A Manual of the English Constitution: With a Review of Its Rise, Growth, and Present StateJohn Murray, 1859 - 588 Seiten |
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... punishment in which we may recognize the features of our present penal system . Egbert , King of Wessex , succeeded in making the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy subordinate to his own . But , according to modern historians , it was not ...
... punishment in which we may recognize the features of our present penal system . Egbert , King of Wessex , succeeded in making the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy subordinate to his own . But , according to modern historians , it was not ...
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... punishment and revenge , to the relatives of a person slain under circumstances which now constitute manslaughter ... punished with death . To keep crime in check , the people were yielding work , not rent , and was therefore called his ...
... punishment and revenge , to the relatives of a person slain under circumstances which now constitute manslaughter ... punished with death . To keep crime in check , the people were yielding work , not rent , and was therefore called his ...
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... punished ; and the repression of outrage and crime was so complete , that it was boasted that a man could travel with gold , unprotected , throughout the land , without fear of robbery or injury.2 The Norman , or French , language was ...
... punished ; and the repression of outrage and crime was so complete , that it was boasted that a man could travel with gold , unprotected , throughout the land , without fear of robbery or injury.2 The Norman , or French , language was ...
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... punishment for crimes , even of the deepest dye . To assist him in his scheme , he raised up the celebrated Thomas à Becket to be Archbishop of Canterbury , and Primate of England ; expecting from his gratitude and his loyalty full co ...
... punishment for crimes , even of the deepest dye . To assist him in his scheme , he raised up the celebrated Thomas à Becket to be Archbishop of Canterbury , and Primate of England ; expecting from his gratitude and his loyalty full co ...
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... punished by amputa- tion of the right foot . Pecuniary commutation for crimes 1 Brady's History of England ( 1685 ) , Appendix , p . 382. Hume's History , vol . i . ch . 8 . was thus in effect abolished ; and Henry discouraged ,
... punished by amputa- tion of the right foot . Pecuniary commutation for crimes 1 Brady's History of England ( 1685 ) , Appendix , p . 382. Hume's History , vol . i . ch . 8 . was thus in effect abolished ; and Henry discouraged ,
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