The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 23Butterworths, 1867 - Law |
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... Jury . By George Overend , 191 . 1 Case of the Banda and Kirwee Booty , 66 , Colonial Bishops , 104 . Colonial Legislative Bodies , 278 . County Court Amendment , 316 . Criminal Procedure , 30 . Electoral Bribery and Corruption . By Mr ...
... Jury . By George Overend , 191 . 1 Case of the Banda and Kirwee Booty , 66 , Colonial Bishops , 104 . Colonial Legislative Bodies , 278 . County Court Amendment , 316 . Criminal Procedure , 30 . Electoral Bribery and Corruption . By Mr ...
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... jury were obliged to listen to speeches dropped into their ears as the eggs of a fly into a fat maggot , or infused stillatim , as the drops of a com- mon and less powerful narcotic . There were two classes of defenders of prisoners in ...
... jury were obliged to listen to speeches dropped into their ears as the eggs of a fly into a fat maggot , or infused stillatim , as the drops of a com- mon and less powerful narcotic . There were two classes of defenders of prisoners in ...
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... jury on that circuit were made by him , each in a will cause , and in the same year ; the first in Perry v . Newton , at the Carlisle assizes , and the other in Talham v . Wright , at an adjournment of the Lancaster assizes . In ...
... jury on that circuit were made by him , each in a will cause , and in the same year ; the first in Perry v . Newton , at the Carlisle assizes , and the other in Talham v . Wright , at an adjournment of the Lancaster assizes . In ...
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... jury . Very few new trials were granted for any misdirection or non - direction of his , or because of verdicts against his direction and the weight of evidence . Judging by these results alone one would be disposed to concede him a ...
... jury . Very few new trials were granted for any misdirection or non - direction of his , or because of verdicts against his direction and the weight of evidence . Judging by these results alone one would be disposed to concede him a ...
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... jury with confidence , after their experience of him in a trial or two had led them to appreciate his earnestness , his wisdom , and his justice . He was not wanting in dignity of mind . No one more grave The late Mr. Justice Crompton . 27.
... jury with confidence , after their experience of him in a trial or two had led them to appreciate his earnestness , his wisdom , and his justice . He was not wanting in dignity of mind . No one more grave The late Mr. Justice Crompton . 27.
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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.