Ashford v Thornton
Ashford v Thornton (1818) 106 ER 149 is an English law case in the Court of King's Bench which upheld the right of the defendant to trial by battle on a private appeal from an acquittal for murder. In 1817, Abraham Thornton was charged with the murder of Mary Ashford. Thornton had met Ashford at a dance and had walked with her from the event. The next morning, she was found drowned in a pit with little evidence of violence. Public opinion was heavily against Thornton, but the jury quickly acquitted him and found him not guilty of rape.
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Ashford v Thornton
Ashford v Thornton (1818) 106 ER 149 is an English law case in the Court of King's Bench which upheld the right of the defendant to trial by battle on a private appeal from an acquittal for murder. In 1817, Abraham Thornton was charged with the murder of Mary Ashford. Thornton had met Ashford at a dance and had walked with her from the event. The next morning, she was found drowned in a pit with little evidence of violence. Public opinion was heavily against Thornton, but the jury quickly acquitted him and found him not guilty of rape.
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Ashford v Thornton (1818) 106 ...... migrated to the United States.
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Ashford v Thornton est une aff ...... -Unis, où il mourut vers 1860.
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The Court of King's Bench, circa 1808
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1818-04-16
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William Ashford v Abraham Thornton
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Drawing of a large, crowded courtroom
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Lord Ellenborough , John Bayley, Charles Abbott, George Holroyd
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Trial by battle
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Ashford v Thornton
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All judges gave opinions upholding the defendant's right to wage battle.
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Acquittal of Thornton on charges of murder and rape.
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Ashford v Thornton (1818) 106 ...... found him not guilty of rape.
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Ashford v Thornton est une aff ...... l n'était donc pas admissible.
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Ashford v Thornton
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Ashford v Thornton
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