 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...  The American Jurist and Law Magazine - Page 71830Full view - About this book
 | 1786 - 558 lehte
...Obferver, in reply, after qu.iticg Judge Biacklti-.jï's rcm.iik, that " it к л melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no lefs ilian 160 have beca declared, by Act of Ku hament, to IK ibknies without beneh«. of clergy ;... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 528 lehte
...fucccflive independent ftatutes, upon crimes very different in, their natures. It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no lefs than an hundred and fixty have been declared by a£t of ' parliament b to be felonies without... | |
 | 482 lehte
...lucceSfive independent Statutes, upon crimes very different in their natures. It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no lcl» than one hundred and fixty have been declared by afts of parliament to be felonies without benefit... | |
 | Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 852 lehte
...fucceffive independent ftatutes, upon crimes very different in their natures. — It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no lefs than 160 have been declared by adls of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy; or,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 620 lehte
...daily liable to commit, no lefs than an hundred and fixty have been declared by act of parliament b to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of inftant death. So dreadful a lift, infteadof diminiming, incrcafes the number of offenders. The injured,... | |
 | 1821 - 608 lehte
...snccessive independent statutes, upon crimes very different in their natures. It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared by act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 590 lehte
...p. 12. i, " The first thing which strikes one upon entering on this task, is this melancholy truth, that, ' among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament tp be felonies without benefit of clergy,... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1807 - 464 lehte
...civilized nations in Europe? " It is a melancholy truth," (says the commentator on the laws of England*), " that among the variety of " actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hun" dred and sixty have been declared by act of Parliament to be • " fekmies, without benefit... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1809 - 338 lehte
...Sp. L. b. 6. c. 15. statutes, upon crimes very different in their natures. It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared, by a6l of parliament $, to be felonies without benefit of... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1812 - 494 lehte
...expressed his regret, that there were then no fewer than one hundred and sixty offences, which had been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy. At the largest allowance, and taking in all that are provided for at common law, as well as by statute,... | |
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