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Forcible Bail Debate on English Felony Law 1772
A polemical letter argues that the King’s Bench power to bail for felonies not bail able by a justice of the peace rests on legal opinion, not statute. It reviews Westminster Westminster and Henry VII statutes, Coke and Blackstone contrasts, and calls Mansfield to account for alleged abuse of discretion during vacation.
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Ziff
John Eyre
J Stalen
England
Court of King’s Bench
Lord Mansfield
Criminal Law of England
Justice of Peace
Lord Coke
L Oke
Westminster
Firf
King’s Bench
Coke
Blackstone
Richard
Henry VII
King &c
Mainpern
Henry
Justices of Peace
Hale
P.C
Uale
Replewy
Charles the
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Way
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