Considerations on Criminal Law, Հատոր 1T. Longman and T. Cadell, 1774 - 315 էջ |
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Էջ 94
... judge for himself , he may affume whatever he pleases , under pretence of neceffity . But , in truth , the very terms of the foregoing propofitions admit , while they feem to deny , that there is a degree of property in a State of ...
... judge for himself , he may affume whatever he pleases , under pretence of neceffity . But , in truth , the very terms of the foregoing propofitions admit , while they feem to deny , that there is a degree of property in a State of ...
Էջ 149
... Judges might , by too libe- ral a conftruction of the evidence relative to the fact , fometimes involve cafes within their jurifdiction contrary to the meaning of the legislature ; at other times they might counteract the legisla- tive ...
... Judges might , by too libe- ral a conftruction of the evidence relative to the fact , fometimes involve cafes within their jurifdiction contrary to the meaning of the legislature ; at other times they might counteract the legisla- tive ...
Էջ 150
... teftimony or evi- dence , and , after having been affifted by the expofition of the court with re- gard to points of Law , they find for or against againft the fue , and then the Judge is to 150 CONSIDERATIONS on Of Furies.
... teftimony or evi- dence , and , after having been affifted by the expofition of the court with re- gard to points of Law , they find for or against againft the fue , and then the Judge is to 150 CONSIDERATIONS on Of Furies.
Էջ 151
Henry Dagge. againft the fue , and then the Judge is to pronounce the judgment which the Law has prescribed in each particular cafe . Thus every mode of jurifdiction has its ftated bounds , and each is wifely feparated from the others ...
Henry Dagge. againft the fue , and then the Judge is to pronounce the judgment which the Law has prescribed in each particular cafe . Thus every mode of jurifdiction has its ftated bounds , and each is wifely feparated from the others ...
Էջ 155
... Judge . The duty or power of Jurymen does not indeed seem to be fufficiently afcer- tained . Some are of opinion , that they are to judge only upon the fact , and not upon the law : but this doctrine has been ftrenuously controverted by ...
... Judge . The duty or power of Jurymen does not indeed seem to be fufficiently afcer- tained . Some are of opinion , that they are to judge only upon the fact , and not upon the law : but this doctrine has been ftrenuously controverted by ...
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Էջ 94 - Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Էջ 154 - This is where they doubt the matter of law, and therefore choose to leave it to the determination of the court ; though they have an unquestionable right of determining upon all the circumstances and finding a general verdict, if they think proper so to hazard a breach of their oaths...
Էջ 47 - 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.
Էջ xiii - Of Law there can be no lefs acknowledged, than that her feat is the bofom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very leaft as feeling her care, and the greateft as not exempted from her power...
Էջ 47 - as many as have finned without Law, " fhall alfo perifh without Law : and as " many as have finned in the Law,
Էջ 154 - That the con-* fcience of the Jury muft pronounce the prifoner guilty or not guilty ; for, to fay the truth, it were the moft unhappy cafe that could be to 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.
Էջ 48 - Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things conu tained in the law, thefe, having not the law, are a law unto M themfelves ; which mew the work of the law written in their " hearts, their confcience alfo bearing witnefs, and their thoughts " the mean while accufing, or elfe excufing one another.
Էջ 255 - For, though the end of punishment is to deter men from offending, it never can follow from thence, that it is lawful to deter them at any rate and by any means ; since there may be unlawful methods of enforcing obedience even to the justest laws.
Էջ 46 - ... the moral law, called also the law of nature. And by this law, written with the finger of God in the heart of man, were the people of God a long time governed before the law was written by Moses, who was the first reporter or writer of law in the world.
Էջ 240 - Law is right Reason, commanding Things that are good, and forbidding Things that are bad. . . . The Violation therefore of the Law does not constitute a Crime when the Law is bad; but the violation of what ought to be a Law, is a Crime even where there is no Law."29 Along with this different kind of content went a different way of addressing the audience. The political tract, which was reprinted from a London journal, was introduced to the readers by a letter to the editor, signed in the fashion...