| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 652 pages
...singularity : — " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will — if ihe be a wife, he must suffer the law for her; if she...shall give her a rope, a sword, and a ring, and she Shu)/ have her choice, either to hang with the rope, cut off his head with the sword, or marry him... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 650 pages
...constraint, or force her against her will—if «he lie i u-ifc, he must suffer the law for her : if she be 3 maid, or single woman, the Deemster shall give her a rope, a sword, and a ring, and srlt shall have her choice, either to hang with the rope, cut off his head with the sword, or marry... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 654 pages
...Isle are the following, which merit attention, from their singularity : — " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will — if she be a tt'//e, he must suffer the law for her : if she be a maid, or single woman, the Deemster shall give... | |
| 1806 - 550 pages
...»re the following, which merit attention, from their singularity : — "4f If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will — if...have her choice, either to hang with the rope, cut o^his head with the sword, or marry him with the ring..' In any prosagution under this law, the criminal... | |
| George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 pages
...a farce is I LAW AGAINST RAVISHERS. " If any man take a woman," fays one law of the Isle of Man, " by constraint, or force her against her will, if she...her: if she be a maid or single woman, the deemster or judge shall give her a rope, a sword, and a ring ; and she shall have her choice, either to hang... | |
| James Johnson - 1811 - 264 pages
...heinous crime alluded to, by the following wild and uncivilized ordinance, viz. " If any man take a woman by constraint , or force her against her will, if...sword, and a ring ; and she shall have her choice, to hang with the rope, cut off" his head with the sword, or marry him with the ring." The great Lord... | |
| The treasury of wit and anecdote - 1842 - 336 pages
...ABDUCTION AND FORESIGHT. BY an ancient law of the Isle of Man, if a man takes a woman by restraint ; if she be a wife, he must suffer the law for her ; if she be a single woman, the deemster shall give her a rope, a sword, or a ring, and she shall have her choice,... | |
| Matthew Glover, Suetonius M. Tod - 1868 - 290 pages
...choice of punishment lay with the injured party : " If any Man takes a woman by Constraint, if she be a single woman, the Deemster shall give her a Rope, a Sword, and a Ring, and then shall have her choice to hang him with the Rope, cut off his Head with the Sword, or marry him... | |
| 1869 - 634 pages
...among the old Manx "Temporal Customary Laws," AD 1577, is the following : — " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will, if she...she be a maid or single woman, the Deemster shall gire her a rope, a sword, and a ring ; and she shall have her choice to hang with the r»pe, cut off... | |
| Sidney John Hervon Herrtage - 1879 - 610 pages
...the old Manx " Temporal Customary Laws," 1577, occurs the following :— " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will, if she...he must suffer the law for her. If she be a maid or a single woman, the Deemster shall give her a rope, a sword, and a ring: and she shall have her choice... | |
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