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Side iii
... jury were incited to put to death three innocent persons , though she pleaded , being eighty years of age , that she was with child , at which some in court laughed , and the poor creature laughed too . It was suggested to the daughter ...
... jury were incited to put to death three innocent persons , though she pleaded , being eighty years of age , that she was with child , at which some in court laughed , and the poor creature laughed too . It was suggested to the daughter ...
Side iv
... jury with prayers , " that the great God of Heaven would direct their hearts in that weighty mat- " ter . " The jury having Sir Thomas Brown's declaration about Denmark , for their encouragement , in half an hour brought them in guilty ...
... jury with prayers , " that the great God of Heaven would direct their hearts in that weighty mat- " ter . " The jury having Sir Thomas Brown's declaration about Denmark , for their encouragement , in half an hour brought them in guilty ...
Side viii
... juries , through compassion , will sometimes forget their oaths , and either " acquit the guilty or mitigate the nature of the offence ; and judges , through " compassion , will respite one half of the convicts , and recommend them to ...
... juries , through compassion , will sometimes forget their oaths , and either " acquit the guilty or mitigate the nature of the offence ; and judges , through " compassion , will respite one half of the convicts , and recommend them to ...
Side 42
... jury condemned a gentleman ( called William Colingbourne ) to be quartered , for having written to a friend of the Earl of Richmond , who was then levying troops , and subse- quently mounted the English throne under the name of Henry ...
... jury condemned a gentleman ( called William Colingbourne ) to be quartered , for having written to a friend of the Earl of Richmond , who was then levying troops , and subse- quently mounted the English throne under the name of Henry ...
Side 150
... jury or in the court ; and he thought that there could be no hesi- tation between those two . The jury ought not to have their at- tention diverted from the single point of ascertaining the fact , of guilty or not . Fortunately , there ...
... jury or in the court ; and he thought that there could be no hesi- tation between those two . The jury ought not to have their at- tention diverted from the single point of ascertaining the fact , of guilty or not . Fortunately , there ...
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The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death (Classic Reprint) Basil Montagu Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2017 |
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Side xvii - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Side 187 - Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live...
Side 388 - Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That so much of the said Act as is herein-before recited shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
Side 117 - The good LORD pardon every one That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Side 121 - Parliament, statutes and ordains that there be a school settled and established and a schoolmaster appointed in every parish not already provided by advice of the heritors and minister of the parish...
Side 69 - It is further to be observed, that owing to the different manners and degrees in which persons under different circumstances are affected by the same exciting cause, a punishment which is the same in name will not always either really produce, or even so much as appear to others to produce, in two different persons the same degree of pain : therefore, That the quantity actually inflicted on each individual offender may correspond to the quantity intended for similar offenders in general, the several...
Side 235 - They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country ; whilst he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden. CHAPTER X. OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OF TOLERATION. ' A RELIGIOUS establishment is no part of Christianity ; it is only the means of inculcating it.
Side 385 - Majesty that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that so much of the said Act as...
Side 387 - ... of the value of forty shillings or more, being in any dwelling-house, or outhouse thereunto belonging, although such house or outhouse be not actually broken by such offender, and although the owner of such goods, or any other person or persons be or be not in such house or outhouse, being thereof convicted, shall be absolutely debarred of and from the benefit of clergy.
Side 186 - When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.