 | Great Britain - 1737 - 598 pages
...out of doubt, we have the " Suffrage of that Oracle of Law, LITTLETON, who ** in his ^Tenures, Seft. 368. declares, that if a JURY " will ta'ke upon Them...*• upon the Matter, They may ; which is agreed to like" wile by Coke, in his Comment thereupon. And " therefore it is falfe to fay, that the Jury hath... | |
 | London (England) - 1757 - 616 pages
...judge, whether fuch a fact was done in the manner, or with the intent complained of? for, Littleton declares, That if a jury will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may. Therefore in all cafes the witnefles are ordered to direct their fpeech to the jury j they being the... | |
 | Books - 1765 - 600 pages
...'Judge Lyttelton, in his Tenures, $. 386. declares, " that if a jury will take upon them the knowlege of the law, upon the matter they may," which is agreed to by Lord Coke "in his Com. thereupon: and Sir Matt. Kale (e) fays, " that the jury are judges not only... | |
 | Giles Duncombe - Forms (Law) - 1766 - 378 pages
...Alfo in fuch Cafe where the Inqueft may General give their Verdict at large, if they will take ^"d^ 68 upon them the Knowledge of the Law upon^/,^ " the Matter, they may give their Verdict ge- court cannot nerally, as is put in their Charge j as in the rerufe a geneCafe... | |
 | William Smith (M.D.) - Great Britain - 1771 - 508 pages
...has an action of damages againft the judge for fo doing. The great judge Littleton, in his Tenures, declares, That if a jury will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may, which is alfo agreed to by lord ' 'Coke, in his commentary upon the Tenures. And Sir M. Hale fays, That the... | |
 | Edward Wynne - Constitutional law - 1785 - 348 pages
...themfelves an hundred times, that Jurors are Judges of the Law as Well as the Fact. — " If they '«« will take upon them the knowledge " of the Law upon the matter, they " may give their verdict generally, as '« is put in their charge." But does ppt the Judge betray his truft,... | |
 | Ralph Heathcote - Anecdotes - 1786 - 354 pages
...the * fa£t brought before them "'." 'On the other hand, Littleton' in his Tenures exprefsly fays, that, " if a Jury will take upon •«« them the knowledge of the law upon the •" matter, they may1*°:"- to which Lord Coke agrees, m his comment thereupon.- And indeed it is not eafy to conceive,... | |
 | Earl Charles Stanhope Stanhope - Jury - 1792 - 178 pages
...Cafe, " where the Inqueft," (that is to fay, the Jury) " may give their Verdict at large, if they " will take upon them the Knowledge of the *" 'Law upon the Matter, they may give their " Verdict generally, as is put in their Charge.'* , And the Law as thus laid down by Littleton,... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke - Land tenure - 1794 - 588 pages
...kffec, Ms voilent, £sV . LSO in fuch cafe where the enqucft may give their verdiJ:i at large, if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may give their verduSt generally, as is put in their charge ; as irr the cafe aforefaid they may well fay,... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1797 - 842 pages
...although the judge be miftaken, yet the jury (hall not be liable to attaint. L,. Raym. But if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may { yet it is dangerous, for if they mi (lake the law, they run into the danger of an, attaint ; therefore... | |
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Also in such case where the inquest may give their verdict at large, if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may give their verdict generally as it is put in their charge... 
