 | Austin Abbott - 1870 - 570 pages
...controverted. The court of over and terminer is the highest court of criminal jurisdiction, and has power " to inquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the same county, of all crimes or misdemeanors committed or triable in such county ; and to hear and determine... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870 - 552 pages
...King, assigned, by letters-patent of our said lord the King under the great seal of Great Britain, to inquire, by the oath of good and lawful men of the said county of Kent, of all high treasons, and misprisions of high treason, other than such as relate... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1872 - 806 pages
...one of them the said Sir Michael Foster and Sir Edward Clive, the said lord the king would have to be one) to inquire (by the oath of good and lawful men of the county aforesaid, by whom the truth of the matter might be the better known, and by other ways, methods, and... | |
 | Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society - 1899 - 692 pages
...Hauyngfeld and 'William de Sutton greeting Know that we have assigned you as our Justices to enquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the County of Norfolk through whom the truth of the matter may the better be known what evil doers and disturbers... | |
 | Frederic William Maitland - 1885 - 194 pages
...ancient origin. From the twelfth •.? century onwards the King's judges were sent through the country to inquire, by the oath of good and lawful men of the neighbourhood, concerning crimes committed within that neighbourhood. The representatives of the neighbourhood... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1885 - 568 pages
...Norton, and William Cheyne, greeting. Know that we have assigned you jointly and severally to enquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the county of Essex by whom the truth of the matter may best be known whether' &c. [Here follow at length the allegations... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1885 - 544 pages
...Norton, and William Cheyne, greeting. Know that we have assigned you jointly and severally to enquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the county of Essex by whom the truth of the matter may best be known whether" &c. [Here follow at length the allegations... | |
 | James Newton Fiero - 1887 - 772 pages
...York to Charles 0. Sahier, of the county of Ulster, greeting : Know ye that wo have assigned to you to inquire, by the oath of good and lawful men of the county of Ulster, by whom the truth of the matter may be better known, whether Cornelia DuBois, of the town of... | |
 | Great Britain. State Trials Committee - 1888 - 752 pages
...the time being amongst others in the said letters patent named our said Lord the King willed should be one) to inquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the County of Stirling of all high treasons and misprisions of high treason within the county aforesaid ax well within... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1906 - 870 pages
...contradicted. "The court of oyer and terminer is the highest court of criminal jurisdiction, and has power 'to inquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the same county, of all crimes and misdemeanors committed or triable in such county ; and to hear and determine... | |
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Clive, the said lord the king would have to be one) to inquire (by the oath of good and lawful men of the county... 
