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... liable to commit , no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or , in other words , to be worthy of instant death . ' 4 Com . 18. And Lord Holland , in a debate ...
... liable to commit , no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or , in other words , to be worthy of instant death . ' 4 Com . 18. And Lord Holland , in a debate ...
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... liable to suffer death , unless for some felony , which was excluded from the benefit of clergy before or on the first day of the session of the parliament , which was holden in the seventh and eighth years of the present king . ( a ) ...
... liable to suffer death , unless for some felony , which was excluded from the benefit of clergy before or on the first day of the session of the parliament , which was holden in the seventh and eighth years of the present king . ( a ) ...
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... liable , at discretion , to be transported beyond the seas , or to imprisonment , and if a male to be publicly or privately whipped , or the court may sentence the offender to be imprisoned and kept to hard labor in the common jail or ...
... liable , at discretion , to be transported beyond the seas , or to imprisonment , and if a male to be publicly or privately whipped , or the court may sentence the offender to be imprisoned and kept to hard labor in the common jail or ...
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... liable sometimes to be punished too severely , and sometimes to escape without adequate suffering . ( a ) Still , whoever considers the infinite shades of criminality , arising from difference of age , character , education ...
... liable sometimes to be punished too severely , and sometimes to escape without adequate suffering . ( a ) Still , whoever considers the infinite shades of criminality , arising from difference of age , character , education ...
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... liable , upon his obstinate refusal , to be pressed to death ; and the history of the English law contains instances of in- dividuals , who have submitted to this cruel alternative . ( a ) We presume , that one inducement to this course ...
... liable , upon his obstinate refusal , to be pressed to death ; and the history of the English law contains instances of in- dividuals , who have submitted to this cruel alternative . ( a ) We presume , that one inducement to this course ...
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Page 199 - God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will as God wills ; God's will be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK A native of Africa who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years.
Page 86 - States, by the appointment of an impartial tribunal, to decide disputes between the state and federal judiciary, have had the same under their consideration, and are of opinion, that a tribunal is already provided, by the constitution of the United States...
Page 315 - The people shall have the right freely to assemble together, to consult for the common good, to instruct their representatives, and to petition the legislature for redress of grievances.
Page 7 - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
Page 74 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 84 - The Judicial power of the United States extends to all cases in law and equity, arising under the constitution, the laws of the United States...
Page 152 - In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has heretofore been otherways used and practised, the parties have a right to a trial by jury; and this method of procedure shall be held sacred, unless, in causes arising on the high seas, and such as relate to mariners' wages, the legislature shall hereafter find it necessary to alter it.
Page 12 - ... imprisonment. The news of this sentence having reached the accomplice in his retreat, he immediately returned, and surrendered himself to take his trial at the next assizes. The next assizes came ; but, unfortunately for the prisoner, it was a different judge who presided ; and still more unfortunately, Mr. Justice Gould, who happened to be the judge, though...
Page 83 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Page 86 - State and federal judiciary, have had the same under their consideration, and are of opinion that a tribunal is already provided by the constitution of the United States, to wit : The Supreme Court, more eminently qualified, from their habits and duties, from the mode of their selection, and from the tenure of their offices, to decide the disputes aforesaid in an enlightened and impartial manner, than any other tribunal which could be created.