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Page 353
Sed vide sup . lawful witnesses , and that of the fifth and sixth of Edward the Sixth
, that he be accused by two lawful accusers , they both mean ( u ) B . Cor . ... how
can any accuser be said to be a lawful witness if he be not upon his oath ?
Sed vide sup . lawful witnesses , and that of the fifth and sixth of Edward the Sixth
, that he be accused by two lawful accusers , they both mean ( u ) B . Cor . ... how
can any accuser be said to be a lawful witness if he be not upon his oath ?
Page 591
11 . which , in all treasons , requires that the witnesses , if living , shall be
examined in person at the trial in open court ... of a witness taken upon oath
before a justice 5 St . Tr . 17 . of peace , being joined with the evidence of one
other witness ...
11 . which , in all treasons , requires that the witnesses , if living , shall be
examined in person at the trial in open court ... of a witness taken upon oath
before a justice 5 St . Tr . 17 . of peace , being joined with the evidence of one
other witness ...
Page 605
L W , 360 . re - enabled to be a witness ; for the burning in the hand operae s as a
statute pardon . + Sect . 105 . But as a person convicted of petit larceny , not
Mackender ' s being liable to be burned in the hand , was disqualified from Case ,
2 ...
L W , 360 . re - enabled to be a witness ; for the burning in the hand operae s as a
statute pardon . + Sect . 105 . But as a person convicted of petit larceny , not
Mackender ' s being liable to be burned in the hand , was disqualified from Case ,
2 ...
Page 609
Fox , assaulted is a competent witness to prove the assault , although 1 Str . 652 .
See 3 Term he has laid a wager that he would convict the defendant . Rep . 27 . +
Sect . 142 . In an action also on the statute of Winton against Bull . N . P . 289 ...
Fox , assaulted is a competent witness to prove the assault , although 1 Str . 652 .
See 3 Term he has laid a wager that he would convict the defendant . Rep . 27 . +
Sect . 142 . In an action also on the statute of Winton against Bull . N . P . 289 ...
Page 612
It is said also , that it is not sufficient for a witness to depose “ as he thinks or
persuades himself : ” First , Because the court must give an absolute sentence ,
and therefore ought to have more sure ground than thinking . Secondly , ( 6 ) Sed
vide ...
It is said also , that it is not sufficient for a witness to depose “ as he thinks or
persuades himself : ” First , Because the court must give an absolute sentence ,
and therefore ought to have more sure ground than thinking . Secondly , ( 6 ) Sed
vide ...
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Page 350 - ... within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 44 - ... to the true intent and meaning " of an act of parliament made in the eighteenth year of the reign " of his majesty King George the Second, intituled, an act to " amend and render more effectual an act passed in the fifth year *' of his present majesty's reign, intituled, an act for the further " qualification of justices of the peace...
Page 128 - And if they will not obey the arrest, they shall levy hue and cry upon them, and such as keep the town shall follow with hue and cry with all the town and the towns near, and so hue and cry shall be made from town to town, until that they be taken and delivered to the sheriff as before is said ; and for the arrestments of such strangers none shall be punished.
Page 59 - ... in any such action, by leave of the Court where such action shall depend, at any time before issue joined, to pay into Court such sum of money as he shall...
Page 69 - ... to appeal to the next general or quarter sessions of the peace for the county, riding, division...
Page 78 - Likewise it is to be inquired who were culpable, either of the act or of the force ; and who were present, either men or women, and of what age soever they be (if they can speak, or have any discretion). And how many soever be found culpable by inquisition, in any the manners aforesaid, they shall be taken and delivered to the Sheriff, and shall be committed to the gaol; and such as be founden, and be not culpable, shall be attached until the coming of (c) Rex v.
Page 60 - ... proving such warrant at the trial of such action the jury shall give their verdict for the defendant or defendants, notwithstanding any defect of jurisdiction in such justice or justices; and...
Page 41 - 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 xxxi - ... being legally convicted thereof, shall be liable to be " transported for any term not exceeding seven years, or to be " punished by imprisonment not exceeding two years, at the dis" cretion of the court in which such conviction shall be had...
Page 12 - To the constable it pertaineth to have cogni" zance 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...
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| Title | A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Heads, Volume 2 A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Heads, William Hawkins HeinOnline: Selden Society publications & English legal history Legal classics library Making of modern law |
| Authors | William Hawkins, John Curwood |
| Editor | John Curwood |
| Edition | 8 |
| Publisher | S. Sweet, 1824 |
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