 I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages; to enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition; a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour...  Works - Sivu 409tekijä(t) Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore, Joseph Payne - 1832 - 874 sivua
...which Lord Mansfield considered mischievous and illegal; for 1831. CASES IN HILARY TERM, he said — " to enter a man's house, by virtue of a nameless warrant,...which no Englishman would wish to live an hour; it was a most daring public attack, made upon the liberty of a subject;" and his Lordship thought that... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1844 - 300 sivua
...direction. When a new trial was moved for misdirection, his Lordship spoke these memorable words — " To enter a man's house, by virtue of a nameless warrant,...the 29th chapter of Magna Charta (Nullus liber homo, &c.), which is directly pointed against that arbitrary power."* The applause of his countrymen, that... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1844 - 394 sivua
...direction. When a new trial wns moved for misdirection, his Lordship spoke these memorable words — " To enter a man's house, by virtue of a nameless warrant,...of the 29th chapter of Magna Charta (Nullus liber Лото, etc.), which is directly pointed against that arbitrary power."1 The applause of his countrymen,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1845 - 738 sivua
...hustings ; but the judicial opinion of a Chief Justice. And the Chief Justice added, — " It would be э law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour. It was a most daring public attack made upon the liberty of the subject." Really there seemed to be very... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 708 sivua
...trial, and I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages. To enter a man's house under colour of a nameless warrant in order to procure evidence,...which no Englishman would wish to live an hour; — it was a most daring attack on the liberty of the subject. ' Nullus liber homo capiatur vel imprisonetur,... | |
 | 1850 - 618 sivua
...the indignation of the virtuous Chief Justice Pratt : — "To entera man's house," he exclaimed, " by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...in violation of the 29th chapter of Magna Charta, (Nvlha liber homo, £c.:) which is directly pointed against that arbitrary power." "VVilkcs was discharged.... | |
 | 1850 - 622 sivua
...the indignation of the virtuous Chief Justice Pratt : — " To enter a man's house," he exclaimed, " by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure...in violation of the 29th chapter of Magna Charta, (Niilliis liber homo, <£c.,) which is directly pointed against that arbitrary power." Wilkes was discharged.... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 sivua
...trial, and I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages. To enter a man's house under colour of a nameless warrant in order to procure evidence,...which no Englishman would wish to live an hour; — it was a most daring attack on the liberty of the subject. 'Nullus liber homo capiatur vel imprisonetur,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 536 sivua
...trial, and I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages. To enter a man's house under colour of a nameless warrant in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition—a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour;—it was a most daring attack... | |
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