 If the question were to be put as to the knowledge of the accused solely and exclusively with reference to the law of the land, it might tend to confound the jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4931850Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1844 - 500 pages
...jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land was essential in order to lead to a conviction, whereas the law is...without proof that he does know it. If the accused were conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if that act was at the same time... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Criminal law - 1847 - 774 pages
...confound the jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law was essential in order to lead to a conviction ; whereas the law is...without proof that he does know it. If the accused were conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if that act was: at the same time... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Pleas of the crown - 1847 - 784 pages
...confound the jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law was essential in were conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if thbt act was at the same time... | |
 | William Freeman, Benjamin Franklin Hall - Insanity (Law) - 1848 - 510 pages
...jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land was essential in order to lead to a conviction; whereas, the law is administered upon the principle that every one mu«t be taken conclusively to know it, without proof that he does know it. If the accused was conscious... | |
 | Law - 1855 - 736 pages
...jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land was essential in order to lead to a conviction ; whereas the law is...that he does know it. If the accused was conscious Him the act was one which he ought not to do, and if the act was at the same time contrary to the law... | |
 | Edward Hazen Parker - Medicine - 1851 - 694 pages
...jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land was essential in order to lead to a conviction, whereas the law is...conscious that the act was one which he ought not todo, and if that act was at the same time contrary to the law of the land, he is punishable; and the... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1851 - 552 pages
...jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land was essential in order to lead to a conviction, whereas the law is...If the accused was conscious that the act was one whirh he ought not to do, and if that act was at the same time contrary to the law of the land, he... | |
 | Asa Kinne - Courts - 1852 - 392 pages
...jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land was essential in order to lead to a conviction, whereas the law is...taken conclusively to know it, without proof that ho does know it. If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do and if... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1854 - 784 pages
...Jury, by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land was essential in order to lead to a conviction ; whereas the law is...without proof that he does know it If the accused were conscious that the act was one which he ought not to do, and if that act was at the same time... | |
 | Hugh Barclay - Justices of the peace - 1855 - 998 pages
...the jury by inducing them to believe that an actual knowledge of the law of the land was essential in order to lead to a conviction, whereas the law is...that every one must be taken conclusively to know it. If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ou^ht not to do, and if that act was at... | |
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