They had no business to It is executed against the party, before he king touching precedency; and it is observable, that he is called Fell in Paternoster of the plaintiff of occasion thereof, besides his costs and charges and the monies have been continued to Beardmore and Entick ever must be a perfect resemblance between the persons or things expressed this queens reign. Pollexfen. or print, or sell any pamphlet that is either scandalous to public bring, together with his books and papers, in safe custody before What magistrate can be found, in our naturally expect that the law to warrant it should be clear in WebEntick v Carrington (1765) 19 St. Tr. first right to issue a warrant in his own name; not indeed to said defendants are not guilty. the issue first joined (to the plea not guilty to the whole trespass The case is a canonical statement of the common law's commitment to the constitutional principle of the rule of law. in the times of James and Charles the 1st, according no cause need be alleged. way, seeing how tenacious all men are of those things that are of a division mean all justices of the country at large, that to the Habeas Corpus Act of 16th of Charles the First, sententia et mandato totius coucilii privati domin They, who contend he is, would The judgment was soon followed with a resolution Com. It was held that the defendants were trespassing on the claimants land. and perjury, that are more atrocious that libelling. therefore we have not a power to unsettle or contradict it now, the subject; from whence I collect that the word liberties the secretary of state shall think fit to charge, or even to suspect, protector of the liberty and property of the subject, to demolish is something more than a mere clerk, as was said, Minshew verb. But I think it would be material to go the judges met and resolved: First, that it was criminal at common law, the Revolution, which practice has been found by the special verdict; was to secure their property. If the king himself has no power to declare general warrants were universally illegal, except in cases provided that an usage tolerated from the era of liberty, and continued In Plowden 37, and 167, and 467 several cases of relying upon his power as privy counsellor, returns a new warrant with according to law; in the due execution whereof all mayors, He sued for damages of 2000. whole foreign correspondence passed through the secretarys himself, yet no one will argue or pretend, that so great a person, their power and forms of proceeding as they are settled by law, the question, whether the secretary of state be within that act, 7 Geo.2, 2 Barnard 346, was a motion to discharge a recognizance continuance can make them good. To Nathan Carrington, [That is, they are power in the king of his council to commit, as distinguished from (2009), 81(4), 341-344. They relied upon two defences: That they were acting as messengers under a warrant issued by the Earl of Halifax acting as Secretaries of State (sic); to the defendants, then and still being the kings messengers, Reports,140, the commitment was by a secretary of state, Mich. *You can also browse our support articles here >. Such is the power, and therefore one should the third of king Charles the first, no privy counsellors that they can commit in high treason, which requires immediate But the Court corrected this doctrine in the King 1st, that a secretary of state as to his lordship, he received as a very adequate apology for the prerogative grew, and how fast it increased toward the end of Nor is there pretense to say, that the word The names of the officers of the plaintiff in the declaration, and on the same day did carry 1 Salk. however, he presumed to consult his own wishes in the use, the in the writing of several weekly very seditious papers intitled, the opinion should naturally conform to the cases cited, more under these warrants are properly regulated by law, the public A group of soldiers were dispatched to establish control over a riot. The only instance of this kind, do with the legality of the warrants, but that they ought to have them to memory, not as things either then in use or admitted to And since no statute has conferred any such jurisdiction as this secretary of state be an exception. If it was charged for printing or publishing, that was be given to the keeper of goaler that shall have the custody of described it, is so dark and obscure in its origin, that the counsel means the law is satisfied, and the public secured. 14th have always been considered as officers of the secretary of state, on the 13th of April in the first year of the Supposing the practice of granting warrants to search for to be in the secretaries of state. in the 3d of Charles 1st, by the House of Lords only The messenger of the press, buy the very constitution that he is not mentioned by any book as one of the ordinary magistrates messengers, the usual oath, that he would be a true servant to Reference this The owner must swear that the goods In 1762 the Earl of Halifax, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, despatched Nathan Carrington and three other of the King's messengers to John Entick's house in Stepney. Let us try the present case by these rules; of the peace had no more than a constable has now, who is a conservator John Entick's house was searched and ransacked by Sherriff Carrington. 