A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or, A System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Heads ...His Majesty's law-printers; published for the editor, 1787 - Pleas of the crown |
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... tried by the common law of the land , the fame plaintiff " fhall have a privy feal of the king without difficulty , directed " to the faid conftable and marshal , to furceafe in that plea , until it be difcuffed by the king's council ...
... tried by the common law of the land , the fame plaintiff " fhall have a privy feal of the king without difficulty , directed " to the faid conftable and marshal , to furceafe in that plea , until it be difcuffed by the king's council ...
Page 17
... tried and determined before the conftable and marshal of England for the time being ; whereas the other ftatutes only provide against the incroachments of this court , and do not mention in what manner , or before whom it shall be ...
... tried and determined before the conftable and marshal of England for the time being ; whereas the other ftatutes only provide against the incroachments of this court , and do not mention in what manner , or before whom it shall be ...
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... tried . Sect . 4. Alfo it hath been ( 6 ) holden , That justices of gaol - delivery , as fuch , have no power to deliver the gaol of perfons committed for high treafon , perhaps for this reason , because this being a crime of fo high a ...
... tried . Sect . 4. Alfo it hath been ( 6 ) holden , That justices of gaol - delivery , as fuch , have no power to deliver the gaol of perfons committed for high treafon , perhaps for this reason , because this being a crime of fo high a ...
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... tried by writ of nifi prius . To the counties for which fuch justices of affize may be com- miffioned . Sect . 2. As to the first of these particulars , it is enacted by 27 Edw . 1. c . 3. commonly called the ftatute de finibus , " That ...
... tried by writ of nifi prius . To the counties for which fuch justices of affize may be com- miffioned . Sect . 2. As to the first of these particulars , it is enacted by 27 Edw . 1. c . 3. commonly called the ftatute de finibus , " That ...
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... tried by the county . But it is agreed , That he may receive F. Corone 437 the appeal of an approver , or take the abjuration of one who acknowledges a felony done by him in any county , because that after . fuch confeffions there is no ...
... tried by the county . But it is agreed , That he may receive F. Corone 437 the appeal of an approver , or take the abjuration of one who acknowledges a felony done by him in any county , because that after . fuch confeffions there is no ...
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acceffary acquitted adjudged Affize aforefaid againſt agreed alfo alſo appellee arraigned arreft attainted awarded bail becauſe benefit of clergy cafe caufe cauſe certiorari challenge Coke commiffion committed common law conftable convicted Corone court court-leet crime Crompton defendant difcharged doth Dyer Eliz enacted eſcape exprefs exprefsly faid faid ftatute fame fecond fect fection feems feffions felony fettled fhall fheriff fhew fhould fince firft fome fpecial ftanding mute ftatute fuch offender fuch perfon fuffer fufficient fuit gaol-delivery Hale hath himſelf holden houſe iffue indictment Inft inqueft judges judgment juftices of peace jurors jury Keble Kelynge king king's bench leet manner murder offence oyer and terminer pardon party perfon perfon or perfons plea pleaded prefent prifoner principal procefs profecution puniſhed purpoſe refpect Sect ſeems ſhall ſuch Summary thefe theſe thofe thoſe treafon trial Vide fup whereof writ
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Page 396 - ... limited by any statute ; or of any grant or promise of the benefit, profit, or commodity of any forfeiture, penalty, or sum of money, that is or...
Page 46 - England shall be assigned for the keeping of the Peace, one Lord, and with him three or four of the most worthy in the County, with some learned in the Law...
Page 267 - ... estate or degree, or mystery, and of the towns, or hamlets, or places, and counties, of the which they were, or be, or in which they be or •were conversant...
Page 498 - ... realm of England, dominion of Wales or town of Berwick upon Tweed, or any of...
Page 14 - To the constable it pertaineth to have cognizance of contracts touching deeds of arms and of war out of the realm, and also of things that touch war within the realm, which cannot be determined nor discussed by the common law...
Page 52 - ... for passing and punishing vagrants, for repair of the highways, or to any other laws concerning parochial taxes, levies, or rates, notwithstanding...
Page 46 - ... to take of all them that be not of good fame, where they shall be found, sufficient surety and mainprise of their good behaviour towards the King and his people...
Page 362 - Treason, but by and upon the Oaths and Testimony of Two lawful Witnesses, either both of them to the same Overt Act, or one of them to one, and the other of them to another Overt Act of the same Treason...
Page 620 - Way, either by herself or the procuring of others, so to conceal the Death thereof, as that it may not come to Light, whether it were born alive or not, but be concealed: In every such Case the...
Page 138 - And if the under-sheriff, constable, or bailiff of such as have fee for keeping of prisons, do it contrary to the will of his lord, or any other bailiff being not of fee, they shall have three years imprisonment, and make fine at the King's pleasure.