| Lord John Maclaurin Dreghorn, Scotland. High Court of Justiciary - 1774 - 840 trang
...fancy we have a law on which we " can rely, and fmd at laft, that this law mall inffict a punifhment " precedent to the promulgation, and try us by maxims unheard of " till the very moment of the profccution. If I fail on the Thames, " and fplit my veftel on an anchor, in cafe there be no buoy... | |
| William Russell - 1789 - 598 trang
...we have a law on which we can rely, and «' find at laft, that this law fhall inflicl a punifhment " precedent to the promulgation, and try us by maxims «* unheard of till the very moment of profecution. If •' I fail on the Thames, and fplit my veflel on an an" chor ; in cafe there be no... | |
| Daniel Holt - 1794 - 182 trang
...have a law on •' which we can rely, and find at laft, that this law fhall inflict a *' puniflimetit precedent to the promulgation, and try us by maxims " unheard of till the very moment of the pfofecution. If 1 fail on " the Thames, and fplitfny veflirl on an anclior; in cafe there be •' no... | |
| Joseph Gurney - 1795 - 480 trang
...fancy we have " a law on which we can rely, and fmd at laft, that this law " fhall inffict a punifhment precedent to the promulgation, and " try us by maxims unheard of till the very moment of the pro" fecution. If I fail on the Thames, and fplit my veffel on an " anchor; in cafe there be no buoy... | |
| 1795 - 472 trang
...fancy we have " a law on which we can rely, and find at laft, that this law w mall inflict a punimment precedent to the promulgation, and " try us by maxims unheard of till the very moment of the pro" fccution. If I fail on the Thames, and fplit my veflel on an " anchor ; in cafe there be no buoy... | |
| William Russell - 1802 - 542 trang
...try us by maxims unheard of until the •' very moment of prosecution. If I sail on the Thames, *1 and split my vessel on an anchor ; in case there be no buoy " to give me warning, the party shall pay me damages : but " if the anchor be marked out, then is the striking... | |
| David Hume - 1812 - 604 trang
...to the arbi" trary will of a master j than fancy we have a law *' on which we can rely, and find at last, that this " law shall inflict a punishment precedent...unheard of " till the very moment of the prosecution. If 1 sail " on the Thames, and split my vessel on an anchor ; " in case there be no buoy to give warning,... | |
| Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1818 - 732 trang
...on which we can rely, and find at last, that this law shall inflict n punishment precedent to th<: promulgation, and try us by maxims unheard of till the very moment of the prosecution. Where is the mark set upon this crime? Where the token l>y which I should discover it? It has lain... | |
| John Macdiarmid - 1820 - 468 trang
...himself secure in his innocence ? And in what is law preferable to the will of an arbitrary master ? If I sail on the Thames, and split my vessel on an anchor, should there be no buoy to give me warning, the owner shall pay me damages : but if it be marked out,... | |
| Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain) - 1821 - 116 trang
...appear till it " burst out at once to consume me ? If I sail on the " Thames," said that noble Lord, " and split my " vessel on an anchor, in case there be no buoy to " give me warning, the party shall pay me damages. " But if the anchor be marked out, then is the " striking... | |
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