Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-22


t,.,cis The body and the orsln oil "o "ho', =" y w.
dahu' " wi,. tho Growth OF the Catholic Church and
II inc uuwcrs Of the priesthood, the offending
,ont or men, was forfeited not TO inc sa'e, on: 10
rhu, nc an u,onement for having sent souls unshriVeo
hi; ,os Judgment; and thus thrown them on The extra
ordinary prayers Of the clergy and as SOURCE Vi ecces
osical cmolumen 1t at this peroo SO as as our re-
,,,or scrvcs that the name OF deodand was hrst en-
Moved 10 signify tina, the thing toeea was ~ given Vi
.ns.,c, n t;nd Tho change in the middle ages consist
10, in hr nauc Of the forfeiture, but simply IN the re-
cipents Of the proceeds
Tn ,cri,. o( the Catholic Church was fully sustained
md ,.ht have been suggested by The spirit OF Inc Mosaic
but the immediate Original VI ucoeahus WIS
unuucs,ionaby to be found in Tue r'oha' 'a"'
II mus, he added in order TO understand 'he operation o'
h,, i il forfeiture for public, not private benefit
e. ~, ano,r or the community, not the compensation
i,;,, who IRRESPECTIVE and independent Of the deo-
at -. i; themselves or their representatives. entitled 10
o;r;, ,c,ion for damages and recovery thereof.
nho ,,. in The Episcopal Register expresses Ills impress
a., H., ,,y of Jeodand is in force in ms Country
M, in force for it been left in comEiete desue-
IN, his conjecture is right for all that s ana was
, If the common and unwTtten n" OF h"sua anu We
ho,ovc of every country in Europe we "s"' 20 even
further and say that il is part oil Tue ID" u " .ou'y
m IN, Globe with slight modifcsohs an" e"''.u III az
ycen our own We not aware oil any ao'osIOn u e
law by special enaclmens in any Oh 'he o"e' o'' "'"
~, know no legislation which wonia cohhc' a"u 'c'co'
annul H. We may safely say, therefore, u" - % sou ="
hers and only requires 10 be appeu, !" o'uei 'ay "
eb,n,r.ss recklcssness of human HE "hcn
and has this year. SO sgnally disgracca 'c =,
our r:GaI lines of communications W 49,
road. ,,. o.. =, o
tI,uI
,,, rscl,.crcns not refreshed for many years, we
,; o. "a obsolr,e accuracy in their Statement. Ihey
are me impressions left by digen though u's'aH 'Se''
gallon OF the sublact.
DEODAND.
| From H.. phila,t lihia Episcopal Resi'sef.I
uov. strangely an ancient custom or RUE VI so.e, '
$50, s ,nvivr ar rather how strangely Is Inc reason OF
furqoen Iaw made manifest in tie varying ~ -
/ live life! THE ignorance oil unproess'"' o,i :, 49,
n. nurduncd Of the meaning OF the oaioi Jus % " "
ne ~ ms article and vel uncouth and obsolete as II
seems Eunless our view OF law, aoou' "ii.n ,;
very efficiently be mistaken, II "li soo "I @ hnt III;
innfr,nce ia Ieodand" says the best OF law pooAS II
y1,,vrr personal chalel is the immediate OCCASION u VI.
death OF any reasonable creature ahe "NS, 10 nn
leitei to the crown "When 'li,ns, ,oa,h Thar mari
"not in motion is the occasion OF nun S,d nd r.
,nIv which is the immediate ca'sc is lofc'eo a"i
man be climbing up the wheel Of q car s"u 80 $780,
falling from it, the wheel alone - ;ch ic,ojiotc
me thing is in notion not only that part "le. hts l ,
~ nircs The wound as the wheel which runs over m u'uf
bnt all h,n2: which with II and !e'p - "'n ~;
a.Iyn,,r II.
roasn rho prssure g. the wheel are forfeited. ~ ma
,rrs moi whether tie Uere concerned 10 e Ains
not, for il kills another ~'.ti ~ ~ us ,,
forfeited as an accused thing. Nu", ~ .T,,r aa
horr in ,hs FORGOTTEN procedure is remedy p'e-,S uI
Guate 10 rcdress the bloody outrages on hu'a, c
nave lately occurred railways IL uoes w. i ~ "
Tho ,,j,i and punishment of individuals, Tor Tue
VIZ ] ~ The sword gave no impGn.tY 10 nm VINO usct
I'm. one or drove other; but il doeS ma H'E't -
more thorough cue, il reaches me pockets " h ,d
10 which nav escapee bit which ought 10 DC Huue
nov ,i il the creation Of tue Jaw, IS not uoose ' law
The wretcllrd who as engineer u ninr
the Immediate agent n u!e WORK Of oca " JrJ t,e las
lines on; of ten peshes is seriously "ounseu h
is nnnishmeut on the spot But WAC shal say ina VI.
