| John Wade - 1833 - 674 pages
...following extract from Mr. Palgrave's Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth, pp. 243-4 : " Trial by jury, according to the old English law, was...different from the modern tribunal, still bearing the ancient name, by which it has been replaced ; and whatever merits belonged to the original mode of... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1856 - 446 pages
...generality and fulness of Sir Francis Palgrave's statements can be found in any earlier work than his own. " Trial by jury, according to the old English law, was...— and they were great and unquestionable, though ciccompanied by many imperfections — such benefits are not to be exactly identified with the advantages... | |
| Robert Vaughan - 1859 - 668 pages
...acquired substance, and of their persons. The differed materially from that now assigned to them. ' Trial by jury, according to the old English law, was...different from the modern tribunal still bearing the ancient name, by which it has been replaced ; and whatever merits belong to the original mode of judicial... | |
| Robert Vaughan - 1860 - 596 pages
...function of jurors, moreover, in those days, differed materially from that now assigned to them. . Trial by jury, according to the old English law, was...different from the modern tribunal still bearing the ancient name, by which it has been replaced ; and whatever merits belong to the original mode of jndicial... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1860 - 448 pages
...and fulness of Sir Francis 1'algrave's statements can be found in any earlier work than his own. " Trial by jury, according to the old English law, was a proceeding essentially different from the modem tribunal, still bearing the same nam«, by which it has been replaced ; and whatever merits belonged... | |
| 1862 - 802 pages
...jury, because he is in the nature of a juror:" 1 In?t. 66. "Trial by jury," says Sir Francis Palgrave, "according to the old English law, was a proceeding...different from the modern tribunal still bearing the ancient name, by which it his been replaced, and whatever merits belonged to the original mode of judicial... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1863 - 414 pages
...generality and fulness of Sir Francis Palgrave's statements can be found in any earlier work than his own. " Trial by jury, according to the old English law, was...whatever merits belonged to the original mode of judicial investigation—and they were great and unquestionable, though accompanied by many imperfections —... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1871 - 672 pages
...f*ays Sir V. Pal^Tave, " according to the old English law, wus a proceeding essentially different frum the modern tribunal, still bearing the same name, by which It has been replaced. Jurymen In the present day are triers wf the Issue : they are Individuals who fuund their opinion upon... | |
| Nebraska. Supreme Court - 1873 - 546 pages
...their own knowledge." Palgrave, in his " History of the English Commonwealth," vol. ip 243, says, " Trial by jury, according to the old English law, was...by which it has been replaced; and, whatever merits beBRITTLE v. THE longed to the original mode of judicial investigation. — and they wore great and... | |
| 1917 - 498 pages
...We know, too, that upon to be summoned as jurors, joined in the inquest, and united in the verdict. Trial by jury, according to the old English law, was...different from the modern tribunal still bearing the ancient name, by which it has been replaced, and whatever merits belonged to the original mode of judicial... | |
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