Considerations on Criminal LawSaunders, 1772 - 434 páginas |
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Página xiv
... concern antecedent to the thought of fecuring him againft cir- cumvention . " In the maturer ftate of fociety , as man- kind grew more polifhed and refined , arti- fice took place of force , and evil and de- figning men studied to ...
... concern antecedent to the thought of fecuring him againft cir- cumvention . " In the maturer ftate of fociety , as man- kind grew more polifhed and refined , arti- fice took place of force , and evil and de- figning men studied to ...
Página 87
... concern the dead , therefore it does not feem neceffary that fuch dominion should include a faculty of difpofing of our property after our deaths . But it is fufficient if every one exercifes dominion over his property while " he lives ...
... concern the dead , therefore it does not feem neceffary that fuch dominion should include a faculty of difpofing of our property after our deaths . But it is fufficient if every one exercifes dominion over his property while " he lives ...
Página 123
... concerns of mankind lay in a narrow compass , were sel- dom expérienced or attended to , and were confequently not provided for . The judicial power being entrusted with the expofition of the Law , and as it de- pended on their judgment ...
... concerns of mankind lay in a narrow compass , were sel- dom expérienced or attended to , and were confequently not provided for . The judicial power being entrusted with the expofition of the Law , and as it de- pended on their judgment ...
Página 134
... concerned , who are sworn to give a true verdict , and muft do it under the peril of a heavy punish- ment , and whofe duty it is to state their doubts and difficulties , if any fhould occur , for the advice of the court . Is there not ...
... concerned , who are sworn to give a true verdict , and muft do it under the peril of a heavy punish- ment , and whofe duty it is to state their doubts and difficulties , if any fhould occur , for the advice of the court . Is there not ...
Página 136
... concerns of mankind moved within a a narrow fphere , while their wants were few , their traffic fmall , their ideas of the relative duties of life imperfect , and their notions of political diftinctions crude , their fyftem of laws ...
... concerns of mankind moved within a a narrow fphere , while their wants were few , their traffic fmall , their ideas of the relative duties of life imperfect , and their notions of political diftinctions crude , their fyftem of laws ...
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abfurd againſt arifes becauſe cafes capital puniſhments Carneades caſes caufes cauſes CHAP Cicero circumftances civil civil Laws confcience confequently confideration confidered conftitution Covarruvias crime Criminal Laws death degree delinquent difpofitions diftinction effects eſtabliſhed exerciſe exift exiſtence faid fame fays fecurity feems fenfe fenfible feverity fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt flain focial fociety fome fovereign fpecies ftate ftill fubfiftence fubject fuch a ſtate fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fupport fyftem Grotius High Treafon himſelf human increaſe inflicted inftance inftitutions injuftice injured intereft itſelf Judge juft juftice jurifdiction Jury juſt Law of Nature lefs Legiſlators likewife magiftrate mankind meaſure ment moft moral moſt muft murder muſt neceffary neceffity nevertheleſs niſhments obferves obligation occafion offences ourſelves paffion peace perfon perly pofition political prefent principles Puffendorf purpoſe reaſon refpect revenge SECT ſeems ſeverity ſhall ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion ture uſe virtue
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Página 9 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Página 254 - The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Página 132 - ... 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, and not the fact by itself ; so as though they answer not singly to the question what is the law, yet they determine the law in all matters, where issue is joined and tried in the principal Dissenting Opinion: Gray, Shiras, JJ. case, but [ie except] where the verdict is special.
Página 223 - I am one, , Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have fo incens'd, that I am recklefs what I do, to fpite the world. 1 Mur. And I another, So weary with difafters, tugg'd with fortune, That I would fet my life on any chance, To mend it, or be rid on't.
Página xxiv - ... What a lamentable case it is to see so many Christian men and women strangled on that cursed tree of the gallows ; insomuch as if in a large field a man might see together all the Christians, that but in one year throughout England come to that untimely and ignominious death, if there were any spark of grace or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compassion.
Página 46 - For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law ; and as many as have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law ; (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Página 291 - If a man counterfeit the King's money; and if a man bring false money into the realm counterfeit to the money of England, knowing the money to be false, to merchandise and make payment withal.
Página 417 - Statutes in that case made and provided, and against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, his crown, and dignity.
Página xxix - ... happily force their way to the thrones of princes be it known to them, that they come attended with the...
Página 134 - L not not guilty : for, to fay the truth, it were the moft unhappy cafe that could be t6 the Judge, if he at his peril muft take upon him the guilt or innocence of the prifoner; and if the Judge's opinion muft rule the matter of fact, the trial by Jury would be ufelefs.