 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 202 pages
...jury consists of twelve at the least, and not more than twenty-three ; that twelve may be a majority. To find a bill, there must at least twelve of the jury agree : but if twelve agree, it is a good presentment, though the rest disagree. The indictment, when so... | |
 | Noah Worcester - Pacifism - 1816 - 814 pages
...guilty, or the life even of a murderer cannot be taken by our laws. Sir William Blackstone observes, " So tender is the Law of England of the lives of the subjects, that no man can be convicted of any capital offence, unless by the unanimous voice of twenty-four of his equals and... | |
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...satisfied of the truth of the accusation, they in the same manner endorse upon it,, va true bill.' The. indictment is then said to be found, and the party stands indicted. To find a bill,' there must at least twelve of the jury agree ; but if t>velve absent, it is a good... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - Digests, etc - 1822 - 1042 pages
...of the truth of the accusation, they then indorse upon it ' a true bill ;' antiently ' billa vera.' The indictment is then said to be found, and the party stands indicted. 4 Com. 306. — 4. And the indictment, when so found, is publicly delivered into court. Ibid. — S.... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...jury. If they are satisfied of the truth of the accusation, they then endorse upon it " a true bill." The indictment is then said to be found, and the party...England of the lives of the subjects, that no man can be convicted-at the suit of the king of any capital offence, unless by the unanimous voice of twenty-four... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 862 pages
...of the truth of the accusation, they then indorse upon it, " A true bill ;" anciently, Billa vtra. The indictment is then said to be found, and the party stands indicted. But to find я bill, there roust at lea»t IN Indictment- twelve of the jury agree D for so tender is of England... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 584 pages
...truth of the accusation, they then endorse [ 306 ] upon it, " a true bill ;" antiently, " billa vera." The indictment is then said to be found, and the party...England of the lives of the subjects, that no man can be convicted at the suit of the king of any capital offence, unless by the unanimous voice of twenty-four... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 576 pages
...tne trutn °f tne accusation, they then endorse upon it, " a true bill ;" antiently, " billa vera." The indictment is then said to be found, and the party...England of the lives of the subjects, that no man can be convicted at the suit of the king of any capital offence, unless by the unanimous voice of twenty-four... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...jury. If they arc satisfied of the truth of the accusation, they then indorse upon it " A true bill." The indictment is then said to be found, and the party...there must at least twelve of the jury agree ; for no man can be convicted at the suit of the king of any capital offence, unless by the unanimous voice... | |
 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough - Courts - 1826 - 722 pages
...preferred to a Grand Jury, and they endorse upon it " A true Bill;" according to 4 Blackslone,3Q5, "the Indictment is then said to be found, and the party stands indicted;'? and in the language of 1 Chitty, 219, the endorsement, "A true Bill, made upon the Bill, becomes a... | |
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The indictment is then said to be found, and the party stands indicted. But, to find a bill, there must at least twelve of the jury agree ; for so tender is the law of England of the lives of the subjects, that no man can be convicted at the suit of the... 
