 | William Connor Sydney - Great Britain - 1891 - 424 pages
...actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.2 In this passage he is citing from Blackstone's Commentaries, and in a note draws attention... | |
 | Daniel Hack Tuke - Clinical psychology - 1892 - 670 pages
...actions that men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared by Act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, worthy of instant death." After the date at which Biackstone wrote, the next event of importance with... | |
 | Thomas Speed - Danville (Ky.) - 1894 - 206 pages
...which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy,...or in other words to be worthy of instant death." He justly calls this a "dreadful list." Yet as late as 1819 this dreadful list instead of decreasing... | |
 | Andrew Harper - Bible - 1895 - 544 pages
...which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by Act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy,...or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death." It is only in comparatively recent years that the punishment of death has been practically restricted... | |
 | William Dummer Northend - Massachusetts - 1896 - 380 pages
...which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death."—Blackstone's Commentaries, Ed. 1803, Book IV., 19. CHAPTER IV. THE DEFIANCE OF THE KING.... | |
 | Michigan. Governor - 1897 - 254 pages
..."among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than 160 have been declared to be felonies without benefit of clergy; or in other...of diminishing, increases the number of offenders." Instead of criticising the pardoning power of the king, hear what this writer says: "These repeated... | |
 | William Blackstone (Sir) - Great Britain - 1897 - 838 pages
...be felonies without benefit of clergy, and hence punishable with death.1 Results of Harsh Penalties. So dreadful a list, instead of diminishing, increases...compassion, will often forbear to prosecute ; juries from the same motive will ignore their oaths, and either acquit the guilty or mitigate the nature of... | |
 | Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman - Antitrust law - 1900 - 642 pages
...actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared by act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy;...or in other words, to be worthy of instant death." 1 Sir Matthew Hale justifies this practice of inflicting capital punishment for crimes of human institution... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - Legislative journals - 1901 - 1008 pages
..."among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than 160 have been declared to be felonies without benefit of clergy; or in other...of diminishing, increases the number of offenders." Instead of criticising the pardoning power of the king, hear what this writer says: "These repeated... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1902 - 630 pages
...actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament (¿) to be felonies without benefit...or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death. (29) So dreadful a list, instead of diminishing, increases the number of offenders. *The injured, through... | |
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It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of... 
