The Trial of Mungo Campbell, Before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, for the Murder of Alexander Earl of Eglintoun. ...D. Wilson and G. Nicol; and Robinson and Roberts, 1770 - 111 pages |
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... statute law , collected together in that book , though it is remarkable that all the other jurifdictions in Scotland are particularly treated of and defcribed ; for example , the juftice court , the fheriff court , regality courts ...
... statute law , collected together in that book , though it is remarkable that all the other jurifdictions in Scotland are particularly treated of and defcribed ; for example , the juftice court , the fheriff court , regality courts ...
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... Statute Law abridged ) that the deans of guild , of burghs , and water- baillies were in thofe days the judges in ... statutes , is in parliament 1592 , cap . 160. of the fmail edition ; and from this act it appears , that in the ...
... Statute Law abridged ) that the deans of guild , of burghs , and water- baillies were in thofe days the judges in ... statutes , is in parliament 1592 , cap . 160. of the fmail edition ; and from this act it appears , that in the ...
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... statute , making the jurifdiction of the common - law courts cumula- tive with it , neither of which was the cafe here . Secondly , a fecond proof from the nature of jurisdiction , is , that the writ of no other court can be executed in ...
... statute , making the jurifdiction of the common - law courts cumula- tive with it , neither of which was the cafe here . Secondly , a fecond proof from the nature of jurisdiction , is , that the writ of no other court can be executed in ...
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... believed he had a right to feize it , by the fame rule the earl might have been juftified for killing the pannel , in attempting to come upon the earl's lands againft his will . Your Your lordships know that , by the statute 1686 , [ 84 ]
... believed he had a right to feize it , by the fame rule the earl might have been juftified for killing the pannel , in attempting to come upon the earl's lands againft his will . Your Your lordships know that , by the statute 1686 , [ 84 ]
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Mungo Campbell. Your lordships know that , by the statute 1686 , it is lawful . for every proprietor or poffeffor of lands , brevi manu , to poind the cattle found upon his grounds , and detain them , until he be paid half a merk for ...
Mungo Campbell. Your lordships know that , by the statute 1686 , it is lawful . for every proprietor or poffeffor of lands , brevi manu , to poind the cattle found upon his grounds , and detain them , until he be paid half a merk for ...
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Act of Indemnity admiral admiral's affiftance affize againſt alfo anſwer apprehend Ardroffan becauſe cafe cafu cafual capital Caufa caufes circumftances coach commiffion committed confequence counſel county of Air court of jufticiary crime criminal death deceafed declared defence defired deponent diftinction earl of Eglintoun earl's eſtabliſhed excufable faid Mungo Campbell fame feize fent fervants fhall fhoot fhot fhould fhow firft firſt flain flaughter flayer fome foon forefaid forethought felony ftated ftatute ftill fubject fuch fudden fuddenty fufficient fuppofed grounds guilty himſelf homicide indictment inftance injury judges juftice juftifiable jurifdiction kill laft law of England libel lord Eglintoun Lord Stair Lordship maritime moft moſt muft murder muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffage paffion pannel perfon poffeffion prefent premeditated prifoner privative profecutors provocation puniſhment purfuers purpoſe queftion reafon ſaid Saltcoats Scotland ſhoot ſtate thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion Tolbooth trefpaffer uſe words wound
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Page 117 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 116 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 52 - And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer ; he shall not be guilty of blood...
Page 51 - And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Page 90 - And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand ; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Page 50 - As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die ; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live...
Page 84 - no man," says the learned judge Foster, "under the protection of the law is to be the avenger of his own wrongs. If they are of such a nature for which the laws of society will give him an adequate remedy, thither he ought to resort. But be they of what nature soever, he ought to bear his lot with patience, and remember that vengeance belongeth to the Most High.
Page 114 - But if the process be defective in the frame of it, as if there be a mistake in the name or addition of the person on whom it is to be executed, or if the name of such person, or...
Page 2 - All which, or part thereof, being found proven by the verdict of an Assize, or admitted by...