 | Sir Edward Coke - 1656 - 952 halaman
...bieu Dire, que le •HeflbjneDüTetfapasi' ALfo in fuch cafe where the Enqueft may give their verdift at large, if they will take upon them the knowledge of the Law vpon the matter,they may give their verdid generally as is put in their cherge,as in the cafe afofefaid... | |
 | 1737 - 598 halaman
...Suffrage of that Oracle of Law, LITTLETON, who ** in his ^Tenures, Seft. 368. declares, that if a JURY " will ta'ke upon Them the Knowledge of the LAW *• upon the Matter, They may ; which is agreed to like" wile by Coke, in his Comment thereupon. And " therefore it is falfe to fay,... | |
 | 1757 - 616 halaman
...fact was done in the manner, or with the intent complained of? for, Littleton declares, That if a jury will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may. Therefore in all cafes the witnefles are ordered to direct their fpeech to the jury j they being the... | |
 | Giles Duncombe - 1766 - 378 halaman
...Alfo in fuch Cafe where the Inqueft may General give their Verdict at large, if they will take ^"d^ 68 upon them the Knowledge of the Law upon^/,^ " the Matter, they may give their Verdict ge- court cannot nerally, as is put in their Charge j as in the rerufe a geneCafe aforefaid, they may... | |
 | William Smith (M.D.) - 1771 - 508 halaman
...againft the judge for fo doing. The great judge Littleton, in his Tenures, declares, That if a jury will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may, which is alfo agreed to by lord ' 'Coke, in his commentary upon the Tenures. And Sir M. Hale fays,... | |
 | Edward Wynne - 1785 - 348 halaman
...contradicting themfelves an hundred times, that Jurors are Judges of the Law as Well as the Fact. — " If they '«« will take upon them the knowledge "...verdict generally, as '« is put in their charge." But does ppt the Judge betray his truft, in not telling them how the Law is ? If he does not tell them,... | |
 | Edward Wynne - 1785 - 350 halaman
...Jurors are Judges of the Law as well as the Fact. *— " If they "will take upon them the knowledge td of the Law upon the matter, they " may give their verdict generally, as " is put in their charge." But does npt the Judge betray his truft, in not telling telling them how the Law is ? If he does not... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1785 - 164 halaman
...at this rate, be * bound to find him guilty Y / LITTLETON fays, * In fuch cafe where ' the inqueft may give their verdict at large, ' if they will take upon them the know' ledge of the law upon the matter, they * may give their verdict generally as is put * in their... | |
 | Ralph Heathcote - 1786 - 354 halaman
...brought before them "'." 'On the other hand, Littleton' in his Tenures exprefsly fays, that, " if a Jury will take upon •«« them the knowledge of the law upon the •" matter, they may1*°:"- to which Lord Coke agrees, m his comment thereupon.- And indeed it is not eafy to conceive,... | |
 | John Stockdale, Joseph Gurney - 1790 - 252 halaman
...is exprefsly laid down by Lyttleton in the 368th feclion. " Alfo in fuch ct cafe where the inqueil may give their verdict ** at large, if they will take upon them the " knowledge of the law upon the mat" ter, they may give their verdicl generally " as it is put in their charge : as in the cafe '*... | |
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Also in such case where the inquest " may give their verdict at large, if they will take upon " them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they "may give their verdict generally as it is put in their 
