreign to the purpose, or with suc.h matter as .is not allowable, and will not... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 576 pages
...let us observe these incidents to the arraignment, of •standing mute, or confession. I. REGULARLY a prisoner is said to stand mute, when, being arraigned for treason, or felony, he either, 1. Makes no •answer at .all : or, 2. Answers foreign to the purpose, or with •such matter as is... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...not ablt to digest the fruit, from her inconverted muting ariseth this plant. Browne. MUTE, STANDING. A prisoner is said to stand mute when, being arraigned for treason or felony, he either 1, makes no answer at all: or 2, answers foreign to the purpose, or with such matter as is not allowable,... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 862 pages
...shall be void, and the trial proceed as if no such challenge had been made. Regularly a prisoner was said to stand mute, when being arraigned for treason, or felony, he either, 1. made no answer at all ; or, 2. answered foreign to the purpose, or with such matter as was not allowable,... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - Law - 1840 - 764 pages
...circumstances we may call incidents to the arraignment; or else he pleads to the indictment 'Regularly a prisoner is said to stand mute, when, being arraigned...for treason, or felony, he either makes no answer at all : or answers foreign to the purpose, or with such matter as is not allowable ; and will not... | |
 | Law - 1848 - 558 pages
...manner admits it, by yielding to the King's mercy, and desiring to submit to a small fine. Standing mute] — A prisoner is said to stand mute when, being...arraigned for treason or felony, he either makes no answer at all, or answers foreign to the purpose, or formerly having pleaded not guilty, refused to put himself... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 752 pages
...worn in England in 1670. — Anderson. They were manufactured in great perfection in England in 1778. MUTE. A prisoner is said to stand mute when, being...to prison, placed in a dark dungeon, naked, on his back, on the bare ground, and a great weight of iron placed upon his body; in this situation he was... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...1670. — Anderson. They were manufactured in great perfection in England in 1778. MUTE, STANDING. A prisoner is said to stand mute when, being arraigned...to prison, placed in a dark dungeon, naked, on his back, on the bare ground, and a great weight of iron placed upon his body ; in this situation he was... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Law - 1851 - 570 pages
...[from Lat. mufus, q. т.] Speechless ; dumb ; that cannot or will not speak. In English criminal law, a prisoner is said to stand mute, when, being arraigned for treason or felony, he either makes no answer at all, or answers foreign to the purpose or with such matter as is not allowable, and will not answer... | |
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Answers foreign to the purpose, or with such matter as is not allowable ; and will not answer otherwise : or, 3. 