cnn,,0ny which employs this criminal agen -tog.a es'p
Il rnanrnsh;y H. then, in The case oil aeall tlo III
3D. snE,ror syiyes he has cdcssJ from "hat are ca"cu
railway accidents tue locomotive engine anu t "o %
NJ cars ,he carl and loading, which ada pressure - I n
vhecl were liable 10 forfeiture os aeouahu W. - NV
ui (. cnmne,c and eticacious There would DC no more
Such accident. - a., iyc and
Nor ,yyrkl such forfeiture we mean OF oc'or,s* an,
who. tro;e ard all lis freight OF merchandise iee oe
nv he eycessye 10 one, not the most unsclupuous COZ
noraIonlst would say IN lhe case Oh lo "noesa'
slaughter at Norwak. But we &c :!nch nt!ntf Un Hu
nnn life thai of the hnmbest einl9rant or iis nian
in The iutgme; o! the law and OF religion w.t. "
Der Sc Than forty railway :-ans. But one human e Ue
par;ice Of the great mass Of e ay uS sac9ccd vhI
ohcrs nj the satnc .oien ore proyidchlahy '-'en as
vnJne beyond all such computations and IN our poo" :aaa
men the railway company which employs ishotan. OF eae
i I'D bnc,nsc careless criminal aeea!s would escape
lightly if for such accidents they were tG pay h PENNY We
have Indicated. ,o M, an.
linn Then rescnt1 !.Sc Is such not the law Here again
we are adnnnisted cpsa. dhdeny LOT we may even ~
our ignorance nisrcprescnt he n'olnii s @ ,I, W.,
cautious inquiry. Still. for ~hnt !. :. I'm To ms zoo
ooinon 10 be that, wherever the common aS ~ h;s res
pec, iss not expressly modified The law u oeaaa u
IN force st vas in force in England before le NeVoiIn,
sven in shnpe unG more application than We desire
herp ain l76l" says the knpua Register on inc hsh,
oc the in September being rejoicing nlelI on me a'a
OF the ueeD one Robinson by throwing sruo, ieMeh'
cd thc horses in tho coach OF Sampson Gideon ~ "c
man killed oC The spot Tue Nooe' pJraJ ~ h"s
manor IN. accident happened" I'm 1867 SIR Michne os
Ter held 10 par, OF the practical law 81 iese
are repor;cd casrU The subject and we nave foahe N
our mind the recollection OF c2ne newspaper report %
c:sion or ard (amnhe 10 Inc very point ol railway
liability 10 The law Of deodand IS paf {" tne commoh
,w il il vet law here ard elsewhere uneaG aoI"gaen OF
modified hy statute bacss!one - Igi ~ sI! '"5
mat the rcason the value OF the weapon Is soleo ~ an
indictment Tor homicide is 10 enable line crown 70 cain Tue
deodand aud that form be YET malnlaineo rs 49, W
svIv,ns nj other common law States we have right 10
infer lay Of deodand ia s'' IN iorce VIZ 'cpeaa, W.
believe il 10 te and sincerely trust that should any snc
occur where this good wholesome OH 'laslontd
remedy .an applied will q; once he rcsoed TO- e
but lbe coroner Of the county return n ms INQUEST that A.
came 10 his DEF IL. by being crushed on railway ana
,hat The Iocomoye and cara deodHnds 10 the common
wealth or county and seize them as such ana justice
will have touched "a nerve OF exquisite feeling tha
will vbrae The hearts even oil coporaiona enc fuh""
directors fl wi be far more efficient than sending ain
ed and half dead conductor 10 the pententary Tor man
slaughter For let say sorow and IN christian anger
VIC have no nt sensbiy moral sense or regard
for law or public right OF money making cGTporaton-
The uneuullcd wrongs Of those who put in Jeopardy
NJ Rancoava the day, and Of those who persisted or
were muilcd al Norwak speaking loudly 10 The public
mind Such thnsa capno: be much longer endured.
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