 | Great Britain - 1737 - 598 pages
...Suffrage of that Oracle of Law, LITTLETON, who ** in his ^Tenures, Seft. 368. declares, that if a JURY " will ta'ke upon Them the Knowledge of the LAW *• upon the Matter, They may ; which is agreed to like" wile by Coke, in his Comment thereupon. And " therefore it is falfe to fay,... | |
 | London (England) - 1757 - 616 pages
...fact was done in the manner, or with the intent complained of? for, Littleton declares, That if a jury will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may. Therefore in all cafes the witnefles are ordered to direct their fpeech to the jury j they being the... | |
 | Giles Duncombe - Forms (Law) - 1766 - 378 pages
...Alfo in fuch Cafe where the Inqueft may General give their Verdict at large, if they will take ^"d^ 68 upon them the Knowledge of the Law upon^/,^ " the Matter, they may give their Verdict ge- court cannot nerally, as is put in their Charge j as in the rerufe a geneCafe aforefaid, they may... | |
 | William Smith (M.D.) - Great Britain - 1771 - 508 pages
...againft the judge for fo doing. The great judge Littleton, in his Tenures, declares, That if a jury will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may, which is alfo agreed to by lord ' 'Coke, in his commentary upon the Tenures. And Sir M. Hale fays,... | |
 | Joseph Towers - Jury - 1785 - 164 pages
...where ' the inqueft may give their verdict at large, ' if they will take upon them the know' ledge of the law upon the matter, they * may give their verdict generally as is put * in their charge.' To this Coke adds, * Although the jury, if they will take upo* * them (as Littleton here faith) the... | |
 | Ralph Heathcote - Anecdotes - 1786 - 354 pages
...brought before them "'." 'On the other hand, Littleton' in his Tenures exprefsly fays, that, " if a Jury will take upon •«« them the knowledge of the law upon the •" matter, they may1*°:"- to which Lord Coke agrees, m his comment thereupon.- And indeed it is not eafy to conceive,... | |
 | John Stockdale, Joseph Gurney - Great Britain - 1790 - 274 pages
...the s68th feclion. " Alfo in fuch ^ \J " cafe where the inqueft may give their verdict " at large, if they will take upon them the " knowledge of the law upon the mat" ter, they may give their verdict generally " as it is put in their charge : as in the cafe " aforefaid... | |
 | Earl Charles Stanhope Stanhope - Jury - 1792 - 178 pages
..." In fuch Cafe, " where the Inqueft," (that is to fay, the Jury) " may give their Verdict at large, if they " will take upon them the Knowledge of the..." Verdict generally, as is put in their Charge.'* , And the Law as thus laid down by Littleton, is confirmed by Lord Coke, in his Inftitutes -f . If,... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke - Land tenure - 1794 - 588 pages
...pas If kffec, Ms voilent, £sV . LSO in fuch cafe where the enqucft may give their verdiJ:i at large, if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may give their verduSt generally, as is put in their charge ; as irr the cafe aforefaid they may well fay, that the... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke - Land tenure - 1794 - 582 pages
...enqueft may give their verdict at large, if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law цроп the matter, they may give their verdict generally, as is put in their charge; as in the cafe aforefaid they may well fay, that the JelTor did not difleife the leflee, if they will,... | |
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Also in such case where the inquest " may give their verdict at large, if they will take upon " them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they "may give their verdict generally as it is put in their 
