...See the Parliamentary History of England, vol. v. anno 16O5. t See the Bill of Rights, Art. x. — " Excessive bail " ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed: " nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." kings, to make justice to be " executed with mercy."• CHAPTER...

...punishments." That language came from Art. I, § 9, of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which provided that "excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." The words of the Virginia Declaration were taken from the...

...life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. XXII. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishments inflicted, by the courts of law. XXIII. That all warrants, without oath...

...in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. That jurors ought to be duly impannelled and returned, and...

...sentence to be incompatible with the spirit of that provision of the bill of rights, which says, that excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel arid unusual punishment* indicted. The learnrd countel concluded with expressing tm conviction...

...in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament; that excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted , that jurors ought to be duly impanuelled arid returned, and...

...parliament, ' ought not to be impeached or questioned in ' any court or place out of parliament. 10. ' That excessive bail ought not to be required, ' nor excessive fines imposed ; nor cruel and ' unusual punishments inflicted. 11. That m ' rors ought to be duly impanelled and returned;...

...Parliament, ought not to be im" peached, or questioned, in any Court or place out " of Parliament." " That excessive bail ought not to be required, " nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual " punishments inflicted." " That Jurors ought to be duly impannelled and " returned...

...Parliament, ought not to be im" peached, or questioned, in any Court or place out " of Parliament." " That excessive bail ought not to be required, " nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual " punishments inflicted." " That Jurors ought to be duly impannelled and " returned...

...REQUIRING EXCESSIVE BAIL. By the declaration of rights of Virginia, article 9, it is declared, " That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel nor unusual punishments inflicted." The same principle is adopted in the amendments to the constitution...