Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volumen1A Strahan, 1825 |
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... repealing such of the old penal laws as are either obsolete [ 4 ] or absurd ; and from too little care and attention in framing and passing new ones . The enacting of penalties , to which a whole nation shall be subject , ought not to ...
... repealing such of the old penal laws as are either obsolete [ 4 ] or absurd ; and from too little care and attention in framing and passing new ones . The enacting of penalties , to which a whole nation shall be subject , ought not to ...
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... repealed as to its capital punishments ; the two offences mentioned in the text are now punishable , the first by seven years ' transportation , or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding three years , and ...
... repealed as to its capital punishments ; the two offences mentioned in the text are now punishable , the first by seven years ' transportation , or imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding three years , and ...
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... repealed by the statute 1 & 2 Ph . & M. c . 10. For , as is observed by sir Edward Coke " , " the exe- " cution of an offender is for example , ut poena ad paucos , " metus ad omnes perveniat : but so it is not when a madman " is ...
... repealed by the statute 1 & 2 Ph . & M. c . 10. For , as is observed by sir Edward Coke " , " the exe- " cution of an offender is for example , ut poena ad paucos , " metus ad omnes perveniat : but so it is not when a madman " is ...
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... repealed by the 51 G. 3. c.41 . , and trans- portation or imprisonment substituted . But even by the statute itself ( s . 2. ) , the judge had a power given him of commuting the punishment for trans- portation . ( 5 ) The general rule ...
... repealed by the 51 G. 3. c.41 . , and trans- portation or imprisonment substituted . But even by the statute itself ( s . 2. ) , the judge had a power given him of commuting the punishment for trans- portation . ( 5 ) The general rule ...
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... repeals and revivals of these sanguinary laws in the two succeeding reigns ; but shall proceed directly to the reign ... repealed , which leaves the jurisdiction of heresy as it stood at common law ; viz . as to the infliction of common ...
... repeals and revivals of these sanguinary laws in the two succeeding reigns ; but shall proceed directly to the reign ... repealed , which leaves the jurisdiction of heresy as it stood at common law ; viz . as to the infliction of common ...
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Página 151 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press, but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.
Página 190 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Página 151 - But to punish, as the law does at present, any dangerous or offensive writings which when published shall on a fair and impartial trial' be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Página 377 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders; 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void; 13.
Página 81 - Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm...
Página 191 - When a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
Página 53 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Página 213 - It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent.
Página 53 - RELIGION which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the Sacraments...
Página 58 - ... the sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the usage of the Church of England...