A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations, Volume 22Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817 - Trials |
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Page 137
... jury , at the time of the trial , that it had always been done by the accountant ; there was also evidence be- fore the jury , that Mr. Bembridge had ad- mitted upon oath , that it was his duty ; upon this , the jury decided it ; and I ...
... jury , at the time of the trial , that it had always been done by the accountant ; there was also evidence be- fore the jury , that Mr. Bembridge had ad- mitted upon oath , that it was his duty ; upon this , the jury decided it ; and I ...
Page 139
... jury , being taken , that the deis not common ; the effect of it has been un- fendant is guilty of all the charges that fortunate indeed to my client , for instead , appear upon the face of this indictment ; as in the ordinary way it ...
... jury , being taken , that the deis not common ; the effect of it has been un- fendant is guilty of all the charges that fortunate indeed to my client , for instead , appear upon the face of this indictment ; as in the ordinary way it ...
Page 163
... jury there sworn to try se'nnight . the issue joined between the said Gustavus Ordered , that George Rochfort esq . , do Hume and the said William Burton , declared attend this House on this day se'nnight . and delivered their opinion ...
... jury there sworn to try se'nnight . the issue joined between the said Gustavus Ordered , that George Rochfort esq . , do Hume and the said William Burton , declared attend this House on this day se'nnight . and delivered their opinion ...
Page 201
... jury : Which power , thus necessary not only to the ease and safety , but even to the very existence of the executive magis- ' trate , was originally reserved in the great plan of the English constitution , wherein • provision is wisely ...
... jury : Which power , thus necessary not only to the ease and safety , but even to the very existence of the executive magis- ' trate , was originally reserved in the great plan of the English constitution , wherein • provision is wisely ...
Page 203
... jury are merely confined to say whether the facts stated are proved or not , because I hold , and Mr. Erskine , and some of the judges , judge Gould I believe , holds , that the jury are to judge whether the libel itself is false ...
... jury are merely confined to say whether the facts stated are proved or not , because I hold , and Mr. Erskine , and some of the judges , judge Gould I believe , holds , that the jury are to judge whether the libel itself is false ...
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Page 465 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 437 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 359 - King there inhabiting and being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 383 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 385 - That excessive bail ought not to be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders.
Page 361 - An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Page 383 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 437 - Ye cannot make us now less capable, less knowing, less eagerly pursuing of the truth, unless ye first make yourselves, that made us so, less the lovers, less the founders of our true liberty. We can grow ignorant again, brutish, formal, and slavish, as ye found us ; but you then must first become that which ye cannot be, oppressive, arbitrary, and tyrannous, as they were from whom ye have freed us.
Page 385 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 407 - If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the heavy influence of, perhaps, a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favour the benevolent principle of English law makes all presumptions, and which commands the very Judge to be his Counsel.