text: "[14] The dry question then is this: Is it a rule a principle a custom of English law that one good count will sustain a general judgment upon a writ of error in a criminal case although there should be also bad counts in the indictment? Is that a "custom or maxim of our law " or is it not? First then how is this to be ascertained? The illustrious commentator on the laws of England Mr Justice Blackstone [15] shall answer:-- "Established _customs_ _rules_ and _maxims_ I take to be one and the same thing