| Ambrose Bolivar Carlton - 1882 - 424 страници
...and Finding the Dead Body. § 565. Ou this subject Lord Hale says : " I would never convict any one of murder or manslaughter unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead." (a) The death in such a case should be distinctly proved, either by direct evidence of the fact, by... | |
| 1818 - 586 страници
...the science of criminal law, like other sciences, is progressive. Such distressing examples as those alluded to are not likely to happen again ; for we...are very curious, especially one of them. A young girl,-who lived with her uncle, (who was also her heir at law,) was overheard to say, ' Good uncle... | |
| 1896 - 1166 страници
...presumptive or circumstantial evidence. Lord Hale said: "I «rould never convict any person of murd«r or manslaughter unless the fact were proved to be...least the body found dead, for the sake of two cases, — one mentioned In my Lord Coke's Pleas of the Crown (page 232, c. 104), a Warwickshire case; another... | |
| Henry Roscoe - 1888 - 830 страници
...unless there was due proof made that a felony was committed of these goods." And again, " 1 would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless...proved to be done, or, at least, the body found dead." 2 Hale, 290. So it is said by Sir William Blackstone, 4 Comm. 359, that all presumptive evidence of... | |
| MARSHALL D. EWELL - 1888 - 368 страници
...all substitutes. Thus, it is an established rule that a prisoner shall not be convicted of murder, " unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body be found dead." But real evidence is often produced at trials, when it is not exacted by any rule either... | |
| Edward William Cox - 1890 - 920 страници
...came by them, unless there be due proof that a felony had been committed of those goods. I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter unless...proved to be done, or at least, the body found dead." Each of these two sentences must be taken separately. Neither of them having in terms any reference... | |
| Edward Cox Mann - 1893 - 458 страници
...medico-legal works on this point, says: " I would never "convict any person of murder or manslaughter unlnss " the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body "found dead." "7>e corpore interfecti neccesse est, lit consteV is an ancient legal maxim, and many cases might be... | |
| Frank Sumner Rice - 1894 - 1062 страници
...unless there was due proof made that a felony was committed of these goods." And again, "I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless...proved to be done, or, at least, the body found dead." 2 Hale, PC 290. So it is said by Sir William Blackstone, 4 Bl. Com. 359, that all presumptive evidence... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1896 - 1024 страници
...proved like any other fact — by presumptive or circumstantial evidence. Lord Hale said: "I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter unless...least, the body found dead, for the sake of two cases — one mentioned in my Lord Coke's Pleas of the Crown, chapter 104, page 232, a Warwickshire case;... | |
| California, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy - 1901 - 668 страници
...from the effect of a wound; 2. That this wound was unlawfully inflicted. "I would never," says Ixml Hale, "convict any person of murder or manslaughter...proved to be done, or at least the body found dead": 2 Hale's Pleas of the Crown, 290. The death should be distinctly proved, cither by direct evidence... | |
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