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, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1817 - Trials |
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... matter in which he has had not only been the preceding accountant , been supposed to have misbehaved to a very but had then become the personal representa- great extent , and it was not for want of all tive of lord Holland - he was one ...
... matter in which he has had not only been the preceding accountant , been supposed to have misbehaved to a very but had then become the personal representa- great extent , and it was not for want of all tive of lord Holland - he was one ...
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... matter settled , he referred us to Mr. Powell . Sir T. Davenport . You talk of settling and closing the account , had there been any ba- lance drawn before that time ? -No ; he re- ferred me to Mr. Powell , saying he could do no more in ...
... matter settled , he referred us to Mr. Powell . Sir T. Davenport . You talk of settling and closing the account , had there been any ba- lance drawn before that time ? -No ; he re- ferred me to Mr. Powell , saying he could do no more in ...
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... matters between him and Mr. Paris Taylor that prevented his closing the account ; we were busy then , so the matter lay over till the night of the 10th of January , we then settled lord Holland's ac- When you requested Mr. Bembridge to ...
... matters between him and Mr. Paris Taylor that prevented his closing the account ; we were busy then , so the matter lay over till the night of the 10th of January , we then settled lord Holland's ac- When you requested Mr. Bembridge to ...
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... matter very unpleasant to me , to be led by any observations of my ad- versary , at all out of the way of it ; and yet my learned friend choosing to mix , -for the sake of jest , I should think , rather than any thing else , a great ...
... matter very unpleasant to me , to be led by any observations of my ad- versary , at all out of the way of it ; and yet my learned friend choosing to mix , -for the sake of jest , I should think , rather than any thing else , a great ...
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... matter that , however morally guilty he may be , there is no law against ; the law written in men's minds , may remonstrate pretty strongly against it , but my friend says , there is no law of England against it . Undoubtedly , if there ...
... matter that , however morally guilty he may be , there is no law against ; the law written in men's minds , may remonstrate pretty strongly against it , but my friend says , there is no law of England against it . Undoubtedly , if there ...
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Page 293 - ... defendant or defendants of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in such indictment or information.
Page 307 - ... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed, by the court or judge before whom such indictment or information...
Page 469 - ... 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 387 - 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 215 - 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 195 - Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law : but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy : who art thou that judgest another?
Page 473 - ... to the great scandal and 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 411 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 387 - 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 435 - If any ask me what a free government is, I answer that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.