 That all murder, which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery,...  Laws Enacted in the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... - Page 408by Pennsylvania. Laws, statutes, etc - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Virginia - 1803 - 1026 pages
...further tnatleit, That all murder which shall he perpetrated by means of poifon, or by lying in waitf or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated...killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arfon, rape, robbery, or burglary, shall be deemed murderof f . the firft... | |
 | James Wilson, Bird Wilson - 1804 - 456 pages
...is punished with death, and is the only capital crime now known to the laws of Pennsylvania. Murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait,...of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or committed in the. perpetration, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary, is... | |
 | William Waller Hening - 1810 - 710 pages
...sect. 31. Under the penitentiary system of Virginia, the two degrees of murder are thus defined : " All murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by duress of imprisonment or confinement, or by starving, or by wilful, malicious, and excessive whipping,... | |
 | James Mease - 1811 - 404 pages
...perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait: * American Museum Vol.- 4. fUo. do. do. or by any ether kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing; or which shall be committed in the perpetration, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery or burglary." Such has been the effect o£ the abolition... | |
 | 1824 - 296 pages
...death in all cases, except murder in the first degree, by which is declared to be meant "all murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait,...killing; or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary." Of the regulations prescribed for... | |
 | 1824 - 288 pages
...death in all cases, except murder in the first degree, by which is declared to be meant "all murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait,...killing; or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbeiy, or burglary." Of the regulations prescribed for... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 pages
...act of 1794 declares, ' that all murder which shall be perpetrated bj means of poison, or by laying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate...; or which shall be committed in the perpetration, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, shall be deemed murder in the first... | |
 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough - 1826 - 722 pages
...preamble, fully justifies this commentary. Let us examine it minutely. It enacts that, "all murder'which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, &c. shall henceforth be deemed murder in the first degree; and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed... | |
 | 1843 - 516 pages
...contains provisions relating to murder and sundry other offences of an aggravated character. All murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait,...of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or committed in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate arson, rape, sodomy, robbery or burglary, shall... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1831 - 444 pages
...excluding murder in the first degree. In Pennsylvania, no crime is punishable with death, but murder perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by some other kind of wilful, deliberate, »nd premeditated killing, or perpetrated in the commission... | |
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