 I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead,(/) for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my lord Coke's PC cap.  The Quarterly Review - Page 1921818Full view - About this book
 | Theodore Thring - 1861 - 416 pages
...15. 6 Ib. 732. that a felony was committed of these goods. 2. That a person should never be convicted of murder, or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead. 1 SECTION III. OF HEARSAY EVIDENCE. of hearsay . . The general rule is, that hearsay evidence of a... | |
 | William Wills - 1862 - 376 pages
...in a former part of this Essay.f Sir Matthew Hale, on account of these cases, says, " I will never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless...were proved to be done, or at least the body found, J The judicial history of all nations, in all times, abounds with similar warnings and exemplifications... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - 1862 - 776 pages
...committed of those goods. I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless \hcfact were proved to be done, or at least, the body found dead.*" Lord Stowell observes on the same subject — "When a criminal fact is ascertained, presumptive proof... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 666 pages
...them unless there •were due proof made, that a felony was committed of these goods. " I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless...fact were proved to be done, or at least the body be found dead, for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my Lord Cote's PC cap. 104, p. 232, a ffarwicktAire... | |
 | John H. Colby - 1868 - 480 pages
...how he came by them, unless there were due proof made that a felony had been committed. I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter unless...were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead."2 And it was likewise said by Lord STOWELL that "to take presumptions, in order to swell an equivocal... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1869 - 646 pages
...them unless there were due proof made, that a felony was committed of these goods. " I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless...fact were proved to be done, or at least the body be found dead, for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my Lord Coke's PC, cap. 104, p. 232, a case."... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - 1871 - 914 pages
...them, unless there •were due proof made that a felony was committed of those goods. I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless...proved to be done, or at least, the body found dead" (2). Lord Stowell observes on the same subject — " If you have a criminal fact ascertained, you may... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1872 - 806 pages
...very strong in this of the rule, to 2 Hale PC 290, where this learned person says : " I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter unless...least the body found dead, for the sake of two cases, — one mentioned in my Lord Coke's PC c. 104, p. 232, a Warwickshire case; another, that happened... | |
 | India - 1874 - 656 pages
...for murder if the injured man died ten years afterwards. Lord Hale lays it down as a rule, never to convict any person of murder or manslaughter unless...proved to be done, or at least the body found dead; and he mentions a case in which a man was executed for the murder of another, who afterwards returned... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1874 - 834 pages
...how he came by them, unless there were due proof made that a felony had been committed. I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless...were proved to be done, or at least, the body found dead."M Equally emphatic was the language of another great judge : " To take presumptions, in order... | |
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