An exact abridgement in English of the eleven books of reports of the learned Sir Edward Coke, knight, late lord chief justice of England and of the councel of estate to His Majestie King James wherein is briefly contained the very substance and marrow of all those reports together with the resolutions on every case : also a perfect table for the finding of the names of all those cases and the principall matters therein contained / composed by Sir Thomas Ireland.
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An exact abridgement in English of the eleven books of reports of the learned Sir Edward Coke, knight, late lord chief justice of England and of the councel of estate to His Majestie King James wherein is briefly contained the very substance and marrow of all those reports together with the resolutions on every case : also a perfect table for the finding of the names of all those cases and the principall matters therein contained / composed by Sir Thomas Ireland.
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Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.
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London :: Printed by M. Simmons for Matthew Walbancke, and H. Twyford,
1650.
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Law reports, digests, etc. -- Great Britain.
Courts -- Great Britain.
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"An exact abridgement in English of the eleven books of reports of the learned Sir Edward Coke, knight, late lord chief justice of England and of the councel of estate to His Majestie King James wherein is briefly contained the very substance and marrow of all those reports together with the resolutions on every case : also a perfect table for the finding of the names of all those cases and the principall matters therein contained / composed by Sir Thomas Ireland." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33636.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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Biggens case, 41. Eliz. Banco regis, fo. 50.
THe King may pardon burning in the hand, where the Defendant is found guilty of Man-slaugh∣ter, and hath his Clergy in an appeale. 1. Because it is but to notifie to the Judges, that he hath once had his Clergy, and that he shall not have it againe, by the Statute of 4. H. 7. c. 13. 2. Because it is
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no part of the judgement, and the party shall goe at large, although he be not burned by good constru∣ction of the Statute of 18. Eliz. c. 7. which provi∣deth, that after Clergy allowed and Burning, he shall goe at large, for otherwise, when he is pardo∣ned, he shall be imprisoned for ever. In the Starre-Chamber, the King may Pardon corporall punish∣ment for forgery, &c. but not if attainted at the common Law in an Action of forgery of false deeds.
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