单词 | petty jury |
例句 | The petty jury simply moved that forward - a group of 12 people were now being asked to determine guilt. When court really was like Game of Thrones 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z It was a charge of O'Grady's, that Harry told me,—a charge to one of those petty juries that, he says, never will go right, do what you may. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z A petition was signed by many of the grand jury, as well as the petty jury, in her behalf, and strong hopes were entertained of a reprieve. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The grand and petty juries of the common law are means of information, and nothing more. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The east apartment is appropriated to the governor and council, when sitting; at other times for the use of the grand jury, or petty juries in criminal causes. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z But on 26 January, 1219, King Henry III issued an edict - the trial by petty jury was born in England. When court really was like Game of Thrones 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Thus the modern system of inquiry by grand jury and trial by petty jury was gradually developed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z On the trial before the petty jury the procedure and the rules of evidence differ in very few points from an ordinary civil case. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" What a pity that the fugitive slave bill judge was not himself the grand-jury, to order the indictment! what a shame that the attorney was not a petty jury to convict! The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence A writ was issued for the return of a petty jury the following day. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Thus, while Judge Pedder ruled that the petty juries were illegal, at New South Wales they were sitting under the sanction of the then superior authority. The History of Tasmania, Volume I So were a large majority of the petty jury by whom he was tried. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion He would be a good neighbour if he did not destroy so many partridges: in short, he is a very sensible man; shoots flying; and has been several times foreman of the petty jury. The De Coverley Papers From 'The Spectator' It then became the custom in England to choose a petty jury, acquainted with the facts, whoch confirmed or denied the accusations brought by the grand jury. The Leading Facts of English History A petty jury return a verdict of guilty. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. A grand jury presented the drummer for trial, on a charge of witchcraft, but the petty jury would not convict, there being a want of evidence to prove threats, malum minatum, by the drummer. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Thus arose the "petty jury," an institution which nearly all European peoples have borrowed from England. Early European History The petty juries went and came, occupied with several minor homicide cases. The Call of the Cumberlands These witnesses appeared before the petty jury and testified for or against the party accused. The Leading Facts of English History On the twenty-six bills that were found, three persons only were pronounced guilty by the petty jury, and these three received their pardon from the government. Lives of the Necromancers He thinks they should—as they are allowed to sit on petty juries. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II Explain the difference between a grand jury and a trial, or petty jury. Early European History The second year he was made overseer of the road, and served on two petty juries, performing as a citizen all the duties required of him. Letters from an American Farmer When this petty jury could not agree, the decision of a majority was sometimes accepted. The Leading Facts of English History There was no lack of judges, and grand juries, and petty juries, and executioners, and still less of prosecutors and witnesses. Lives of the Necromancers The only way in which Hampden and Pym could legally be tried for treason at the suit of the King, was by a petty jury on a bill found by a grand jury. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 |
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