 | Adolphus Julius Frederick Behrends - 1886 - 332 стор.
...published in 1765, contain the almost incredible statement that a hundred and sixty crimes had boon declared " by act of Parliament to be felonies without...or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death "; and for the great body of minor offences the punishment was "incarceration in a common jail ; both... | |
 | Sanford Moon Green - 1889 - 374 стор.
...among the variety of acts which men were daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty had been declared by act of Parliament to be felonies...or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death ; and he remarks that " so dreadful a list, instead of diminishing, increases the number of offenders."... | |
 | George Burnett Barton - 1889 - 756 стор.
...Blackstone, who loved to extol the Biackstonc. humanity of the laws of England. He pointed out in 17G9 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."*... | |
 | American Historical Association - 1896 - 1274 стор.
...fixed upon the offender by slitting his nostrils or branding in the hand or cheek.2 Blackstone laments that, among the variety of actions which men are daily...less than 160 have been declared by act of Parliament without benefit of clergy, or, in other words, to be worthy of death.3 The most objectionable and really... | |
 | William Connor Sydney - 1891 - 424 стор.
...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...clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.2 In this passage he is citing from Blackstone's Commentaries, and in a note draws attention... | |
 | William Connor Sydney - 1891 - 428 стор.
...In entering upon this task (says Romilly), the first thing which strikes one is the 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... | |
 | Daniel Hack Tuke - 1892 - 670 стор.
...among the variety of actions that 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, worthy of instant death." After the date at which Biackstone wrote, the next event of importance with... | |
 | Charles Richmond Henderson - 1893 - 296 стор.
...without benefit of clergy. In the second edition of the Commentaries, published in 1769, Blackstone says that ' among the variety of actions which men are...Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy." " Many of these were particular forms of felony. " However, after making all deductions on these grounds,... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1894 - 460 стор.
...commenting on the severity of the English law at the time he wrote, says : " It is a melancholy " truth that among the variety of actions which men " are daily liable to commit, no less than one hun" dred and sixty have been declared by act of Parlia" ment to be felonies without benefit of... | |
 | Thomas Speed - 1894 - 196 стор.
...copies of his work were in the possession of members of the club. He says: "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 clergy,... | |
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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... 
