 | Frederic William Maitland - 1885 - 194 pages
...ancient origin. From the twelfth •.? century onwards the King's judges were sent through the country to inquire, by the oath of good and lawful men of the neighbourhood, concerning crimes committed within that neighbourhood. The representatives of the neighbourhood... | |
 | James Newton Fiero - 1887 - 772 pages
...York to Charles 0. Sahier, of the county of Ulster, greeting : Know ye that wo have assigned to you to inquire, by the oath of good and lawful men of the county of Ulster, by whom the truth of the matter may be better known, whether Cornelia DuBois, of... | |
 | Great Britain. State Trials Committee - 1888 - 752 pages
...being amongst others in the said letters patent named our said Lord the King willed should be one) to inquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the County of Stirling of all high treasons and misprisions of high treason within the county aforesaid... | |
 | Redruth, Eng. (Parish) - 1894 - 256 pages
...the I5th year of our reign directed to our Sheriff of the County of Cornwall it was commanded that by the oath of good and lawful men of the said County by whom the truth of the matter might be better known he should diligently inquire if it would be to... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1906 - 870 pages
...contradicted. "The court of oyer and terminer is the highest court of criminal jurisdiction, and has power 'to inquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the same county, of all crimes and misdemeanors committed or triable in such county ; and to hear and determine... | |
 | Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn - 1898 - 684 pages
...the said Statute in Levying War against our said present Sovereign Lord the King within his Healm and to inquire by the Oath of good and lawful men of the same Countv of all such High Treasons in Levying War against our said present Sovereign Lord the King... | |
 | Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn - 1898 - 692 pages
...the said Statutein Levying War against our said present Sovereign Lord the King within his Healm and to inquire by the Oath of good and lawful men of the same Countv of all such High Treasons in Levying War against our said present Sovereign Lord the King... | |
 | John Begley - 1906 - 620 pages
...kingdom, to the said Sir Francis Aungier and Sir John Davis directed ; and to this inquisition annexed, by the oath of good and lawful men of the said county of Limerick, whose names do follow, viz. : — Henry Barkley, of Ballycahan, gentleman ; James Rawly,... | |
 | Hugh Edward Egerton, William Lawson Grant - 1907 - 506 pages
...King's Bench, and another to the court of Common Pleas. The commission to the court of King's Bench is to inquire, by the oath of good and lawful men of the country, into all crimes, causes of action, and upon issue ; jumbling together the criminal and civil... | |
 | Ohio. Courts - 1907 - 710 pages
...contradicted. "The court of oyer and terminer is the highest court of criminal jurisdiction, and has power 'to inquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the same county, of all crimes and misdemeanors committed or triable in such county; and to hear and determine... | |
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