 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 528 pages
...indictments. r. FIRST, the plea of auterfoits acquit, or a former acquittal, is grounded on this univerfal maxim of the common law of England, that no man is...into jeopardy of his life, more than once, for the fame offence. And hence it is allowed as a confequence, that when a man is once fairly found not guilty... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...indictments. 1 . Firil, the plea of auterfoiti acquit^ or a former acquittal, is grounded on this univerfal maxim of the common law of England, that no man is...into jeopardy of his life, more than once, for the fame offence. And hence it is allov/ed as a confequence, that, when a man is once fairly found not... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 620 pages
...indictments. I. Wrft the plea of auterfoits acquit, or a former acquittal, is grounded on this univerfal maxim of the common law of England, that no man is...into jeopardy of his life, more than once, for the fame offence. And hence it is allowed as a confequence, that when a man is once fairly found not guilty... | |
 | Thomas Oliver Selfridge - Murder - 1807 - 182 pages
...indictments. " First, the plea auterfoits aeqvit, or a former acquittal, is grounded on this universal maxim of the common law of England, that no man is...of his life, more than once for the same offence. And hence it is allowed as a consequence, that when a man is once foirly found not guilty upon any... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1530 pages
...foits acquit, (says Black., 4th vol., p. 336,) or a former acquittal, is grounded on this universal maxim of the common law of England — that no man...of his life more than once for the same offence." Again : " the plea of autres foils convict, or a former conviction, for the same identical crime, though... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...pardon. 1 . First, the plea of auterfoits acquit, or a former acquittal, is grounded on this universal maxim of the common law of England, that no man is...of his life, more than once, for the same offence. And hence it is allowed as a consequence, that when a man is once fairly found not guilty upon any... | |
 | Nathan Dane - Law - 1824 - 764 pages
...The first of these four pleas, 3 ~ y " auterfoit acquit, is founded on the maxim of the common law, that no man is to be brought into jeopardy of his life more than once for the same offence ; but his life must be once really in jeopardy; hence, if indicted, and discharged, or convicted, and... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 584 pages
...indictments. 1 . FIRST, the plea of autrcfoits acquit, or :i former acquittal, is grounded on this universal maxim of the common law of England, that no man is...of his life, more than once for the same offence. And hence it is allowed as a consequence,' that when u man is once fairly found not guilty upon any... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 576 pages
...indictments. 1. FIRST, the plea of auircfbits acquit, or a former acquittal, is grounded on this universal maxim of the common law of England, that no man is...of his life, more than once for the same offence. And hence it is allowed as u consequence, that when a man is once fairly found not guilty upon any... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...indictments. 1. First, the plea of auterfoits acquit, or a former acquittal, is grounded on this universal maxim of the common law of England, that no man is...of his life, more than once, for the same offence. And hence it is allowed as a consequence, that when a man is once fairly found not guilty upon any... | |
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England, that no man is to be brought into jeopardy of his life, more than once, for the same offence. 
