Principles of Penal LawB. White, 1771 - 300 pages |
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... authority of legislative regulations may be carried , and how far the obedience of the fubject is de- mandable , are queftions of fpeculation , which the temperate difpofition of modern govern- ments hath rendered rather curious than ...
... authority of legislative regulations may be carried , and how far the obedience of the fubject is de- mandable , are queftions of fpeculation , which the temperate difpofition of modern govern- ments hath rendered rather curious than ...
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... authority , to which I fhall hereafter refer : At prefent it may be sufficient to appeal to the unwritten law of God imprinted on the heart of Man ; to that natural fympathy better felt than ex- preffed , which forbids us to give ...
... authority , to which I fhall hereafter refer : At prefent it may be sufficient to appeal to the unwritten law of God imprinted on the heart of Man ; to that natural fympathy better felt than ex- preffed , which forbids us to give ...
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... authority of fuch as still exist and are neceffary . Neg- lect on this point is well compared by Lord Bacon to the cruelty of Mezentius , who left the living to perish in the arms of the dead . Perfons carrying fubjects out of the ...
... authority of fuch as still exist and are neceffary . Neg- lect on this point is well compared by Lord Bacon to the cruelty of Mezentius , who left the living to perish in the arms of the dead . Perfons carrying fubjects out of the ...
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... authority , Moft ignorant of what he's moft affur'd , " His glaffy effence ) like an angry ape , 86 Plays fuch fantastic tricks before high heaven . " As make the angels weep ' . This imputation of tyranny and cruelty hath at different ...
... authority , Moft ignorant of what he's moft affur'd , " His glaffy effence ) like an angry ape , 86 Plays fuch fantastic tricks before high heaven . " As make the angels weep ' . This imputation of tyranny and cruelty hath at different ...
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... authorities ; previously obferving , that " exclufion from fociety is the pro- per punishment of thofe only , who are become objects of terror to their fellow citizens , in confequence of very hei- nous crimes , either not equivalent to ...
... authorities ; previously obferving , that " exclufion from fociety is the pro- per punishment of thofe only , who are become objects of terror to their fellow citizens , in confequence of very hei- nous crimes , either not equivalent to ...
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Page 213 - But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
Page 280 - That keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now! Tremble, thou wretch, That haft within thee undivulged crimes, Unwhipt of juftice.
Page 221 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.
Page 235 - It is true," says this learned judge (j), "that rape is a [*215] most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered, that it is an accusation easy to be made, hard to be proved, but harder to be defended by the party accused, though innocent.
Page 160 - It was carried by an odd artifice in the House of Lords. Lord Grey and Lord Norris were named to be the tellers. Lord Norris, being a man subject to vapours, was not at all times attentive to what he was doing ; so a very fat lord coming in, Lord Grey counted him for ten, as a jest at first, but seeing Lord Norris had not observed it, he went on with his mis-reckening of ten.
Page 38 - We . have lived, my lords, happily to ourselves at home : we have lived gloriously abroad to the world : let us be content with what our fathers have left us : let not our ambition carry us to be more learned than they were in these killing and destructive arts.
Page 260 - And in cases where the true man delivereth his purse without resistance, if the fact be attended with those circumstances of violence or terror which in common experience are likely to induce a man to part with his property for the safety of his person, that will amount to a robbery : and if fear be a necessary ingredient, the law, t
Page 154 - ... leaving the law to the court, but find for the plaintiff or defendant upon the issue to be tried, wherein they resolve both law and fact complicately...
Page 40 - ... shall extend to the disinheriting of any heir, nor to the prejudice of the right or title of any person or persons other than the right or title of the offender or offenders during his, her, or their natural lives only...
Page 134 - For which cause also he shall be strangled, being hanged up by the neck between heaven and earth, as deemed unworthy of both, or either • as likewise, that the eyes of men may behold, and their hearts contemn him.