 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...recorder at length, ' whether you are guilty of this indictment.' ' The question,' replied Penn, ' is not whether* I am guilty of this indictment, but...imperfect an answer to say it is the common law, unless we know where and what it is ; for where there is no law, thjere is no transgression ; and that law which... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 Seiten
...recorder at length, ' whether you are guilty of this indictment.' ' The question,' replied Penn, ' is not whether I am guilty of this indictment, but...imperfect an answer to say it is the common law, unless we know where and what it is ; for where there is no law, there is no transgression ; and that law which... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1872 - 406 Seiten
...merely arbitrary.' Howell : ' The question is whether you are guilty of this indictment.' Penn : ' The question is not whether I am guilty of this indictment,...is too general and imperfect an answer to say it is common law, unless we know both where and what it is: for where there is no law, there is no transgression... | |
 | William Mason Cornell - 1876 - 598 Seiten
...mentioned : — " Recorder. — The question is, whether you are guilty of this indictment. " TF. Penn. — The question is not, whether I am guilty of this indictment,...imperfect an answer to say it is the common law, unless we know where and what it is ; for, where there is no law, there is no transgression ; and that law which... | |
 | Maria Webb - 1877 - 460 Seiten
...William Perm impugns prisoner, " The question is, whether you are guilty of this indictment." " Penn. — The question is not whether I am guilty of this indictment,...is too general and imperfect an answer to say it is common law, unless we know both where and what it is ; for where there is no law there is no transgression... | |
 | Thomas Pym Cope - 1882 - 526 Seiten
...mentioned : Eecorder. — The question is, whether you are guilty of this indictment. W. Penn. — The question is not, whether I am guilty of this indictment,...imperfect an answer to say it is the common law, unless we know where and what it is; for where there is no law, there is no transgression ; and that law which... | |
 | William Penn - 1882 - 524 Seiten
...of this indictment. W. Penn. — The question is not, whether I am guilty of this indictinent,-but whether this indictment be legal. It is too general...imperfect an answer to say it is the common law, unless we know where and what it is; for where there is no law, there is no transgression ; and that law which... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 440 Seiten
...this critical point) — " The question is, whether you are guilty of this indictment ? " PENN — " The question is, not whether I am guilty of this indictment,...is too general and imperfect an answer to say it is common law, unless we know both where and what it is ; for where there is no law there is no transgression... | |
 | 1889 - 466 Seiten
...(waiving this critical point) — "The question is, whether you are guilty of this indictment?" PENN. — "The question is, not whether I am guilty of this...is too general and imperfect an answer to say it is common law, unless we know both where and what it is; for where there is no law there is no transgression... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 460 Seiten
...proceedings are merely arbitrary Recorder. The question is, whether you are guilty of this indictment? Penn. The question is not, whether I am guilty of this indictment,...is too general and imperfect an answer to say it is common law, unless we know both where and what it is ; for where there is no law there is no transgression... | |
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Penn: The question is not whether I am guilty of this indictment, but whether this indictment be legal. It is too general and imperfect an answer, to say it is the common law, unless we know where and what it is. 
