 | United States. Supreme Court - 1895 - 1152 pages
...Adams, Roger Sherman, John Jay, Samuel Chase, George Washington and Patrick Henry were members, it was resolved "that the respective Colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilge of being tried by their peers of the vicinage,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1834 - 816 pages
...jurisprudence stands upon the original foundation of the common law. The old congress, in the year 1774, unanimously resolved, that the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England. 1 Story's Com. 140, and note. The colony of Pennsylvania was settled about the year 1682 ; at which... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - 1332 pages
...to trials in England for alleged crimes committed in the colonies; the Congress therefore declared: "That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1968 - 1834 pages
...to trials in England for alleged crimes committed in the colonies; the Congress therefore declared: "That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - 1430 pages
...to trials in England for alleged crimes committed in the colonies; the Congress therefore declared : "That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage,... | |
 | United States - 1969 - 348 pages
...external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent. Resolved, NCD 5. That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage,... | |
 | Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett - 1983 - 366 pages
...something to be said when finally arms yielded place to the toga; the Congress had resolved in 1774 105 " that the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England," — a statement which their founders would have hesitated to make — and it remained to decide how... | |
 | John Phillip Reid - 2003 - 398 pages
...would not have been possible had Great Britain not maintained a standing army in North America. 5. That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage,... | |
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That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law. 
