[26] So held in the case of the Dean of Asaph as the law; but the doctrine was vigorously attacked by Erskine in his great speech on the “Rights on Juries.” See British Eloquence by Goodrich, pp. 655-683.

[27] Chamber’s Enc. Eng. Lit., vol 1, 176.

[28]

And hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.
—Hamlet, ii, 2.

[29]

“Now could I drink hot blood.”
—Hamlet iii, 2.

“That you may drink your fill and quaff in blood.”
—Edward II., iii, 2.

Transcriber’s Note:

Obvious printer errors corrected silently.

Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.