Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 34Virginia State Bar Association, 1922 - Bar associations |
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Page 187
... killing of an Englishman or foreigner through " malice prepensed , " whether committed openly or secretly ; and by statute enacted in 1389 , “ murder , or killing by await , assault , or malice prepensed " was not to be pardoned without ...
... killing of an Englishman or foreigner through " malice prepensed , " whether committed openly or secretly ; and by statute enacted in 1389 , “ murder , or killing by await , assault , or malice prepensed " was not to be pardoned without ...
Page 199
... killing to be murder at common law . I said a while ago that this presumption could not have originated in an enlightened age . Our decisions warrant that statement . After the statute was passed in this State dividing common - law ...
... killing to be murder at common law . I said a while ago that this presumption could not have originated in an enlightened age . Our decisions warrant that statement . After the statute was passed in this State dividing common - law ...
Page 200
... killing " ; that is , that the law presumes every killing to be of the kind made punishable with death by the English statute . Our statute classes as murder of the first degree every murder committed by any " wilful , deliberate and ...
... killing " ; that is , that the law presumes every killing to be of the kind made punishable with death by the English statute . Our statute classes as murder of the first degree every murder committed by any " wilful , deliberate and ...
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