 | 1894 - Страниц: 1156
...of each case. State v. Niles, 47 Vt. 82. Lord Hale said that this accusation Is easily to be made, hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, notwithstanding his Innocence. It is stated In. « all the works upon criminal law that the credibility... | |
 | 1912 - Страниц: 1298
...Hale's statement in regard to the crime of rape has frequently been approved by the courts. He said : "It must be remembered that it is an accusation easily...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent." 1 Hale PC 635. The statement is peculiarly applicable here, since the complaining witness is white... | |
 | Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau - 1888 - Страниц: 1294
...M. and Rob. 512 is now overruled. — Taylor, Evidence, par. 336. 202 OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON. easily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent. — 1 Hale, 634. Upon an indictment under section 37, the jury may find the prisoner guilty of an attempt... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1888 - Страниц: 732
...to the evidence for the prosecution in cases of rape : " An accusation easily to be made, and hara to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent." 1 Hale, 635. As a general rule, the only point in which a witness's character can be impeached is his... | |
 | Colorado. Court of Appeals - 1892 - Страниц: 680
...testified to its perpetration. In speaking of the charge of rape, Lord Hale said : " An accusation easily made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused though never so innocent." 1 Hale P. 0. 635. Conviction of the offense is seldom or never allowed upon the unsupported evidence... | |
 | Canada - 1893 - Страниц: 1192
...indecent assaults in the nature of attem pts to commit a rape : R. v. Holmes, 12 Cox, 187.. It is true rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought...defended by the party accused though never so innocent : 1 Hale, 684. Upon an indictment under section 267, the jury may find the prisoner guilty of an attempt... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - 1894 - Страниц: 786
...of each case. State v. Niles, 47 Vt. 82. Lord Hale said that this accusation is easily to be made, hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, notwithstanding his innocence. It is stated in all the works upon criminal law that the credibility... | |
 | Arthur Percival Will - 1896 - Страниц: 580
...author from whom we have just quoted has said, that " it is an accusation easily to be made, and hardly to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent." 2 Such cases, he further observes, are not uncommon, and he has related the particulars of two cases,... | |
 | 1905 - Страниц: 620
...and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation ea3ily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be...before myself of a rape in the county of Sussex,' etc. : pp. 634 and 635. And again, ib., vol. ii., p. 290 : ' But of all difficulties in evidence, there... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1900 - Страниц: 1030
...This was natural. But it must not be forgotten that in this class of cases the "accusation was easy to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be...defended by the party accused, though never so innocent," coming as it did from a child of six years, with no other witnesses to the act. It was proper that... | |
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It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party... 
