 ... determined ; and the Grand Jury are only to inquire upon their oaths whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer it. A Grand Jury, however, ought to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an indictment, so far as their evidence...  A Treatise on Criminal Pleading and Practice - Page 44de Joseph Henry Beale - 1899 - 400 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1810 - 722 pages
...to inquire upon their oaths, whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer it. A grand jury however ought to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an indictment, so tar as their evidence goes ; and not to rest satisfied merely with remote probabilities: a doctrine,... | |
 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 pages
...to enquire upon their oaths whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer it. A grand jury however ought to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an indictment so tar as their evidence goes, and not to rest satisfied merely with remote probabilities ; — -a doctrine... | |
 | Thomas Walter Williams - 1816 - 1048 pages
...inquire upon their oaths, whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer it. A ^rand jury however ought to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an indictmeot, so far as their evidence goes, „U(j not lo resl 6a_ tisfied merely with remote probabilities,... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - 1822 - 1042 pages
...to another overt act will -iiiiii c. 1 East, PC 129. 2 Hawk. c. 25. s. 141. — 10. The grand jury ought to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an...probabilities : a doctrine that might be applied to тегу oppressive purposes. 4 St. Tr. 283. 4 Com. зоз. 3 St. Tr. 416. 5 St. Tr. 3. 2 Woodes. 559.... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...to inquire upon their oaths, whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer it. A grand jury, however, ought to be thoroughly persuaded...to rest satisfied merely with remote probabilities. The grand jury are sworn to inquire, only for the body of the county, pro corpora comitatus ; and therefore... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - 1825 - 1026 pages
...witness to another overt act will suffice. 1 East, PC 129. 2 Hawk, c. 25. s. 141. — 10. The grand jury ought to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an indictment, so far as their evidence goes j and not to rest satisfied merely with remote probabilities: a doctrine that might be applied to very... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1831 - 350 pages
...proceeding would be equally erroneous with the former." " Blackstone observes, (4 — 303), 'A Grand Jury ought to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an...rest satisfied merely with remote probabilities.' " And upon a late occasion in England a learned Judge, when addressing a Grand Jury, cautioned them... | |
 | William Conway Keele - 1835 - 680 pages
...guilt ; but they ought, nevertheless, to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of the indictment, as far as their evidence goes, and not to rest satisfied...merely with remote probabilities, a doctrine, that Blackstone rightly observes, might be applied to very oppressive purposes. 4 Bl. Com. 303. Where there... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - 764 pages
...their oaths, whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer it. But a grand jury ought to be thoroughly persuaded of the truth of an...to rest satisfied merely with remote probabilities. They are sworn to inquire only for the State Trials, body of the county, pro corpore comitatus, and... | |
 | George Bowyer - 1841 - 742 pages
...on 1 2 Inst. 739. their oaths whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer it. A grand jury, however, ought to be thoroughly persuaded...satisfied merely with remote probabilities ; a doctrine, as Blackstone observes, that might be applied to very oppressive purposes.1 When the grand jury have... | |
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