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identical, and it is here that the arguing from preceding
precedents is an abuse, and ought not to
be permitted by the judge. — That this is
the idea adopted in the contract investigating the
intention in Testaments, is well known:
that the words date from which it is to be judged
of being written words are in this case are original permanent: Whereas
the circumstances from which it is to be
collected in criminal matters, are often
incommunicable in narration without exploratory indescribable
gestures which are indescribable & evanescent. This Question therefore
should always be transmitted to the Jury
entire where investigation the Judge should
not suffer to be perplexed by authorities pretended parallel &
protections authorities of decisions — here then on one
side may be placed the limits of general
regulations may be fixed; In considerable advancement
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made towards the simplifications
of the Law on this intricate subject
ide] Homicide]
It is as conducive to off cat
all rules where public they must mislead, this
to establish them where they will serve to of
guide
It frequently happens
In order to know
whether A. intended
to kill B. we are
for sent to inquire
how it was collected
that C did or did
not intend to kill D. 2 or
300 years ago from
circumstances not
truth perhaps
of which are transmitted
to us in
the current narration.
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