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" The rack is used no where as in England : in other countries it is used in judicature, when there is a semiplena probatio, a half proof against a man; then to see if they can make it full, they rack him if he will not confess. But here in England they... "
Seldeniana, Or, The Table-talk of John Selden, Esq;: Being His Sense of ... - Page 125
by John Selden - 1798 - 136 pages
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Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].

John Selden - 1716 - 156 pages
...to fee if they can make it full, they rack him if he will not confefs. But here in England they tike a Man and rack him, I do not know why, nor when,- not in time of jHlHcaturc, but when fomc Body bids. 4. S6me Men before they come to their Triul, are coicn'd to Confefs...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq., Or His Sense of ...

John Selden - 1786 - 196 pages
...ritari ; then to sed if they tart make it full, ihey rack hirri if lie will not confess ; but hcrt in England, they take a man and rack him. I do not know why, nor when, '..hen, not in time of judicature, but \\hua semcbody bids. . ' . . IV. Some men before they come to...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...half proof against a man; then to see if they can make it full, they rack him if he will not confess. But here in England they take a man and rack him,...why, nor when ; not in time of judicature, but when somebody bids. 4. Some men before they come to their trial, are. cozened to confess upon examination...
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Seldeniana, or The table-talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 230 pages
...half proof against a man; then to see if they can make it full, they rack him if he will not confess. But here in England they take a man and rack him,...why, nor when; not in time of judicature, but when somebody bids. 4. Some men before they come to their trial, are cozened to confess upon examination...
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Essays, Moral and Entertaining

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1819 - 378 pages
...proof against a man ; then to see if they can make it full, they rack him if he will not confess : but here in England they take a man and rack him,...why, nor when ; not in time of judicature, but when somebody bids. 4. Some men, before they come to their trial, are cozened to confess upon examination...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 9

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 pages
...proof against a man, then, to see if they can make it full, they rack them if he will not confess ; but here in England they take a man and rack him, I do not know why, but when somebody bids." On the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh, which took place in the first year of...
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Selden's table talk

John Selden - 1821 - 170 pages
...proof against a man ; then to see if they can make it full, they rack him if he will not confess : but here in England they take a man and rack him,...why, nor when ; not in time of judicature, but when somebody bids. 4. Some men, before they come to their trial, are cozened to confess upon examination...
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The British Prose Writers: Sheldon's table talk. Sir W. Blackstone's ...

1821 - 328 pages
...proof against a man ; then to see if they can make it full, they rack him if he will not confess : but here in England they take a man and rack him, I do not know why, nor when ; not in time of jndicature, but when somebody bids. 4. Some men, before they come to their trial, are cozened to confess...
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Memoirs of the Court of King James the First, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - 1822 - 430 pages
...proof against a man ; then to see if they can make it full, they rack him if he will not confess : but here in England they take a man and rack him, I do not know why, but when somebody bids." It will be important to trace with some minuteness the progress of this abuse....
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 9

1824 - 408 pages
...proof against a man, then, to see if they can make it full, they rack them if he will not confess ; but here in England they take a man and rack him, I do not know why, but when somebody bids." On the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh, which took place in the first year of...
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