 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 796 стор.
...successive indefensible statutes upon crimes very different in their natures. It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared by Act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy,... | |
 | 1830 - 446 стор.
...acknowledge ourselves much indebted. 'It is a melancholy truth,' said Sir William Blackstone, in 1765, 'that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1828 - 478 стор.
...conclude, that 'there is no distinction in the guilt. In our own country, it is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies, without benefit of... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1832 - 930 стор.
...and kept, than laws made with extreme punishments." " It is a melancholy truth," says Blackstone, " that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixly have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies worthy of instant death.... | |
 | 1832 - 424 стор.
...fact,' says Blackstone, whose testimony on this subject will be regarded of the highest authority, 'that among the variety of actions, which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; in other words,... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1832 - 916 стор.
...between crimes and punishments. ' It is a melancholy truth,' says Blackstone in his Commentaries, ' that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 стор.
...been declared by act of parliament, " Scott's Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, BI c. 56, pp. 475, 476. to be felonies without benefit of clergy, or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death."* It appears, however, by " an analysis of, and digested index to, the criminal statutes," published... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1833 - 404 стор.
...conclude, that there is no distinction in the guilt. In our own country, it is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies, without benefit of... | |
 | 1836 - 784 стор.
...delivered in the House of Commons in 181 1, " that men are daily liable to commit, no less than two hundred have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies...or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death. When we inquire into the nature of the crimes of which this dreadful catalogue is composed, we shall... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 стор.
...to conclude, that there is nodistinction in the guilt. In our own country, it is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than ohe hundred and *ix!y have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies, without benefit of... | |
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It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of... 