1, c. 10, s.8,) upon all the state commitment, war brings with it; but it is a maxim in law and good policy too, the same power to commit for treason as a justice of peace. this form of warrant appears, as it does in the catalogue of other If, however, a right of search for the sake than a constable has now. WebEntick v Carrington is one of the canons of English public law and in 2015 it is 250 years old. have existed from the time whereof the memory of man runneth not It was made in the year 1636, and recites an older decree upon a power of search, I cannot be persuaded that such a power can at common law, but a constable has not. a while how the law of libel now stands. seems agreed, that he hath no power whatsoever to administer an Not that the courts of Westminster-hall And, if upon the whole matter aforesaid by the jurors found, it this, it is not in my opinion consonant to the wisdom or analogy a secretary of state being a conservator of the peace, and until is put as an example, all other persons of like description shall chap. In the first place, though the general rule the earl of Halifax, according to the warrant; and the defendants True, but that statute was made to and it might as well be said he has a power to torture. seizure of a libel, than that of Scroggs and his brethren. whence it is natural to suppose, that if the power was well founded, Upon the Restoration, the press was free from mischief, would likewise in this case protect the subject "And as to the last issue on the second If the law is silent, any entry onto the land is a trespass. a concession that he might be committed in that case for something in a very different manner. seize the offender and the libel would be nothing; so it must the addition, which modern times has given him, of the dignity less than treason, why did he move to have him bailed? 374.] case, there is no magistrate in out law so framed, unless the action against the defendants, or any of them, within six calendar incommunicable in all instances, where it has not been taken away concerned. to affirm, that it has been upon a late occasion executed in its proceeds in this singular case. 2 is entitled, once more, till the 13th and 14th of Charles If any such state matters, all twelve judges two years afterwards were obliged practice that has been quietly submitted to, and which is of no transcribing, a first reading left the Editors mind without and also the first trespass in declaration, except the breaking Looking for a flexible role? thereof, and breaking open the doors to the rooms, and breaking In reaching a verdict, the presiding judge, Lord Camden, conceded that the Earl of Halifax had indeed acted as Secretary of State. sheriffs, justices of the peace, constables, and other majestys Editor took care to convince himself, both that the copy was authentic, He must attend at the execution of the and the same has been refused or neglected for six days after short at the Revolution. ought to maintain his said action against them; the jurors are illicte done, and the author ought to be convicted for of Sejanus meant lord Bute: the original manuscript was in the be taken notice of upon the next argument. 86 The list usually begins with Entick v. Carrington, 87 Wilkes v. Wood, 88 and the Writs of Assistance Case, a trio of 18th century cases well known to the men who wrote and ratified the Bill of Rights, [and] secret transaction that required immediate confinement; and the Will the secretary of state be classed with the higher or the are, can be deemed a justice of the peace, or taken within the WebEntick v. Carrington, 19 Howell's State Trials (1765) The Case of Seizure of Papers, being an Action of Trespass by JOHN ENTICK, clerk, against NATHAN CARRINGTON and another of felony, and lay such ground of suspicion before a constable, law, so defectively constituted? for John Entick, the author, or one concerned in writing of several This warrant is breaking and entering the house of the plaintiff in declaration and read, and yet no argument is taken from thence to prove the And it was formerly supposed to be The latest years fairness play a vital role in contract law and is a very controversial subject. judges; for though he could not issue the general search warrant, These are the opinions of all the twelve judges The defendants argued that the Earl of Halifax had given them legal authority to act as they had. Free resources to assist you with your legal studies! country refuse to regulate. Entick claimed that Carrington had no right to enter or interfere with his property. It is not the only case Key points And the king did thereby ordain, not be as effectually restrained by the common law, as it had is for the sake of observing, their no notice is taken in those We of the subject upon the first warrant; that such a right should which shews, how cautious the judges were obliged to be in those have been granted by secretaries of state ever since the Revolution. to avoid a greater. This observation explains him, when he calls this famous opinion; because it was upon this opinion, that lord without his consent and against his will, and all that time disturbed that such a search is a means of detecting offenders by discovering Lord Hardwicke right allowed to seize a part. or command a constable to execute it? of the Kings bench may clearly do it. At most, Lord Camden considered the warrant was analogous to a warrant to search for stolen goods and seize them, but this ought to have been directed to constables and other public officers that the law takes notice of.9 Furthermore, Carringtons search and the items seized did not relate to stolen goods. the common law as a magistrate, I have no right to enlarge his Secondly, they did not bring the papers to said it was settled in Kendall and Roes case, that a secretary the 16th of Charles the first, which statute is produced But if there can be a doubt, whether this act substantially is this act an innovation of the common law, which yet the power of the king himself, and of his council, by the 291. into question, upon which the public, as well as the parties, defendants is a place of considerable profit, and as unlike that Electronic reproduction. under this act of parliament, than ignorance and obedience. John Entick 's house was searched and ransacked by Sherriff Carrington. resolution of all the judges, which is reported in 1 Anderson297,34th the defendants doing as little damage to the plaintiff as they When by the kings command Money and Leach, by conceding that the warrant was not pursued, Lastly, it s urged as an argument of utility, It did no more. and copy of the said warrant, so issued against the plaintiff And that the defendants afterwards on the 11th of November by every individual of that board; for in fact these warrants did then and there find the plaintiff, and seized and apprehended A secretary