 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...  Principles of Penal Law - Page 235by William Eden Baron Auckland - 1771 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Dagge - 1774 - 268 pages
...thing whether he is to be believed when heard — goes on in fpeaking of this crime as follows: **. It muft be remembered, that this is an accufation eafy to be made and hard to be proved j but harder to be defended by the party accttfed, cufe d, be he never fo innocent. And we ought to... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 528 pages
...to be pumfhed with death ; but It muft be remem« bered, that it is an accufation eafy to be made, hard to be «« proved, but harder to be defended by the party accufed, «( though innocent." He then relates two very extraordinary £afes of malicious profecution for this... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1796 - 426 pages
...impartially to be punifhed with death ; but it mult be remembered, that it is an accufatian eafy to be made, hard to be proved, but harder to be defended by the party accufed, though innocent." He then relates two very extraordinary cafes of malicious profecution for this crime,... | |
 | Thomas Walter Williams - 1808 - 906 pages
...be punish«! * with death ; but it must be remembered, that it is an accusa. * tion easy to be made, hard to be proved, but harder to be * defended by the party accused though innocent :' he then relates two very extraordinary cases of malicious prosecution for... | |
 | William Hough - 1825 - 1028 pages
...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." He then relates two very extraordinary cases of malicious prosecution for... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 pages
...there. Judge Hale observes that, though a rape is a most detestable crime, it is an accusation easily made, and hard to be proved ; but harder to be defended by the man accused, although ever so innocent : and he mentions several instances of rapes, which at the time... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 pages
...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." He then relates two very extraordinary cases of malicious prosecution for... | |
 | Benjamin Boothby - 1854 - 480 pages
...of an assault only (y). Lord Hale, treating of this oflence, speaks of it as "an accusation easaly to be made, and hard to be proved, but harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent " (A) General evidence of the bad character of the prosecutrix may... | |
 | 1855 - 828 pages
...The accusation was one of that character which Lord Нн1е bas characterised as " easy to be made, hard to be proved, but harder to be defended by the party accused," and in which a verdict, however perverse, if suffered to remain on record must per se work... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 778 pages
...punished L - <•' •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." He then relates two very extraordinary cases of malicious prosecution for... | |
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