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... evidence .. 3. Any man may lawfully interfere to prevent a rescue . 4. Punishment is an evil resulting from the direct intention of another . 5. Every receiver of " stolen goods , " the moment he or she has received such stolen goods ...
... evidence .. 3. Any man may lawfully interfere to prevent a rescue . 4. Punishment is an evil resulting from the direct intention of another . 5. Every receiver of " stolen goods , " the moment he or she has received such stolen goods ...
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... evidence of acquired logic , and innate reason , supported by figures and facts : - 1stly . That modern education is not what it can , should , and must be ; and that all arguments to uphold it and maintain it in its present state , are ...
... evidence of acquired logic , and innate reason , supported by figures and facts : - 1stly . That modern education is not what it can , should , and must be ; and that all arguments to uphold it and maintain it in its present state , are ...
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... EVIDENCE . - Every man that will confess the truth must own , that some of the things of which he feels most sure , are those of which he would be utterly unable to offer such a proof as another might not find very good reason to reject ...
... EVIDENCE . - Every man that will confess the truth must own , that some of the things of which he feels most sure , are those of which he would be utterly unable to offer such a proof as another might not find very good reason to reject ...
Page 50
... evidence which a grand jury may require should be the same , whether written or parol , ( that is , by word of mouth , ) as may be necessary to support the indictment at the trial . If the grand jury should find the bill upon improper ...
... evidence which a grand jury may require should be the same , whether written or parol , ( that is , by word of mouth , ) as may be necessary to support the indictment at the trial . If the grand jury should find the bill upon improper ...
Page 51
... evidence having been considered , if twelve of the grand jury deem the charge sufficiently proved , their clerk indorses on the indictment " A true bill ; " if otherwise , " No true bill . " The grand jury may not find part of the ...
... evidence having been considered , if twelve of the grand jury deem the charge sufficiently proved , their clerk indorses on the indictment " A true bill ; " if otherwise , " No true bill . " The grand jury may not find part of the ...
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Popular passages
Page 168 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 141 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.