96 A PREPARATION FOR THE UNION OF LAWS. 



knowing thereof, it is felony, as to make him acces 

 sary after the fact. 



Where a woman, by the constraint of her hus 

 band, in his presence, joineth with him in committing 

 of felony, it is not felony, neither as principal nor as 

 accessary. 



The punishment, trial, and proceeding in cases of 

 felony. 



In felony, the corporal punishment is by hanging, 

 and it is doubtful whether the king may turn it into 

 beheading in the case of a peer or other person of 

 dignity, because in treason the striking off the head 

 is part of the judgment, and so the king pardoneth 

 the rest : but in felony it is no part of the judgment, 

 and the king cannot alter the execution of law ; yet 

 precedents have been both ways. 



In felony, there followeth corruption of blood, 

 except it be in cases made felony by special statutes, 

 with a proviso that there shall be no corruption of 

 blood. 



In felony, lands in fee-simple and goods are 

 forfeited, but not lands intailed, and the profits of 

 estates for life are likewise forfeited : And by some 

 customs lands in fee-simple are not forfeited ; 

 The father to the bough, son to the plough ; 



as in Gavelkind in Kent, and other places. 



In felony, the escheats go to the lord of the fee, 

 and not to the king, except he be lord : But the 

 profits of estates for lives, or in tail during the life of 



