It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without the benefit of clergy; or, in other words to be worthy of... The Condition and Fate of England ... - Página 56por Charles Edwards Lester - 1843Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Blackstone - 1791 - 528 páginas
...daily liable to commit, no lefs than an hundred and fixty have been declared by a£t of ' parliament b to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of inflant death. So dreadful a lift, inftead of diminifning, increafes the number of offenders. * -jt... | |
| 482 páginas
...which men are daily liable to commit, no lcl» than one hundred and fixty have been declared by afts of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be wor- s thy of inftant death. So dreadful « lilt, instead of diminishing, incrcales the number of offenders.... | |
| Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 852 páginas
...variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no lefs than 160 have been declared by adls of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy; or, in other words, to be worthy of inll.uit death.— So 4 • dreadful a6o dreadful a lift, inftead of diminifhing, increafcs the number... | |
| William Blackstone - 1800 - 620 páginas
...daily liable to commit, no lefs than an hundred and fixty have been declared by act of parliament b to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of inftant death. So dreadful a lift, infteadof diminiming, incrcafes the number of offenders. The injured,... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1812 - 494 páginas
...expressed his regret, that there were then no fewer than one hundred and sixty offences, which had been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy. At the largest allowance, and taking in all that are provided for at common law, as well as by statute,... | |
| 1813 - 716 páginas
...truth," says Blackstone,* " that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, not less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament, to be fellonious without benefit of clergy; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death." The same... | |
| 1814 - 698 páginas
...is a melancholy truth," says Sir William Blackstone, '•* that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred...parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy :" And since the time when Sir William wrote the list has been greatly increased. It is vain to urge... | |
| William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 páginas
...melancholy tmtli, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared by Act of Parliament to be felonies without bcneßt of Clergy ; or, in olher words, to be worthy of instant dcal/i." — The Reader may judge how... | |
| 1827 - 460 páginas
...of England during the reigns of the three Georges. " It is a melancholy fact," wrote Blackstone, " that among the variety of actions men are daily liable...sixty have been declared by Act of Parliament to be worthy of instant death." In the Colony of Massachusetts Bay there were only twenty capital offences,... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 páginas
...Blackstone remarked, " It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily most liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament, " Scott's Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, BI c. 56, pp. 475, 476. to be felonies without benefit of clergy,... | |
| |