| Samuel Glasse - Forms (Law) - 1788 - 692 pages
...impartially to be punifhed *36with death ; but it mud be remembered, that it is an accufation eafily to be made, and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accofed, tho' never fo innocent: therefore, a wife jury will be cautious upon trials of offences of... | |
| Matthew Hale, Sir Matthew Hale - Pleas of the crown - 1800 - 686 pages
...impartially to be punifhed with death ; but it muft be remembered, that it is an accufation eafily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accufed, tho never fo innocent. . 541* liban I (hall never forget a trial befóte myfelf of a rape... | |
| John M'Arthur - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1805 - 494 pages
...rape may be applied to the other more deteftable offence, that it is an accufation eafily to be made, hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accufed though ever fo innocent *. If the party, as laid down by Lord Hale, on whom the .offence of... | |
| Edward Hyde East - Criminal law - 1806 - 556 pages
...says Ld. Hale, rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death: but it must be remembered that...harder to be defended by the party accused, though ever so innocent. And there- i Hale, 633. fore, says he, though the party ravished be in law a com-4Blac.Com.213.... | |
| William Waller Hening - Forms (Law) - 1810 - 710 pages
...whole, rape, it is true, is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered, that...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent. Therefore a wise jury will be cautious upon trials of offences of this nature, that they be not so... | |
| Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - Books - 1811 - 652 pages
...oí the offence in question) " it is a most detestable crime, and, therefore, ought impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered that...proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, thong!] ever so innocent." " And therefore," says he, " though the party injured be in law a competent... | |
| Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - Books - 1811 - 662 pages
..." it is a most detestable crime, and, therefore, ought impartially to be punished with death j but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily...harder to be defended by the party accused, though ever so innocent." " And therefore," says he, " though the party injured be in law a competent witness,... | |
| Joseph Chitty - Criminal law - 1819 - 542 pages
...which it will always be safe to observe. Lord Hale lays down that this accusation is easily to be made, hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, notwithstanding his innocence; and he adduces some striking instances within his own knowledge where... | |
| Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1820 - 758 pages
...and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death : but it must be remembered, it is an accusation easily to be made, and hard to...malicious prosecution for this crime, that had come within his knowledge ; and concludes, " I mention these instances that we may be more cautious upon... | |
| Edward Christian - Criminal law - 1820 - 148 pages
...true," says he, " rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered, that...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent. " I shall never forget a trial before myself of a rape in the County of Sussex. " There * 7 Will. III.... | |
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