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" I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. "
Black's Guide to the South-western Counties of England: Dorsetshire - Página 227
1862 - 417 páginas
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Folk Rhymes of Devon

William Crossing - 1911 - 174 páginas
...77 Lydford law was, but also gather that in Browne's time it had passed into a proverb. I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgement after : At first I wondered at it much ; But soon I found the matter such As it deserves...
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The Lawyer in Literature

John Marshall Gest - 1913 - 276 páginas
...the Border Minstrelsy, speaks also of Lydford law, a similar custom in Devonshire : — , "I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." so that the Lynch law of our own country has a very ancient and respectable pedigree. The scene of...
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John

William Sharp McKechnie - 1914 - 578 páginas
...that breathes English air." 4 The same grim tradition applied to Lidford as to Jedburgh : " I oft have heard of Lydford law,' How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." See Neilson, Trial by Combat, 131, and authorities there cited. forbade him for the future to place...
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The Law Student's Helper, Volumen15

1907 - 474 páginas
...with grim humor known in Scotland as Jeddard justice. This applied also to Lydford Law. "I oft have heard of Lydford Law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." . — Nielson "Trials by Combat," page 131. (27) ("An oath with oath helpers.") The plaintiff bringing...
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Torquay: The Charm and History of Its Neighbourhood

John Presland - 1920 - 274 páginas
...verses, of which I quote the following for a certain smack of tradition which they contain : " I oft have heard of Lydford law How in the morn they hang and draw And sit in judgment after ; At first I wondered at it much, But soon I found the matter such As it deserved no laughter. " They have a castle...
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Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including ..., Volumen46

American Bar Association - 1921 - 1070 páginas
...Jedwood justice, "hang in haste and try at leisure." Lydford law is thus aptly defined : " I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." designated as lynch law is as old as human society. It is older than any form of organized government....
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Notes and Queries, Volumen146

1924 - 566 páginas
...following quotation from " an old ballad of the time of the Great Rebellion " : I oft have heard of Lidford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after. One lies there for a seam of salt, Another for a peck of malt, Two sureties for a noble. If tins be...
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Crowell's Handbook for Readers and Writers: A Dictionary of Famous ...

Henrietta Gerwig - 1925 - 748 páginas
...loathsome and dreary that the prisoners frequently died before they could be brought to trial. I oft have heard of Lydford law. How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment later. A Devonshire Pott. Lydgate, Dr. In George Eliot's Middlemarch (qv) a doctor whose medical ideals...
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A Topographical Dictionary to the Works of Shakespeare and His Fellow Dramatists

Edward Holdsworth Sugden - 1925 - 614 páginas
...charge us with the Law of L." W. Browne (1645) is the reputed author of a verse " I oft have heard of L. law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgement after." Blount, Clossogr. sv (1656), defines L.law "to hang men first and indite them afterwards."...
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Origin and Development of the Concept of Due Process of Law

Rodney Loomer Mott - 1926 - 796 páginas
...as 'Jettart justice." The same grim tradition applied to Lidford as to Jedburgh : "I oft have herd of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after." McKechnie, Magna Carta, p. 376. 14 Adams, Origin of the English Constitution, pp. 268-273. 'R Mcllwain,...
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