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... court of Common Pleas , 1653 . Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer , Nov. 7 , 1660 . And at last Lord Chief Justice of the court of King's Bench , May 18 , 1671 . Which place he resigned Feb. 20 , 1675-6 . And died the Christmas ...
... court of Common Pleas , 1653 . Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer , Nov. 7 , 1660 . And at last Lord Chief Justice of the court of King's Bench , May 18 , 1671 . Which place he resigned Feb. 20 , 1675-6 . And died the Christmas ...
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... court of common - pleas , wherein he behaved with great impartiality , constantly avoiding the being concerned in any state - affairs ; and tho for the first two or three circuits he sat indifferently on the plea - side , or the crown ...
... court of common - pleas , wherein he behaved with great impartiality , constantly avoiding the being concerned in any state - affairs ; and tho for the first two or three circuits he sat indifferently on the plea - side , or the crown ...
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... courts of law , and in two of them as chief ; but still wherever he sat , all business of consequence followed him , and no man was content to sit down by the judgment of any court , till the case was brought before him , to see whether ...
... courts of law , and in two of them as chief ; but still wherever he sat , all business of consequence followed him , and no man was content to sit down by the judgment of any court , till the case was brought before him , to see whether ...
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... court , he had no thoughts to pursue it , but offered to engage friends on my behalf , which I refused , and told him , I would make use of no other person than my worthy friend , Mr. Barker , whose acquaintance with my lord , I knew ...
... court , he had no thoughts to pursue it , but offered to engage friends on my behalf , which I refused , and told him , I would make use of no other person than my worthy friend , Mr. Barker , whose acquaintance with my lord , I knew ...
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... court , and that by a way and means so unusual , as the resignation of him , that lately held it , and this too proceeding from so deplorable a cause as the infirmity of that body , which began to forsake the ablest mind that ever make ...
... court , and that by a way and means so unusual , as the resignation of him , that lately held it , and this too proceeding from so deplorable a cause as the infirmity of that body , which began to forsake the ablest mind that ever make ...
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Page 328 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 13 - And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Page 439 - No crime, whatsoever, hereafter committed, (except murder in the first degree,) shall be punished with death in the state of Pennsylvania. — .]</ 22d April, 1794, 3 Smith'! Lawi, 136; 1th ed. Pardon, 861. AH murder, which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery or b'urglary, shall be deemed murder of the first...
Page 90 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 40 - ... notwithstanding the party accused did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable according to the nature of the crime committed, if he knew at the time of committing such crime that he was acting contrary to law ; by which expression we understand your Lordships to mean the law of the land.
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Page 454 - State, our law regarding that there were cases that did not fall within this definition that might be murder in the first degree, passed an Act of Assembly, which reads in part as follows : "All murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, s'hall be deemed murder of the first degree, and...
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Page 192 - The United States in congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states..
Page 439 - ... all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder in the second degree ; and the jury before whom any person indicted for murder shall be tried, shall, if they find such person guilty thereof, ascertain in their verdict whether it be murder of the first or second degree...