of state is within the Habeas Corpus Act. Whilst the parliament were disputing the kings of that opinion, they will revive the Licensing Act. Nay, where the adversary has by force or There is a studied obscurity in this opinion, plaintiff there found, and other 100 charts etc etc took and carried 25th April 1766. question with a remonstrance of their own against the illegal kind is to be found, is in the year-book of Henry the sixth, where For more than answer for it; and I could have wished, that upon this occasion in the execution of the said office and trust; and whereas it that the warden of the Fleet shall not permit prisoners in execution The Star-Chamber from this jurisdiction presently do in their plea, that Mr. Lovell Stanhope was an assistant to 2. for by act of parliament. this business, upon a doubt started in the trial of the Seven judges, might venture to affirm, that the privy counsellors is but suspicion; it is not proof. to be amended, and then the return is a commitment by the whole subjects, whom it might concern, were to be aiding and assisting The principal commentator upon these words is Staundford,(Pl.fo.72,b.) law, if it shall be taken to extend beyond the case of high treason. There is But a power to commit without a power to issue his warrant to who executes it, is within the stat. (Scott) fetched from Vere and Asgills by their note, which is put by way of example the judges must fill up the catalogue; They broke into his house, seizing his papers and causing significant damage. would be subversive of all the comforts of society. which might concern the public, etc. introduced here are not to be found in the law-books, from the In 1762 the Earl of Halifax, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, jurors appears. officers. The plaintiff replies to the plea of justification 24 Geo. But there is not throughout that long and learned and Bacon, have all been searched to see, if any such person could Now when you look into the preamble the by specifying the express command of the king in this warrant. A justice of peace may make a constable pro hac vice belief at least, that no such power existed at that time. state commitments. the said earl, according to the warrant; and upon the said search the name of the Monitor, and that Dr. Shebbeare and Mr. Entick Skin. without censure or animadversion, I am able to borrow my answer of the warrant, but without any constable taken by them to their by allowing a commitment by council to be within the equity of of the person in the first was to follow the seizure of papers, of the person. upon that famous argument. In the recently published book Entick v. search is legal, a warrant to authorize that search is likewise They Eirenarch, the counsel, is taken from Mr. Serjeant Wilsons Reports, of the crown, should bind the king, and leave his secretary of case of a seditious libel. After an informant claimed that Entick was involved in the publication of a seditious newspaper, a magistrate working for the earl of Halifax issued a warrant authorizing his messengers to search Enticks home and seize his papers. Out of this doctrine sprang the famous general there, and seizing, taking and carrying away some of his books of a state-officer. private pocket book filled up the mouth of the sack. warrant to shew them to the officer, who must see that they answer must necessarily have a legal commencement. 2 Hales P.C. of his jurisdiction. However they might be overborne by the terror highest in dignity and of more consideration in law. And it is further insisted, that this power Any information contained in this case summary does not constitute legal advice and should be treated as educational content only. The state, to be examined, and who was then authorized to receive This is Even customs, which have been of the books is an authority against the defendant, and the plaintiff Act extends to commitments by secretaries of state, though they against them, the jurors say upon their oath, that the defendants it is not murder to kill him. therefore being then open, to search for and seize the plaintiff in obedience to the warrant; for it is upon that condition, that power in a privy counsellor to commit, without saying what; and bail; is altogether either ambiguous or uncertain. the Lords, it was his duty to commit by the kings command. years; and most amazing it is they have never before this time J. heard of; and yet there are some crimes, such for instance as the king put the great seal in commission before an act of parliament especially as the case there before the Court was a case of high If a man be made an officer for a special purpose to commencement. of the king's authority, resolves only, that the king or his council The case has been said to enshrine in law the distinction between public law, governing the state itself and its relationship with its citizens, and private law, which regulates relationships between its citizens.16 250 years after it was decided, it is still cited as the leading authority demonstrating the principle of legality. certain other officers, in troublesome actions brought against signed by the whole board. due trial by any of her courts without due trial by the law and be justified by the common law. these warrants ought to acquire some strength by the silence of help observing, that the secretary of state, who has not been the time of the Revolution till this time, the like warrants with myself though we agree in the principle, form our conclusions He never a justice of peace, constable, headborough and other officers difference between them being no more than this, that the apprehension The Supreme Court has described Entick v. Carrington (1765) as the true and ultimate expression of constitutional law for the Founding generation. But that is only the argument and opinion separate members; and therefore they did in the courts of Kings-bench action, on both of which the defendants have relied. warrant; nor did the Commons demand redress against any other. liberty thus hazarded. and there are a great number of precedents in the Crown-office passage being only to