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" It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party... "
The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer - Page 259
by Richard Burn - 1831
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The Magistrate's Assistant: Or, A Summary of Those Laws, which Immediately ...

Samuel Glasse - 1788 - 692 pages
...impartially to be punifhed *36with death ; but it mud be remembered, that it is an accufation eafily to be made, and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accofed, tho' never fo innocent: therefore, a wife jury will be cautious upon trials of offences of...
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Historia Placitorum Coronæ: The History of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume 1

Matthew Hale, Sir Matthew Hale - 1800 - 686 pages
...impartially to be punifhed with death ; but it muft be remembered, that it is an accufation eafily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accufed, tho never fo innocent. . 541* liban I (hall never forget a trial befóte myfelf of a rape...
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Principles and Practice of Naval and Military Courts Martial: With ..., Volume 1

John M'Arthur - 1805 - 494 pages
...rape may be applied to the other more deteftable offence, that it is an accufation eafily to be made, hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accufed though ever fo innocent *. If the party, as laid down by Lord Hale, on whom the .offence of...
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A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume 1

Edward Hyde East - 1806 - 556 pages
...therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death: but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made, and hard to...harder to be defended by the party accused, though ever so innocent. And there- i Hale, 633. fore, says he, though the party ravished be in law a com-4Blac.Com.213....
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The New Virginia Justice, Comprising the Office and Authority of a Justice ...

William Waller Hening - 1810 - 710 pages
...therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered, that it is an accusation easily to be made, and hard to...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent. Therefore a wise jury will be cautious upon trials of offences of this nature, that they be not so...
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The Asiatic Annual Register, Or, A View of the History of ..., Volume 11

Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - 1811 - 662 pages
...crime, and, therefore, ought impartially to be punished with death j but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made, and hard to...harder to be defended by the party accused, though ever so innocent." " And therefore," says he, " though the party injured be in law a competent witness,...
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The Asiatic Annual Register, Or, A View of the History of ..., Volume 11

Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - 1811 - 652 pages
...crime, and, therefore, ought impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made, and hard to...proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, thong!] ever so innocent." " And therefore," says he, " though the party injured be in law a competent...
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A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the ..., Volume 2, Part 2

Joseph Chitty - 1819 - 542 pages
...which it will always be safe to observe. Lord Hale lays down that this accusation is easily to be made, hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, notwithstanding his innocence; and he adduces some striking instances within his own knowledge where...
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A Dissertation Shewing that the House of Lords, in Cases of Judicature, are ...

Edward Christian - 1820 - 148 pages
...therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death ; but it must be remembered, that it is an accusation easily to be made, and hard to...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent. " I shall never forget a trial before myself of a rape in the County of Sussex. " There * 7 Will. III....
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A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 1

William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 pages
...therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death : but it must be remembered, that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent." (s; He then mentions two remarkable cases of malicious prosecution for this crime that had come within...
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