 | William Paley - 1811 - 540 pàgines
...confronted with opposite probabilities. The other maxim which deserves a similar examination is this — " That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer." If by saying it is better, be meant that it is more for the publick advantage,... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 456 pàgines
...confronted with opposite probabilities. The other maxim which deserves a similar examination is this : — " That it is better that " ten guilty persons escape, than that one " innocent man should suffer." - If by saying it is better, be meant that it is more for the public advantage,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1818 - 574 pàgines
...a plan, the points to be considered are, whether it would make innocence more sure of acquittal and guilt of punishment, than they now are : As to the...excitement. ' The law holds (says Blackstone) that it i* better that ten guilty persons escape tlian that one innocent suffer.' This maxim, which we believe... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 476 pàgines
...confronted with opposite probabilities. The other maxim which deserves a similar examination is this : — " That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer." If by saying it is better, be meant that it is more for the public advantage, the... | |
 | 1824 - 288 pàgines
...is more likely, if false, to be contradicted, or to betray itself. Q. What is the other maxim ? A. " That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer." If by saying it is better be meant that it is more to the public advantage, the... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 pàgines
...the For imif.v, all presumptive evidence of l.-kmv should be admitted cautiously ; for the law holds, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. And [ 359 ] sir Matthew Hale in particular1 lays down two rules most prudent and necessary to be observed... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 pàgines
...tha FOURTHLY, all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously ; for the law holds, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. And C 359 ] sir Matthew Hale in particular1 lays down two rules most prudent and necessary to be observed... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 502 pàgines
...confronted with opposite probabilities. The other maxim which deserves a similar examination is this:—" That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer." If by saying it is better be meant that it is more for the public advantage, the... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 430 pàgines
...confronted with opposite probabilities. The other maxim which deserves a similar examination is this — 'That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer.' If by saying it is belter, be meant that it is more for the public advantage, the... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 624 pàgines
...with opposite probabilities. The other maxim, which deserves a similar examination, is this : — " i wAv0o ~ man should suffer." If by saving it is belter, be meant that it is more for the public advantage, the... | |
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That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer. 