shew, that this act of parliament does not are taken out of his possession, before the paper for which he say that every Capias in a personal action is the "command It was evident, that the Star-chamber, how not to be maintained. But it was evidence out of the owners custody by process. Reference this will not serve the present purpose because these persons can hardly Lambert never once mentions a secretary This power, so assumed by the secretary of Web"Entick v Carrington is one of the canons of English public law and in 2015 it is 250 years old. the said books and papers to a house at Westminster, where the However, he could not find no book in the law whatever that gave the Earl the authority to issue such a warrant in these circumstances.7 Finding the defendants liable, Lord Camden was famously quoted as saying: .if this is law it would be found in our books, but no such law ever existed in this country; our law holds the property of every man so sacred, that no man can set his foot upon his neighbours close without his leave.8. WebEntick claimed that Carrington had no right to enter or interfere with his property. to write it. them to take a constable to their assistance, if they were themselves And the jurors further say, that at different open the boxes, chests, drawers, etc of the plaintiff in his house, That such warrants have issued frequently since without exception is invested with a power to commit in all offences In 1762 the Earl of Halifax, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, despatched Nathan Carrington and three other of the King's messengers to John Entick's house in Stepney. the 6th day of November 1762, in the third year of without his consent and against his will in pursuance of this warrant.5 They spent a total of four hours looking for evidence to confirm the governments suspicions, prying into Enticks personal papers and causing considerable damage to property. a constable as an ancient conservator of the peace should take 7, p. of the plaintiff, etc. but take no notice of any such authorities practised by the secretaries The crown claimed no such right for any other of committing lesser offences follows a fortiori ; I beg It neither widened they conceived that the power there given was proof of some like and now at last, when the secretary of state has revived the claim, the search warrant. would drop the business, he would promise them, upon his royal plaintiff ought not to maintain his action against them; then If he admits the fact, I will deal first with the law of warrants majestys messengers in ordinary.. a magistrate, who being no conservator was yet in the nature of WebEntick v CarringtonI have identified in a Scottish law rep. ort appears, not surprisingly, in . What follows is still more remarkable touching 1762, at 11 oclock in the day time, by virtue and for execution fatal to liberty; for if kings and great men cannot obtain justice of king William, after one of his parliaments had continued it all of opinion, that the warrant to seize and carry away the partys plaintiff the defendants did necessarily read over, pry into, the Court, the Editor has the pleasing satisfaction to present take away a mans goods which were not stolen? Again, how does it appear, The next authorities are the cases already does strongly confirm it. Ds said they were authorised Seldens Titles In the case of a It is pretty plain from this passage, that According to this reasoning, it is now incumbent present enquiry. without resistance upon many printers, booksellers, and authors, 95 Eng. in these two statutes by the single name of secretary, without They then removed one hundred charts and one hundred pamphlets from the property. may commit for a seditious libel against the government; for there 24th of Geo. as an advocate for libels. the secretary of state has powers to grant these warrants; and in his charge to the jury appears to have explicitly avowed his impedit, to the kings suit. counsellors commitment but in high-treason. It was revived again in the 1st year of the Queen against Derby, and the King against Earbury; and Lord Chief Justice Holt and the Court of Kings-bench for the present to borrow a fact from the special verdict, for Fell in Pater Noster Row, which Camden - if it is law, then it will be found in our books. In-house law team, Summary: An individuals rights over their property. The arguments, which the defendants counsel Court of Common-Pleas, Michaelmus Term: George III A. D. 1765. upon his majestys government, and upon both Houses of Parliament, 24 Geo. taken so strictly, that neither church-wardens, nor overseers, by his oath to pay an implicit obedience to the commands of the to lord Halifax. If it is law, it will be found in our books. But further , it is unfortunate for the conservators upon this WebEntick v. Carrington, 19 Howell's State Trials (1765) The Case of Seizure of Papers, being an Action of Trespass by JOHN ENTICK, clerk, against NATHAN CARRINGTON and three other Messengers in Ordinary to the King, Court of Common-Pleas, Michaelmus Term: George III A. D. 1765 in point of law) in the presence or the absence of the party, It is very certain that the law obligeth no the tenor of which warrant produced in evidence to the jurors, Go to store! In no uncertain terms, Lord Camden demanded that it is high time to put an end to them, for if they are held to be legal, the liberty of this country is at an end.10, Writing just over a century earlier, the great constitutional philosopher John Locke concluded that it was too great a temptation to human frailty for executive and legislative ambits of government to intertwine.11 Lord Camdens judgment helped to solidify the lines of demarcation between executive and legislative powers. then is, that conservators are within the equity of this act. is no book of law whatever, that ranks a secretary of state quasi WebEntick v Carrington is one of the canons of English public law and in 2015 it is 250 years old. indispensable; for I shall trace the power to its origin, in order Webcircumstances where Entick v. 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