 | Thomas Leach - 1815 - 706 頁
...therefore it is admitted as proof of the crime to which it refers ; but a confession forced from the 1783. mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes • in so questionable a shape when it is to be considered as the WA1|tCK" evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - 1815 - 704 頁
...the crime to which it refers ; but a confession forced from the 17S3. mind by the flattery of hone, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape when it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it; and therefore... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1819 - 752 頁
...c. 46. s. 36. Crim. Law. VOL. i. H rejected from a regard to public faith, but, because, when forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, it comes in so questionable a shape, that no credit should be given to it by a jury, (x) The justice... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1819 - 852 頁
...(w). A confession so obtained is not rejected from a regard to public faith, but, because, when forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, it comes in so questionable a shape, that no credit should be given to it by a jury (x). The justice... | |
 | William Dickinson - 1820 - 922 頁
...inadmissible, under a consideration, whether they arc, or are not, entitled to credit : and a confession forced from the mind, by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of apprehension, comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt,... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1826 - 1018 頁
...(a). A confession so obtained is not rejected from a regard to public faith, but, because, when forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, it comes in so questionable a shape, that no credit should be given to it by a jury (b). The justice... | |
 | 1843 - 498 頁
...deserving the highest credit, . . . but a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope or the torture of fear comes in so questionable a shape that no credit ought to be given it : therefore it is rejected."1 Without hope or fear, gain or loss, when was ever a confession obtained.... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1830 - 1086 頁
...be made the deluded instrument of his own conviction. Gild. Ev. by Lofft, 1 37. A confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape, wh«i it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ougbt to be given to it, and... | |
 | Great Britain. Court for Crown Cases Reserved - 1837 - 570 頁
...guilt, and therefore it is admitted as proof of the crime to which it refers ; but a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it, and therefore... | |
 | Great Britain. Court for Crown Cases Reserved, William Moody - 1839 - 584 頁
...guilt, and therefore it is admitted as proof of the crime to which it refers ; but a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it, and therefore... | |
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But a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope, or by the torture of fear, comes in so questionable a shape when it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it; and therefore it is rejected. 
