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Pagina 16
... reign of James I. the practice was still continued ; and it is worthy of remark that in almost every instance of torture to be traced during this period , the name of Sir Edward Coke , the lawyer and patriot , who in his writings ...
... reign of James I. the practice was still continued ; and it is worthy of remark that in almost every instance of torture to be traced during this period , the name of Sir Edward Coke , the lawyer and patriot , who in his writings ...
Pagina 21
... reign of James I. , was a member of the Commission by which Peacham was examined by the torture . Notwithstanding this for- mal opinion there is no doubt that the practice con- tinued during the whole reign of Charles I. , as a war ...
... reign of James I. , was a member of the Commission by which Peacham was examined by the torture . Notwithstanding this for- mal opinion there is no doubt that the practice con- tinued during the whole reign of Charles I. , as a war ...
Pagina 25
... reign of Elizabeth , that the ordinary mode of trying persons indicted for murder , robbery , or theft , at that time , very nearly resembled the practice of our criminal courts at the present day ; for he expressly states , that in ...
... reign of Elizabeth , that the ordinary mode of trying persons indicted for murder , robbery , or theft , at that time , very nearly resembled the practice of our criminal courts at the present day ; for he expressly states , that in ...
Pagina 28
... reigns of Eliza- beth , James I. , and Charles I. No doubt the at- tention of all thinking people had , during that long period , been frequently and forcibly drawn to the ab- surdity and cruel injustice of such a system of evi- dence ...
... reigns of Eliza- beth , James I. , and Charles I. No doubt the at- tention of all thinking people had , during that long period , been frequently and forcibly drawn to the ab- surdity and cruel injustice of such a system of evi- dence ...
Pagina 29
... reign of Charles II . , being , without one exception , conducted upon viva voce testimony . It is believed that not a single instance can be produced of the reading of the deposition of an absent witness on the trial of a criminal ...
... reign of Charles II . , being , without one exception , conducted upon viva voce testimony . It is believed that not a single instance can be produced of the reading of the deposition of an absent witness on the trial of a criminal ...
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Criminal Trials, Volume 1 David Jardine,Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) Volledige weergave - 1832 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 106 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Pagina 107 - Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began...
Pagina 508 - I shed Tears for him when he died ; and as I hope to look God in the Face hereafter, my Lord of Essex did not see my Face when he suffered, for I was afar off in the Armory where I saw him, but he saw not me.
Pagina 365 - ... to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, there to be hanged by the neck till you are dead; and may God, in his infinite goodness, have mercy on your soul!
Pagina 469 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Pagina 360 - I have never yet seen in any case such favour shown to any prisoner; so many digressions, such delivering of evidence by fractions, and so silly a defence of such great and notorious treasons.
Pagina 503 - God heartily, that he hath brought me into the light to die, and hath not suffered me to die in the dark prison of the Tower, where I have suffered a great deal of adversity and a long sickness ; and I thank God that my fever hath not taken me at this time, as I prayed God it might not.
Pagina 165 - King, . . . and until the end of the next session of parliament after a demise of the crown, shall, within the realm or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend death or destruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maim or wounding, imprisonment or restraint...
Pagina 407 - Your words cannot condemn me ; my innocency is my defence. Prove one of these things wherewith you have charged me, and I will confess the whole indictment, and that I am the horriblest traitor that ever lived, and worthy to be crucified with a thousand thousand torments. " Attorney. Nay, I will prove all : thou art a monster ; thou hast an English face, but a Spanish heart.
Pagina 501 - I know you have been valiant and wise, and I doubt not but you retain both these virtues, for now you shall have occasion to use them. Your faith hath heretofore been questioned, but I am resolved you are a good Christian, for your book which is an admirable work, doth testify as much. I would give you counsel, but I know you can apply unto yourself far better than I am able to give you...