 that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity,' did not extend to the surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street in a fit.  The Federal Reporter - Page 3371922Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1883 - 552 pages
...referred to by Blackstone, in which it was held, although not until after long debate, that the Bologniau law, which enacted that " whoever drew blood in the...punished with the utmost severity," did not extend to a surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down iu the street with a fit. The same author... | |
 | Law - 1883 - 548 pages
...referred to by Blackstone, in which it was held, although not un til after long debate, that the Bologuiau law, which enacted that " whoever drew blood in the...punished with the utmost severity," did not extend to a surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street with a fit. The same author... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1872 - 776 pages
...deviate from the received sense of them. Therefore the Bolognian law, mentioned by Puflèndorf, (p ) which enacted " that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity," was held after long debate not to extend to the surgeon, who opened the vein of a person that fell... | |
 | L. B. Horrigan, Seymour Dwight Thompson - Self-defense (Law) - 1874 - 1132 pages
...absurd consequences, upon the same principle that it was decided, after long debate, that the Bolognian law, which enacted that, whoever drew blood in the...of a person that fell down in the street in a fit. felony, as it undoubtedly is, and yet, if you fail to kill him, you subject yourself to the penalty... | |
 | Law - 1921 - 510 pages
...letter. The common sense of the man approves the judgment mentioned by Putfendorf, that the Bolognian law, which enacted 'that whoever drew blood in the...severity,' did not extend to the surgeon who opened a vein of a person that fell down in the street in a fit. The same common sense accepts the ruling,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1875 - 776 pages
...within the strict letter of the statute, but it is no more within the reason and spirit of it than the law which enacted that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity, when it was held that law did not extend to the surgeon who opened the vein of a person that fell down... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 644 pages
...Susquehanna booms. The common sense of man approves the judgment mentioned by Puffendorf, that the Bolognian law which enacted "that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the and general terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression,... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1875 - 860 pages
...deviate from the received sense of them. Therefore the Bolognian law, mentioned by Puffendorf,(jtA which enacted '' that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished witn the utmost severity," was held after long debate not to extend to the surgeon who opened the vein... | |
 | William Henry Burroughs - Local taxation - 1877 - 970 pages
...told that laws are not to bs construed literally, and the illustration is that of the Bolognian law, " that whoever drew blood in the streets, should be punished with the utmost severity," which, we are told, was held, after long debate, not to apply to a surgeon who opened the veins of... | |
 | William J. Henry, William Logan Harris - Ecclesiastical law - 1879 - 534 pages
...aptly illustrated by Puffendorf. In speaking of the rules of construction he refers to a Bolognian law which enacted "that whoever drew blood in the...streets should be punished with the utmost severity," but was held, after a long debate, not to extend to the surgeon who opened the vein of a person that... | |
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