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... brought to trial for child - murder , upon a general indictment . It was found relevant , and remitted to a jury . They brought in a verdict , by which they " fand the pan- " nel Marion Lawfon to be cleaned , and not guilty of the ...
... brought to trial for child - murder , upon a general indictment . It was found relevant , and remitted to a jury . They brought in a verdict , by which they " fand the pan- " nel Marion Lawfon to be cleaned , and not guilty of the ...
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... brought to trial for child - murder and adultery 24th June 1663 , the libel fet forth all the circumftan- ces ; and the interlocutor was , " The juftice - depute fuftains the dit- tay as it is libelled , as to the qualifications therein ...
... brought to trial for child - murder and adultery 24th June 1663 , the libel fet forth all the circumftan- ces ; and the interlocutor was , " The juftice - depute fuftains the dit- tay as it is libelled , as to the qualifications therein ...
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... brought ex vicineto , i . e . from the neighbourhood of the place where the pannels dwelt , however distant ** . In one case , in * In the cafe of James Stewart , tried for the murder of Campbell of Glenure at Inverary in 1752 , the ...
... brought ex vicineto , i . e . from the neighbourhood of the place where the pannels dwelt , however distant ** . In one case , in * In the cafe of James Stewart , tried for the murder of Campbell of Glenure at Inverary in 1752 , the ...
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... brought to trial for writing and affixing on the door of St Mary's , in the university of Oxford , a devilish , fcandalous , and feditious writing , containing reflections on his own country- men , afferting , that they fhould be all ...
... brought to trial for writing and affixing on the door of St Mary's , in the university of Oxford , a devilish , fcandalous , and feditious writing , containing reflections on his own country- men , afferting , that they fhould be all ...
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... brought in unanimously a verdict , Dec. 13. 1681 , against him . Doom of treafon and forfeiture was pronounced against him Dec. 23. 1681 , after he had made his escape . See too Fountainhall , p . 166 . Act . Sir G. Mackenzie . Alt ...
... brought in unanimously a verdict , Dec. 13. 1681 , against him . Doom of treafon and forfeiture was pronounced against him Dec. 23. 1681 , after he had made his escape . See too Fountainhall , p . 166 . Act . Sir G. Mackenzie . Alt ...
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Page 431 - ... and the like. But I take these to be one and the same thing. For the authority of these maxims rests entirely upon general reception and usage: and the only method of proving, that this or that maxim is a rule of the common law, is by showing that it hath been always the custom to observe it.
Page 354 - ... said realm of England, dominion of Wales or town of Berwick upon Tweed, or any of the...
Page 383 - October 1828, or on one or other of the days of that month, or of...
Page 612 - I do believe in my conscience, that the Person Pretended to be Prince of Wales during the life of the late King James, and since his decease, pretending to be and taking upon himself the...
Page 353 - ... of this kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed...
Page 436 - ... pear, till it burft out at once to confume me and my children ? " Better it were to live under no law at all, and, by the maxims of *' cautious prudence, to conform ourfelves the beft we can to the ar...
Page 297 - An Act to explain and amend the Laws touching the Elections of Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament for that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and to restrain the Partiality and regulate the Conduct of Returning Officers at such Elections.
Page 418 - WHEREAS it is found by experience, that the laws already in being have not been sufficient to prevent corrupt and illegal practices in the election of members to serve in parliament...
Page 436 - Christians did their books of curious arts, and betake yourselves to the plain letter of the statute, which tells you where the crime is, and points out to you the path by which you may avoid it.
Page 436 - It is now full two hundred and forty years since treasons were defined ; and so long has it been since any man was touched to this extent upon this crime, before myself. We have lived, my lords, happily to ourselves, at home : we have lived gloriously abroad to the world : let us be content with what our fathers have left us : let not our ambition carry us to be more learned than they were, in these killing and destructive arts.