 | Willem Sewel - 1834 - 616 Seiten
...said, " The question is, whether your are guilty of this indictment. "The question," said W. Penn, "is not whether I am guilty of this indictment, but...an answer, to say it is the common law, unless we know both where, and what it is : for where there is no law, there is no transgression ; and that Jaw... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 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... | |
 | 1744 - 726 Seiten
...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 knew both what and where it is ; for where there is no law there is no transgression... | |
 | Joseph Barker - 1847 - 332 Seiten
...are guilty of this indictment > Penn. The question is not whether 1 am guilty of this indiet• ment, but whether this indictment be legal. It is too general...imperfect an answer to say it is the common law, unless we know both where, and what it is ; for where there is no law there is no transgression ; and that law... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1849 - 444 Seiten
...mentioned : — RECORDER. — 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 Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - 520 Seiten
...little more decorously. 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... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 Seiten
...the recorder at length, 6 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 O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 Seiten
...indictment.' 'The question,' replied Penn, ' is not whether I am guilty of this indictment, but whether tins indictment be legal. It is too general and imperfect an answer to say it is the qommon law, unless we know where •a what it Is ; for where there is no law, there is no transgression... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 360 Seiten
...is," continued he, " whether you are guilty of this indictment ?" " The question is not," said Perm, " whether I am guilty of this indictment, but whether this indictment be legal ? It is too imperfect and general an answer to say it is common law, unless we know where and what it is ; for... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 370 Seiten
...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. 
