 That 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 or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery,...  Virginia Cases; Or, Decisions of the General Court of Virginia,: Chiefly on ... - Page 85by Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough - 1826 - 680 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Wilson, Bird Wilson - Law - 1804 - 456 pages
...is punished with death, and is the only capital crime now known to the laws of Pennsylvania. Murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or committed in the. perpetration,... | |
 | William Waller Hening - Forms (Law) - 1810 - 710 pages
...their attrociousness, that it is unjust to involve them in the same punishment. Be it further enacted, that 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... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1824 - 288 pages
...death in all cases, except murder in the first degree, by which is declared to be meant "all murder 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... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1824 - 296 pages
...death in all cases, except murder in the first degree, by which is declared to be meant "all murder 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... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 516 pages
...contains provisions relating to murder and sundry other offences of an aggravated character. All murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or committed in perpetrating or attempting... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1831 - 438 pages
...excluding murder in Ihejirst degree. In Pennsylvania, no crime is punishable with death, but murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by some other kind of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or perpetrated in the commission of... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1831 - 444 pages
...excluding murder in the first degree. In Pennsylvania, no crime is punishable with death, but murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by some other kind of wilful, deliberate, »nd premeditated killing, or perpetrated in the commission... | |
 | Law - 1835 - 510 pages
...from each other in their atrocity that it is unjust to involve them in the same punishment, enacts, ' that 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... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Isaac Wharton - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 580 pages
...to be indispensably necessary under the act of the 22d of April, 1794. That act places all murder, " 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... | |
 | Joseph Tate - Law - 1841 - 992 pages
...directed by act of assembly to be so punished. Dec. 15, 1796— Mar. 25, 1800, R. С. с. 200. 2. § 2. All murder, which shall be perpetrated by means of poison,* or by lying in wait, t or by duress of imprisonment or confinement, or by starving, or by wilful, malicious and excessive... | |
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