 I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages; to enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition ; a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour...  The Quarterly Review - Page 4171875Full view - About this book
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1875 - 392 pages
...subsequently denounced in eloquent language by Chief Justice Pratt. " To enter," he said, " a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour. It is a daring public attack upon the liberty of the subject, and in violation of the 29th chapter... | |
 | Ira M. Moore - Criminal law - 1876 - 920 pages
...order to obtain evidence against him, is clearly forbidden.4 Lord Camden said, " To enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...which no Englishman would wish to live an hour.'" But it has been held that evidence obtained by means of a search warrant is not inadmissible, either... | |
 | James Routledge - Electronic books - 1876 - 680 pages
...moved for on the ground of misdirection, the Lord Chief Justice said : — " To enter a man's house, by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour. It is a daring public attack upon the liberty of the subject, and in violation of the twenty-ninth... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1878 - 1032 pages
...escape detection." Merrick, J., in Robinson v. Richardson, 13 Gray, 458. "To enter a man's house," said Lord Camden, " by virtue of a nameless warrant, in...than the Spanish Inquisition; a law under which no Knglishman would wish to live an hour." See his opinion in Entinck r. Carrington, 1li State Trials,... | |
 | Law - 1879 - 582 pages
...to quote the strong language of Lord Camden, in Enlick v. Carrlngton, that to " enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...inquisition; a law under which no Englishman would like to live an hour." Thus it appears that telegrams, while iu every State protected by penal statutes... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 1906 pages
...jury at the trial, and I think they have done right to give exemplary damages. To enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour; it was a most daring attack upon the liberty of the subject. I thought that the twenty-ninth chapter... | |
 | Charles Pebody - English newspapers - 1882 - 212 pages
...man's house," said the Chief Justice, in words that still live among the noblest dicta of the Bench, "by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour. It is a daring public attack upon the liberty of the subject, and in violation of the 29th chapter... | |
 | Charles Pebody - English newspapers - 1882 - 212 pages
...man's house," said the Chief Justice, in words that still live among the noblest dicta of the Bench, "by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish Inquisition—a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour. It is a daring public attack... | |
 | Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman - Police power - 1886 - 722 pages
...a human being.8 Search warrants may also be granted in aid 1 "To enter a man's house by virtue of a warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than...under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour." Lord Camden in Entlnck v. Carrington, 19 State Trials, 1029; vc 2 Wils. 275; Hackle v. Money, 2 Wils.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 912 pages
...on the trial, and I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages. To enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour; it was a most daring public attack made upon the liberty of the subject; I thought that the twentyninth... | |
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