 That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders;...  Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 377de Sir William Blackstone - 1825Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1838 - 382 pages
...jurors which pass upon men in trials of high treason, ought to be freeholders ; that all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void ; and that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of laws,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pages
...cruel arid unusual punishments inflicted ; and the same -ratute further declares, that all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons...conviction, are illegal and void. Now the Bill of Ilights was only declaratory, of the old constitutional law ; and accordingly we find it fipressly... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 760 pages
...pass judgment upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders. 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons, before conviction, are illegal and void. 13. That, for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the... | |
 | 1840 - 1176 pages
...for ecclesiastical causes, and all other courts and commissions of like nature," and "all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction," are illegal: "that it is the subject's right to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecution for such... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1841 - 768 pages
...returned, and that jurors in all cases of high treason ought to be freeholders : — that all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons, before conviction, are illegal and void : — and that for tne redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving... | |
 | 1841 - 752 pages
...returned, and that jurors in all cases of high treason ought to be freeholders:— that all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons, before conviction, are illegal and void :—and that for the redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving... | |
 | 1845 - 908 pages
...jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders. 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons, before conviction, are illegal and void. 13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of... | |
 | Armand Carrel, Charles James Fox - 1846 - 498 pages
...jurors which pass upon men in trials of high treason, ought to be freeholders. 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void. 1 3. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of... | |
 | Tresham Dames Gregg - 1847 - 488 pages
...jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders. " 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void. " 13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1848 - 76 pages
...jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders. 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void. 13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of... | |
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