If we accept this hypothesis, can we acquit the Artificer of wanton cruelty?
Not only did I acquit him of all intention of wrong, but I could have fallen on my knees before him, and asked his pardon for my own offences.
With great diffidence, we give it as our opinion that the most correct course would, on the whole, have been to impeach on the Rohilla charge, and to acquit on the Benares charge.
We do not suspect Clive of selling the interests of his employers or his country; but we cannot acquit him of having done what, if not in itself evil, was yet of evil example.
And we say, without hesitation, that it is impossible to acquit him of having meditated violence, and violence which might probably end in blood.
There was, therefore, no small curiosity to know how he would acquit himself.
For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and acquit the guilty.
It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.
In short, they would judge, from any and every means they might have of judging; and if they had any reasonable doubt that he knew his act to be criminal in itself, they would be bound to acquit him.
He might pardon, or he might acquit on grounds of law, notwithstanding the sentence; but he could not punish beyond the extent of the sentence.
In short, they would judge of his moral intent from all the circumstances of the case, and acquit him, if they had any reasonable doubt that he knew that he was committing a crime.
He may acquit or pardon, notwithstanding their sentence or judgment; but he cannot punish, except according to their judgment.
It is quite true that juries, for rather obvious reasons, are more apt to acquit in murder cases than in others.
A jury is quite as likely to send an insane man to the electric chair as to acquit a defendant who is fully responsible for his crime.
Of course, logically, they would have been obliged either to acquit entirely on the ground of insanity or convict of murder in the first degree, but several voted for murder in the second degree.
Thus the argument that ought to acquitin fact may convict the defendant.
The jury in such cases ignore the law and decline either to acquit or to convict in accordance with the test.
There is one notorious attorney who poses as a philanthropist and who invariably promises the jury that if they acquit his client he will personally give him employment.
He said it would acquit the oldest man in the world.
Your defence is ingenious and sound," said the Cadi, "and I must acquityou of criminality.
I know you will acquit yourself well; and if the enemy's fleet falls into our hands, as I doubt not it will, we shall have no cause henceforth to complain of want of money in our purses.
First of all, I cannot acquit you of a good deal of what is called intolerance.
Nor was it possible to see his lordship, and acquit him of gusto in the task.
Without being understood to array ourselves on the side of this baneful expression, we desire to acquit it at once of all suspicion of irreligion.
We hope that they at least will acquit us of any intention of blemishing the fair front of human nature, or of darkening any of the windows that administer to its requirements of light and air.
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
And should the Governor acquit himself of the charges against him, he was to be inflicted upon the colony even longer than had at first been intended.
Behind the pulpit there is a circular niche for the members of the choir, who, aided and abetted in musical matters by a pretty good harmonium, acquit themselves respectably.
With better instrumental assistance, the singers at the Church of the English Martyrs wouldacquit themselves more satisfactorily, and with additional practice they would still further improve matters.
The regular singers have their quarters at the north-eastern end, on the ground floor, and they acquit themselves with a very good grace.
He is aroused to true exultation that there should have been men on the bench who, having been chosen by Pompey in order that they might acquit this man, had dared to condemn him.
The delegates request to be allowed to place their money as paid in some temple, by doing which they would acquit themselves of all responsibility; but Cicero begs them to abstain.
If you acquit yourself well, he will reward you liberally.
I must, therefore, in justice, acquit the Empress of ever having for a moment countenanced, even by the indulgence of an innocent passage through her territories, this interesting enterprise.
It was necessary that I should acquit myself as a priest of my ministry, but how often have I not suffered within myself when I was forced to preach to you those pious lies which I despised in my heart.
Such will be able to acquit themselves of external employs without prejudice to their own virtue, when called to them by duty, justice, or charity.
Two items alone in our catalogue of wrongs will for ever acquit us of being the aggressors; the impressment of our seamen, and the excluding us from the ocean.
Surely the world will acquit our government of having sought it.
There is infinite justice in the party ye have to do with; it is His nature not to acquit the guilty and the sinner.
Acquit yourself manfully for Christ; spill not this good play.
