[10] Opinions of the Judges, p. 23.
[11] 3 Blackstone's Commentaries, p. 395.
[12] We quote from the edition of Lord Denman's judgment, sanctioned by himself, and edited by D. Leahy, Esq., (one of the counsel in the cause.)
[13] A "demurrer" is the mode by which any pleading, civil or criminal, is denied to be (whether in form or substance) sufficient in point of law; and a plea is the mode by which is denied the truth of the facts which the pleading alleges.
[14] Opinions of the Judges, p. 19.
[15] Vol. I., pp. 68-9.
[16] Williams v. Germaine, 7 Bar. and Cress. 476.
[17] Opinions of the Judges, p. 17.
[18] Judgment, (by Leahy,) p. 36.
[19] Opinions of the Judges, p. 28.