 | Charles Viner - 1801 - 484 páginas
...flattery of hope or the torture of fear, it comes in fo qutftionable a fhape when it is to be confidered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it ; and therefore it is to be rrjeûed. But facts, whetl.erthe knowledge of them is obtained in confequence of an extorted... | |
 | Leonard MacNally - 1802 - 420 páginas
...flattery of hope or the torture of fear, comes in fo queftionable a fhape, when it is confidered as evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it, and therefore it is rejected. Warrickftair s cafe, Leach. Cr. ca. 2 Ed. 222. 3 Edit. 298. Therefore in THOMAS VAUGHAN'S cafe, before... | |
 | William Dickinson - 1815 - 488 páginas
...and" a confession forced from the mi ml, by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of apprehension, comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be...no credit ought to be given to it ; and therefore confessions so extorted are rejected. However, if any facts_are discovered, in consequence of even... | |
 | William Dickinson - 1820 - 922 páginas
...and a confession forced from the mind, by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of apprehension, comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be...no credit ought to be given to it ; and therefore confessions so extorted are uniformly and universally rejected. On this subject, indeed, the practice... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1820 - 894 páginas
...instrument of his own conviction. A confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or pcr cur. by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape, when it K. v. Jane is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought Warriclnhall, to be given... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1830 - 1086 páginas
...own conviction. Gild. Ev. by Lofft, 1 37. A confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape, wh«i it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ougbt to be given to it, and... | |
 | Great Britain. Court for Crown Cases Reserved - 1837 - 570 páginas
...proof of the crime to which it refers ; but a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable...to be given to it, and therefore it is rejected." Unless, therefore, it is believed that a confession given under religious impressions is not entitled... | |
 | Great Britain. Court for Crown Cases Reserved, William Moody - 1839 - 584 páginas
...proof of the crime to which it refers ; but a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable...to be given to it, and therefore it is rejected." Unless, therefore, it is believed that a confession given under religious impressions is not entitled... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1840 - 908 páginas
...the influence of promises or threats. " A confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope or the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be considered the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it, and therefore it is rejected." Per Cur.... | |
 | 1842 - 536 páginas
...that " a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope or by the torture of fear, conies in so questionable a shape, when it is to be considered...to be given to it, and therefore it is rejected." Now could hope flatter more seductively or fear torture more grimly than by using the language that... | |
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A free and voluntary confession is deserving of the highest credit, because it is presumed to flow from the strongest sense of guilt, and therefore it is admitted as proof of the crime to which it refers. But a confession forced from the mind by the flattery... 
