The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 23Butterworths, 1867 - Law |
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... evidence was wanted , and letting his narrative flow out in its own way . His mind , singularly acute , penetrated quickly the intricacies of a case ; he looked it through and through , and guessed from what was told what probably ...
... evidence was wanted , and letting his narrative flow out in its own way . His mind , singularly acute , penetrated quickly the intricacies of a case ; he looked it through and through , and guessed from what was told what probably ...
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... evidence . Judging by these results alone one would be disposed to concede him a high place amongst Nisi Prius judges . Judging à priori from certain qualities of his mind , one might have been led to foretel failure in this difficult ...
... evidence . Judging by these results alone one would be disposed to concede him a high place amongst Nisi Prius judges . Judging à priori from certain qualities of his mind , one might have been led to foretel failure in this difficult ...
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... evidence against you the said Henry Rose at your trial , will , for that purpose , be in due time lodged in the hands of the Clerk of the Circuit - Court of Justiciary before which you are to be tried , that you may have an opportunity ...
... evidence against you the said Henry Rose at your trial , will , for that purpose , be in due time lodged in the hands of the Clerk of the Circuit - Court of Justiciary before which you are to be tried , that you may have an opportunity ...
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... evidence against the said Margaret Taggart , at her trial , will , for that purpose , be in due time lodged in the hands of the clerk of the Sheriff Court of Forfar- shire , at Dundee ( before which Court the said Margaret Taggart is to ...
... evidence against the said Margaret Taggart , at her trial , will , for that purpose , be in due time lodged in the hands of the clerk of the Sheriff Court of Forfar- shire , at Dundee ( before which Court the said Margaret Taggart is to ...
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... evidence must be minutely and accu- rately described , and submitted to the inspection of the prisoner previous to his trial ; and a list of witnesses must be annexed to the indictment , or criminal letters , containing an accurate ...
... evidence must be minutely and accu- rately described , and submitted to the inspection of the prisoner previous to his trial ; and a list of witnesses must be annexed to the indictment , or criminal letters , containing an accurate ...
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Page 221 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 135 - ... a counsel can maintain no action for his fees; which are given, not as locatio vel conductio, but as quiddam honorarium; not as a salary or hire, but as a mere gratuity, which a counsellor cannot demand without doing wrong to his reputation...
Page 211 - The discretion of a Judge is the law of tyrants; it is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual and depends upon constitution, temper and passion. In the best it is oftentimes caprice; in the worst it is every vice, folly and passion to which human nature is liable.
Page 38 - Names, nor for omitting to state the Time at which the Offence was committed, in any Case where Time is not of the Essence of the Offence, nor for stating the Time imperfectly, nor for stating the Offence to have been committed on a Day subsequent to the finding of the Indictment or...
Page 231 - Secondly, This indulged Law was only to extend to Members of the Army, or to those of the opposite Army, and never was so much indulged as intended to be (executed or) exercised upon others...
Page 231 - The necessity of order and discipline in an army is the only thing which can give it countenance; and therefore it ought not to be permitted in time of peace, when the king's courts are open for all persons to receive justice according to the laws of the land.
Page 313 - Provided always that the court shall not have cognizance of any action of ejectment, or in which the title to any corporeal or incorporeal hereditaments, or to any toll, fair, market, or franchise, shall be in question...
Page 284 - Ireland whereon may depend in any Degree the Allegiance of any Person to the Crown of the United Kingdom, or the Sovereignty or Dominion of the said Crown over any Part of the said Territories.
Page 30 - Society; being all to be used in evidence against both and each of you the said William Burke and Helen M'Dougal, at your trial, will, for that purpose, be in due time lodged in the hands of the clerk of the High Court...
Page 289 - I cannot see why one freeman should be used worse than another, merely upon account of his complexion.