| William Blackstone - 1902 - 630 páginas
...of their inquiry by a charge from the judge who presides upon the bench. They then withdraw, to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them...hear evidence on behalf of the prosecution: for the (d) 1 Hal. PC 154. (/) Wilk. L¿. Ang. SCUT. 117. (<•) Ibtd. 155. (9) It is not now essential that... | |
| Ohio. Courts - 1909 - 692 páginas
...It was not a trier of the guilt or innocence of. the. accused. Blackstone. Vol. 4. page 303, says: "They are only to hear evidence on behalf of the prosecution ; for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accusation, which is afterward to be tried... | |
| William Hawley Atwell - 1916 - 818 páginas
...of their inquiry by a charge from the judge who presides upon the bench. Then they withdarw to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them...evidence on behalf of the prosecution; for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accusation which is afterwards to be tried... | |
| 1916 - 1400 páginas
...from the judge who presides upon the bench. They then withdraw to «it and receive indictments, whicli are preferred to them in the name of the king, but...evidence on behalf of the prosecution: for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accusation, which is afterwards to be tried... | |
| 1872 - 784 páginas
...criminal indictment. The testimony before a Grand Jury is of an ex parte character. Blackstone says : "They are only to hear evidence on behalf of the prosecution. For the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accusation, which is afterwards to be tried... | |
| Gregory D. Woods - 2002 - 488 páginas
...enquiry, by a charge [speech] from the judge who presides upon the bench.29 They then withdraw, to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them...evidence on behalf of the prosecution: for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an enquiry or accusation, which is afterwards to be tried... | |
| William John Tossell - 1908 - 940 páginas
...It was not a trier of the guilt or innocence of the accused. 4 Blackstone's Commentaries 303, says: "They are only to hear evidence on behalf of the prosecution; for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accusation, which is afterward to be tried... | |
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