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... STATUTES FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF VICE . - The following punishment for immorality , was sentenced by the Mayor of London in 1510 , and is still visible on the books of the court : " Die Veneris , xxviii . , die Junii , Anno Regni Regis ...
... STATUTES FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF VICE . - The following punishment for immorality , was sentenced by the Mayor of London in 1510 , and is still visible on the books of the court : " Die Veneris , xxviii . , die Junii , Anno Regni Regis ...
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... statutes committed to their safe keeping , & c . So early as the reign of Henry VII . the duties of a Justice of the Peace had become so disagreeably onerous , on ac- count of the numberless statute laws which justices in general had ...
... statutes committed to their safe keeping , & c . So early as the reign of Henry VII . the duties of a Justice of the Peace had become so disagreeably onerous , on ac- count of the numberless statute laws which justices in general had ...
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... statute cannot be extended ; that a magistrate , to be useful , must make himself respected ; and , that to be respected , he must maintain the dignity , the gravity , and , above all , the impartiality of an English judge : that if he ...
... statute cannot be extended ; that a magistrate , to be useful , must make himself respected ; and , that to be respected , he must maintain the dignity , the gravity , and , above all , the impartiality of an English judge : that if he ...
Page 49
... reformation , then a special commission is immediately granted as in the case of the late Chartist attempts at insurrection , both in Lancashire and Yorkshire . C important statute for consolidating and simplifying the jury laws , 49.
... reformation , then a special commission is immediately granted as in the case of the late Chartist attempts at insurrection , both in Lancashire and Yorkshire . C important statute for consolidating and simplifying the jury laws , 49.
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... statute , and the other for the misdemeanour , at common law , ought not to be preferred at the same time . The witnesses in support of the charge are to be called in and examined by the grand jury , or , with the consent of the grand ...
... statute , and the other for the misdemeanour , at common law , ought not to be preferred at the same time . The witnesses in support of the charge are to be called in and examined by the grand jury , or , with the consent of the grand ...
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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.