Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volumen1A Strahan, 1825 |
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... ; and when a person condemned to hard labour attains the age of seventy , he is relieved from it , and placed in a prison for the remainder of his term . -Code Penal . liv . 2 . cution ' . Indeed , in the bloody reign of 24 BOOK IV PUBLIC.
... ; and when a person condemned to hard labour attains the age of seventy , he is relieved from it , and placed in a prison for the remainder of his term . -Code Penal . liv . 2 . cution ' . Indeed , in the bloody reign of 24 BOOK IV PUBLIC.
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... reign of Henry the eighth , a statute was made " , which enacted , that if a person , being compos mentis , should commit high treason , and after fall into madness , he might be tried in his absence , and should suffer death , as if he ...
... reign of Henry the eighth , a statute was made " , which enacted , that if a person , being compos mentis , should commit high treason , and after fall into madness , he might be tried in his absence , and should suffer death , as if he ...
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... reign of Henry the fourth , when the eyes of the christian world began to open , and the seeds of the pro- testant religion ( though under the opprobrious name of lol- lardy ) took root in this kingdom ; the clergy taking advan- tage ...
... reign of Henry the fourth , when the eyes of the christian world began to open , and the seeds of the pro- testant religion ( though under the opprobrious name of lol- lardy ) took root in this kingdom ; the clergy taking advan- tage ...
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... reigns ; but shall proceed directly to the reign of queen Elizabeth ; when the reformation was finally established with temper and decency , unsullied with party rancour , or personal caprice and resentment . By statute 1 Eliz . c . 1 ...
... reigns ; but shall proceed directly to the reign of queen Elizabeth ; when the reformation was finally established with temper and decency , unsullied with party rancour , or personal caprice and resentment . By statute 1 Eliz . c . 1 ...
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... reign ( the 52 G.3 . c.155 . ) by which the 13 & 14C . 2. c.1 . 17 C. 2. c . 2 . and 22 C. 2. c . 1. are repealed ; and it is enacted , that places of religious worship for protestants shall be certified to , and registered in the ...
... reign ( the 52 G.3 . c.155 . ) by which the 13 & 14C . 2. c.1 . 17 C. 2. c . 2 . and 22 C. 2. c . 1. are repealed ; and it is enacted , that places of religious worship for protestants shall be certified to , and registered in the ...
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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...