 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Constitutional history - 1853 - 366 pages
...punishments inflicted. 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders....particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void. * This does not repeal the as may tend to terrify the peostatute of Charles II. against pie, or indicate... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Civil rights - 1853 - 576 pages
...punishments inflicted. 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason, ought to be freeholders....particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void. 1 3. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of... | |
 | William W. Campbell - Outlaws - 1853 - 276 pages
...was, that the E. of Bellomont's Grant was condemn'd, by that Clause in the Bill of Rights, which says, that all Grants and Promises of Fines and Forfeitures...particular Persons before Conviction, are illegal and void. It was said, tho' this Question had been under the consideration of the last House of Commons, that... | |
 | E. S. Creasy - 1854 - 468 pages
...present."— ancient enactment, however [2 Stephens'New Commentaries, vol. and jurors which pass upou men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders....13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, Parliament ought to be held frequently. And... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Great Britain - 1854 - 848 pages
...unusual punishments inflicted. 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanneled and returned, and jurors who pass judgment upon men in trials for high treason...promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons, Jbefore conviction, are illegal and void. 13. That for redress of all grievances, and for the amending,... | |
 | James White - Great Britain - 1855 - 308 pages
...retainers and servants of the prosecutor, by which a hostile verdict was ensured, right or wrong. 10. " That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures...persons before conviction, are illegal and void." This put an end to the bestowal of the spoils of a person under trial on some favourite of the king,... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Constitutional history - 1856 - 404 pages
...punishments inflicted. 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders....13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently. And... | |
 | Andrew Amos - Criminal law - 1856 - 306 pages
...important matter of criminal jurisprudence. It stands as a constitutional article in the Bill of Rights, that " all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures...particular persons before conviction are illegal and void." An illustration of the usage in this respect that had prevailed occurs in Reresby's memoirs: — On... | |
 | Andrew Amos - Constitutional history - 1857 - 340 pages
...occurring in the reign of Charles II., illustrates the importance of that clause of the Bill of Rights " That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures...particular persons before conviction are illegal and void." Sir John Reresby relates, in his Memoirs, that a foolish and scandalous report had got abroad, that... | |
 | William Edward Flaherty - Great Britain - 1857 - 448 pages
...punishments ; also the erection of the Ecclesiastical Commission, or any similar court ; it declares grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons, before conviction, void ; claims the right of keeping arms for Protestants ; free election to, and freedom of speech in,... | |
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That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed ; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders.... 
