 It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party...  Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another] - Sida 210efter sir William Blackstone - 1825Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Samuel Glasse - 1788 - 692 sidor
...impartially to be punifhed *36with death ; but it mud be remembered, that it is an accufation eafily to be made, and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accofed, tho' never fo innocent: therefore, a wife jury will be cautious upon trials of offences of... | |
 | Matthew Hale, Sir Matthew Hale - 1800 - 686 sidor
...impartially to be punifhed with death ; but it muft be remembered, that it is an accufation eafily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accufed, tho never fo innocent. . 541* liban I (hall never forget a trial befóte myfelf of a rape... | |
 | John M'Arthur - 1805 - 494 sidor
...rape may be applied to the other more deteftable offence, that it is an accufation eafily to be made, hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accufed though ever fo innocent *. If the party, as laid down by Lord Hale, on whom the .offence of... | |
 | Edward Hyde East - 1806 - 556 sidor
...Hale, 635. says Ld. Hale, rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death: but it must be remembered...harder to be defended by the party accused, though ever so innocent. And there- i Hale, 633. fore, says he, though the party ravished be in law a com-4Blac.Com.213.... | |
 | William Waller Hening - 1810 - 710 sidor
...the whole, rape, it is true, is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered,...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent. Therefore a wise jury will be cautious upon trials of offences of this nature, that they be not so... | |
 | Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - 1811 - 652 sidor
...(speaking' oí the offence in question) " it is a most detestable crime, and, therefore, ought impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered...proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, thong!] ever so innocent." " And therefore," says he, " though the party injured be in law a competent... | |
 | Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - 1811 - 662 sidor
..." it is a most detestable crime, and, therefore, ought impartially to be punished with death j but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily...harder to be defended by the party accused, though ever so innocent." " And therefore," says he, " though the party injured be in law a competent witness,... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1819 - 542 sidor
...which it will always be safe to observe. Lord Hale lays down that this accusation is easily to be made, hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, notwithstanding his innocence; and he adduces some striking instances within his own knowledge where... | |
 | Edward Christian - 1820 - 148 sidor
...is true," says he, " rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered,...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent. " I shall never forget a trial before myself of a rape in the County of Sussex. " There * 7 Will. III.... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1820 - 758 sidor
...and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death : but it must be remembered, it is an accusation easily to be made, and hard to...party accused, though never so innocent." He then mentions two remarkable cases of malicious prosecution for this crime, that had come within his knowledge... | |
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