 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 468 Seiten
...malice prepense ; but if you do not believe them, then you ought to find him guilty of manslaughter ; and the jury may, if they think proper, give a general verdict of murder or manslaughter ; but if they decline giving a general verdict, and will find the facts specially,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 412 Seiten
...prepense : but if you do " not believe them, then you ought to find him " guilty of manslaughter ; and the Jury may, if they " think proper, give a general verdict of murder " or manslaughter : but if they decline giving a ge" neral verdict, and will find the facts... | |
 | Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 420 Seiten
...prepense : but if you do " not believe them, then you ought to find him " guilty of manslaughter ; and the Jury may, if they " think, proper, give a general verdict of murder " or manslaughter : but if they decline giving a ge" neral verdict, and will find the facts... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1813 - 634 Seiten
...malice prepense : but if you do not be" lieve them, then you ought to find him guilty of man" slaughter; and the Jury may, if they think proper, give a " general verdict of murder or manslaughter: but if they de" dine giving a general verdict, and will find the facts spe"... | |
 | Peyton Randolph, Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1828 - 760 Seiten
...malice prepense; but, if you do not believe them, then you ought to find him guilty of manslaughter, and the jury may, if they think proper, give a general verdict of murder or manslaughter; but, if they decline giving a general verdict, and will find the facts specially,... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1825 - 612 Seiten
...not the jury ; that upon the trial the judge directs the jury, as to the law arising upon the facts, and the jury may, if they think proper, give a general verdict ; or if they find a special verdict, the court is to form their judgment from the facts found, whether... | |
 | George Worthington - 1840 - 72 Seiten
...prisoner guilty of murder ; but if you do not believe those witnesses, then you ought to find him guilty of manslaughter only ; and so, according to the nature...may, if they think proper, give a general verdict; that the prisoner is guilty either of murder or of manslaughter. But if they decline giving a general... | |
 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1849 - 866 Seiten
...not the jury ; that upon the trial the judge directs the jury, as to the law arising upon the facts, and the jury may, if they think proper, give a general verdict ; or if they find a special verdict, the court is to form their judgment from the facts found, whether... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 Seiten
...malice prepense : but if you do not believe them, then you ought to find him guilty of manslaughter ; and the Jury may, if they think proper, give a general verdict of murder or manslaughter : hit if they decline giving a general verdict, and will find the facts specially,... | |
 | 1871 - 224 Seiten
...prisoner guilty of murder ; but if you do not believe those witnesses, then you ought to find him guilty of manslaughter only ; and so, according to the nature...deliberate, and then you ought to find so and so." This completely supports the mode of leaving the case to the jury, which I have last suggested. (IV.)... | |
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... and the jury may, if they think proper, give a general verdict of murder or manslaughter; but if they decline giving a general verdict, and will find the facts, specially, the court is then to form their judgment from the facts found, whether the... 
