...merchant saving his merchandize, and a mechanic saving the implements of his trade. n»T«'sM° Eighth, That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. '7Fd. i. Ninth, That all elections shall be free ; and that...

...dropped.—See the Parliamentary History of England, vol. v. anno 16O5. t See the Bill of Rights, Art. x.—" Excessive bail " ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed: " nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." kings, to make justice to be " executed with mercy."• CHAPTER...

...proceedings ia parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or pkce out of parliament. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. That jurors ought to be duly impannelled and returned, and...

...punishments." That language came from Art. I, § 9, of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which provided that "excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." The words of the Virginia Declaration were taken from the...

...Constitution 111 (1876). Patrick Henry was of the same mind: "What says our [Virginia] bill of rights?—'that excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.' Are you not, therefore, now calling on those gentlemen who...

...his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. XXII. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishments inflicted, by the courts of law. XXIII. That all warrants, without oath...

...in parliament, ought not to be impeached, or ques^ tioned in any court or place out of parliament. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. That jurors ought to be duly impanndled and returned ; and...

...Parliament, ought not to be im" peached, or questioned, in any Court or place out " of Parliament." " That excessive bail ought not to be required, " nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual " punishments inflicted." " That Jurors ought to be duly impannelled and " returned...

...Parliament, ought not to be im" peached, or questioned, in any Court or place out " of Parliament." " That excessive bail ought not to be required, " nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual " punishments inflicted." " That Jurors ought to be duly impannelled and " returned...

...VII. REQUIRING EXCESSIVE BAIL. By the declaration of rights of Virginia, article 9, it is declared, " That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel nor unusual punishments inflicted." The same principle is adopted in the amendments to the constitution...