| Sir Michael Foster - Accomplices - 1792 - 502 pages
...cafes he is not obliged to retreat, but may purfue his K«l. 1*8,1:9. adverfary till he findeth himfelf out of danger, and if in a conflict between them he happeneth to kill, fuch killing is juftifiable. The right of felf-defence in thefe cafes is founded in the law of nature,... | |
| Sir Michael Foster - Accomplices - 1792 - 504 pages
...cafes he is not obliged to retreat, but may purfue his Rcl. 118,1:9. advcrfary till he nndeth himfelf out of danger, and if in a conflict between them he happeneth to kill, fuch killing is juftifiable. The right of felf-defence in thefe cafes is founded in the law of nature,... | |
| Leonard MacNally - Evidence, Criminal - 1802 - 316 pages
...In thefe cafes he is not obliged to retreat, but may purfue his adverfary until he findeth himfelf out of danger, and if in a conflict between them he happeneth to kill, fuch killing is juftifia* We. Foft. 273, 274. I Hawk. PC 6 Edit. 122. I Hale P. €.481, 484. A. makes... | |
| Sir Michael Foster - Accomplices - 1809 - 504 pages
...felony upon either. In these cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue his Kei. iss, 129. adversary till he findeth himself out of danger, and...he happeneth to kill, such killing is justifiable. The right of self-defence in these cases is founded in the law of nature, and is not, nor can be, superseded... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1824 - 594 pages
...either. In these cases he is not obliged to re- ble and treat, but may pursue his adversary till he finds himself out of danger ; and if, in a conflict between them, he happens to kill, such killing is justifiable, (d) But it has been holden, that this rule docs not apply... | |
| Nathan Dane - Law - 1824 - 726 pages
...upon either. In these cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue his adversary till he finds himself out of danger, and if in a conflict between them, he happens to kill, such killing is justifiable. The right of self-defence in these cases is founded in... | |
| Edmund Hayes - Criminal law - 1837 - 758 pages
...upon either. In these cases he is not obliged to retreat, but may pursue his adversary till he finds himself out of danger, and if in a conflict between them he happen to kill, such killing is justifiable. Fust. 273. In case of an attempted robbery or murder,... | |
| Peleg Whitman Chandler - Law - 1841 - 462 pages
...says, in the case of justifiable self-defence, the injured party may repel force with force, in defence of his person, habitation, or property, against one...he happeneth to kill, such killing is justifiable. The injured person may repel force by force against any who endeavor to commit any kind of felony on... | |
| Dueling - 1846 - 110 pages
...defence of his person, habitation, or properly, against one who manifestly intendeth and endeavoreth by violence or surprise to commit a known felony upon...he happeneth to kill, such killing is justifiable. " The right of self-defence in these cases is founded in the law of nature, and is not, nor can be,... | |
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