...was committed of these goods. 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. 104. p. 232. a Warwickshire case.(°-) Another that happened...

...felony had been committed. 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." . Mr. Wills, in his work on Circumstantial Evidence, says : " It may be doubted whether justice and...

...was committed of these goods. 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 (r)." And in Starkie on Evidence (*), it is stated to be " an established rule, upon charges of homicide,...

...learned author says, "I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the facts were proved to be done, or, at least, the body found dead." Lord STOWELL, in pronouncing his celebrated judgment in Evans v. Evans, 1 Hagg. Con. Rep. 105, said...

...PLACE. " I would never," said Lord Hale, " convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead."(7n) The civilians are no less emphatic. " Diligenter cavendum cst judici, ne suppliciump rsecipitet,...

...was committed of these goods. 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." The corpus delicti is always made up of these two points — (1.) The general facts which form the...

...rule laid down by Lord Hale, that "no person should be convicted of murder or manslaughter unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead," is the rule universally acted upon by our courts, and should never be departed from. The presiding...

...account of these cases, says, ' I will never convict any person of murder or manslaughter unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found.' The judici.il history of all nations, in all times, abounds with similar warnings and exemplifications...

...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...

...account of these cases, says, " I will never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact 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...