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 1921818Full view - About this book
| 1872 - 598 pages
...how he came by them, unless there was due proof made that a felony had been committed ; I would not convict any person of murder or manslaughter unless...fact were proved to be done, or at least the body was found dead." To call that a confession on which to base a conviction, when no crime had been committed,... | |
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