...person " in any dwelling-house, or other place, every " person so offending, being thereof lawfully " convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of felony, " and...in cases of felony, " without benefit of clergy." This case is exactly similar to the case of Midwinter and Sims; and if Mr. justice Foster's opinion...

...chancellor of the exchequer proposed to the committee to insert these words: " Such persons shall be judged guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy." Jf the committee should agree to this, he should then propose to limit the duration of the bill to...

...under or liable to perform Quarantine, or from any other place where Goods are performing Quarantine, shall suffer death, as in cases of Felony, without benefit of Clergy. " When any part of Great Britain, Ireland, &c. or France, Spain, Portugal, or the low Countries, is...

...Persons trading to, or Dealhfrom this Island ; the Person or Persons so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and...as in Cases of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy. Dated at Antigua, the seventeenth Day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in...

...Person or Persons guilty of any such Offence or Offences, being thereof convicted in due form of Law, shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and shall suffer...Death, as in Cases of Felony without Benefit of Clergy. Dated at Saint Christopher's, the eighth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven...

...or " persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, " and being lawfully convicted thereof, shall suffer death as " in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy." The act then makes several provisions against the plun- Trial. dering of vessels lost or stranded,...

...offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be, and is and are hereby declared and adjudged to be guilty of felony, and shall suffer death, as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy. CAP. CXLIII. An act for enquiring into the state of Windsor Forest, in the county of Berks, and for...

...Subjects to join him or them in any such unlawful Act, * every Person so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, * shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and shall suffer Death as in * Case of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy : And Whereas it is ' expedient that a lesser Degree of...

...olliccr, without leave of his majes. ty under the sign manual, every person so offending being con. Meted shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in rases of felony without benefit of clergy, but without corruption of blood, loss of dower, or disherison...

...unlawfully and maliciously kill, maim or wound any cattle, every person so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of felony, and...as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy." Mr Justice Foster thought, that Sims was a felon, and a principal felon, but that, as aiders and abettors...