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" I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead,(/) for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my lord Coke's PC cap. "
The Quarterly Review - Page 196
edited by - 1818
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Cases in Crown Law,: Determined by the Twelve Judges; by the Court ..., Volume 2

Great Britain. Courts, Thomas Leach - 1815 - 582 pages
...290, where his Lordship says, " I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead," and he mentioned a remarkable case which had happened before MR. JUSTICE GOULD. The case was this....
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 18

1818 - 590 pages
...readers. ' I would never (says Sir Matthew Hale) convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body...uncle, (who was also her heir at law,) was overheard to iay, ' Good uncle, do not kill me !' Very soon afterwards, the child disappeared; and the uncle, being...
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A Dissertation Shewing that the House of Lords, in Cases of Judicature, are ...

Edward Christian - 1820 - 148 pages
...and he observes upon them, " I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead, for the sake of two cases" which he relates, where the prisoner in each was found guilty and executed, arid the person charged...
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The practice of courts-martial, also the legal exposition and military ...

William Hough - 1825 - 1028 pages
...2DO. Where Lord Hale said, " I would never convict any person of murder or nuaalauglUer, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found, for the sake of two cases ; one mentioned in my Lord Coke's PC Ml, 1>. 232, a II a, ,i/,i. .:•,,:•...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 2

William Oldnall Russell - 1828 - 836 pages
...East. 312, 315. (<) By Buller, J., in Berrymaji t. Wise, 4 TR 366. murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead.(w) SECTION II. The best possible Evidence must be produced. It is a general rule that you must...
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Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register, Volumes 10-12

1830 - 430 pages
...these. " I would never "convict any person of murder or manslaughter unless the fact were proved to b« "done or at least the body found dead, for the sake of two cases, one mentioned by "my Lord Coke which was a Warwickshire case." Gentlemen, I will trespass on yonr time...
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The practice of courts-martial, and other military courts

William Hough - 1834 - 398 pages
...1312. Sir Matthew Hale says, "I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found." Starlie, vol. ip 33. If a bodv be thrown overboard, it may not be found. 330 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. 5th....
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A Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases

Henry Roscoe - 1840 - 908 pages
...of these goods." And again, " I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least, the body found dead." 2 Hale, 290. So it is said by Sir William Blackslonc, 4 Comm. 359. that all presumptive evidence of...
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The Covenant: A Quarterly Periodical Devoted to the Cause of Odd-Fellowship

1843 - 604 pages
...observes the eminent lawyer last quoted, " convict any person of murder, or manslaughter, unless the fact •were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead." Burnet, one of the greatest of our Scold) criminal law authorities, lays it down as " a leading and...
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A Treatise on Presumptions of Law and Fact: With the Theory and Rules of ...

William Mawdesley Best - 1845 - 232 pages
...was committed of those goods. I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or, at least, the body found dead :"(¿>) and Mr. Starkie states it to be an established rule, that, upon charges of homicide, the accused...
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