 | Joseph Townsend - Despotism - 1781 - 342 pages
...gentlemen of the beft figure in the county, returned by the fheriff to the court, are bound to enquire upon their oaths, whether there be fufficient caufe to call upon the party to anfwer the indictment. When they have heard the evidence for the profecution, if they think it agroundAND... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 528 pages
...the profecution : for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accufation, which is afterwards to be tried and determined ; and...there be fufficient caufe to call upon the party to anfwer it. A grand jury however ought to be thoroughly perfuaded of the truth of an indictment, fo... | |
 | Ireland. Parliament - Catholic emancipation - 1793 - 430 pages
...profecution ; ••fbi finding " an indictment, is^only in the nature of an enquiry *e or accufation, which is afterwards to be tried and " determined ; and the grand jury are only to en•*' quire upon their oaths, whether there be fufficient " caufe to call upon the party to anfwer... | |
 | Ireland. Parliament - Catholic emancipation - 1793 - 430 pages
...profecution; ,foi finding " an indiftrnent, is^only in the nature of an enquiry * c or accufation, which is afterwards to be tried and " determined ; and the grand jury are only to en" quke upon their oaths, whether there be fufficient " caufe to call upon the party to anfwer it;"... | |
 | Ireland. Parliament - Catholic emancipation - 1793 - 426 pages
...accufation, which is afterwards to be tried and " determined j and the grand jury are only to en*' quire upon their oaths, whether there be fufficient ** caufe to call upon the party to anfwer it ;" Thus it is evident, that a grand jury tries no man, and gives no verdifl. Catholics have... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...the profecution : for the finding of an indiâment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accufation, which is afterwards to be tried and determined ; and...there be fufficient caufe to call upon the party to anfweir it. A. grand jury, however, ought to be thoroughly perfuaded of the truth of an indictment,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 620 pages
...the profecution : for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accufation, which is afterwards to be tried and determined ; and...only to inquire upon their oaths, whether there be fuffkient caufc to call upon the party to anfwer it. A grand jury however ought to be thoroughly perfuaded... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1810 - 722 pages
...the prosecution : for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accusation, which is afterwards to be tried and determined ; and...only to inquire upon their oaths, whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer it. A grand jury however ought to be thoroughly persuaded... | |
 | 1793 - 624 pages
...cat'-olic parent, for portion and maintenance, fincc the only in the nature of an enquiry or accufation, which is afterwards to be tried and determined ; and the grand jury are only to enquire upon their oaths, whether there be fufEcient caufc to call upon the party to anfwcr it." Thus... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 764 pages
...the profecution : for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accufation, which is afterwards to be tried and determined ; and...there be fufficient caufe to call upon the party to anfwer it. A grand ju/y, however, ought to be thoroughly perTuaded of the truth of an indidtment, fo... | |
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... the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accusation, which is afterwards to be tried and determined ; and the grand jury are only to inquire upon their oaths whether there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer... 
