 | George McDowell Stroud - Slavery - 1827 - 190 pages
...jurisprudence, which has no exception in the laws of any civilized country, namely, that " no man can be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once upon the same accusation." 1 Chitty's Criminal Law, 452; 4 Bla, Com. 335. The provisions of the two acts are therefore manifestly... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1845 - 544 pages
...476. See Hamilton \.l'ilt, 7 Bing. (a) Arch. Cr. Plead., 9th ed., 88; this plea is clearly founded on the principle, that no man shall be placed in peril...penalties more than once upon the same accusation — nemo debel bis puniri pro uno delicto (b). Thus, an acquittal upon an indictment for murder may... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 752 pages
...to anything more than the common law doctrine involved in the plea of autrefois acquit, which plea is founded "upon the principle that no man shall be...penalties, more than once, upon the same accusation." "VVharton, in his treatise on Criminal Law, p. 574, s&ys that "at common law this doctrine means nothing... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Law - 1846 - 494 pages
...matter. The principle upon which the plea autre fuis aquit, or, autre fuis convict, is founded, is that no man shall be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once upon the same accusation, 1 Chitty, CLp 452, -1G2; and this applies to misdemeanors as well as felonies, except that if the plea... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Law - 1851 - 570 pages
...delirio. No man ought to be punished twice for one offence. 4 Co. 43 a. 11 Co. 59 b, foster'« case. No man shall be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once upon the same accusation. Broom's Max. 138. Nemo débet bü rcxari [»i • «HIM« i curia) «liioil nil] pro una cl eadcnt... | |
 | Benjamin Kingsbury (Jr.) - Justices of the peace - 1852 - 420 pages
....Matter of record, pardons, &c.; 4. Not guilty ; 5. Special pleas. The first two pleas are founded on the principle that no man shall be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once on the same accusation. 8 No person can be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime,... | |
 | Henry Richard Dearsly - Criminal law - 1853 - 178 pages
...indictment. The principal of these are a previous acquittal, conviction, and pardon. The plea of autrefois acquit is founded upon the principle, that no man shall be placed in peril more than once upon the same accusation. In order to entitle a prisoner to this plea, it is necessary... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - Slavery - 1856 - 320 pages
...jurisprudence, which has no exception in the laws of any civilized country, namely, that "no man can be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once upon the same accusation." 1 Chitty's Criminal Law, 452; 4 Bla. Com. 335. The provisions of the two acts are therefore manifestly... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 590 pages
...State. EG Hayioood, for defendants. BATTLE, J. The plea of autrefois convict, like that of autrefois acquit, is founded upon the principle, that no man...penalties more than once, upon the same accusation ; 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 452, 462. To entitle the defendant to either of these pleas, it is necessary that... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1870 - 674 pages
...delicto. No man ought to be punished twice for one offence. 4 Co. 43 a. 11 Co. 59 b, Foster's case. No man shall be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once upon the same accusation. Broom's Max. 133, [257.1 Nemo debet bis vexari [si constet curia; quod sit] pro nna et eadem causa.... | |
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Chitty, upon the principle that no man shall be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once upon the same accusation. 
