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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Page 49
... punishing , conferring honours on a paymaster , the public defaulter of unac- counted millions . " VOL . XXII ... punished by information , unless , by law , it is liable to be prosecuted and punished by indictment . Gentlemen , it ...
... punishing , conferring honours on a paymaster , the public defaulter of unac- counted millions . " VOL . XXII ... punished by information , unless , by law , it is liable to be prosecuted and punished by indictment . Gentlemen , it ...
Page 51
... punish them for a breach of their duty in their office ; but read our books , and look at our precedents , and tell ... punished when they thus offend ; even a constable , if he does not obey the warrant of a justice , shall be punished ...
... punish them for a breach of their duty in their office ; but read our books , and look at our precedents , and tell ... punished when they thus offend ; even a constable , if he does not obey the warrant of a justice , shall be punished ...
Page 79
... punishment for that offence so de- scribed ; and it will not be an answer to say , perhaps the Court did not do so , because they looked into the evidence , and they saw that the evidence would not support the particular count , and ...
... punishment for that offence so de- scribed ; and it will not be an answer to say , perhaps the Court did not do so , because they looked into the evidence , and they saw that the evidence would not support the particular count , and ...
Page 85
... punishment , a man who does that , is most undoubtedly liable to be punish- ed by indictment ; and it was upon that prin- ciple that every one of these counts concluded that it was against the statute . Then it is said , there is a ...
... punishment , a man who does that , is most undoubtedly liable to be punish- ed by indictment ; and it was upon that prin- ciple that every one of these counts concluded that it was against the statute . Then it is said , there is a ...
Page 97
... punishment , which your lordships , in your . discretion-- Lord Mansfield . You had better take the whole , as I told Mr. Scott . * In the original report of this Argument , there were a few errors ; in correcting them I have had the ...
... punishment , which your lordships , in your . discretion-- Lord Mansfield . You had better take the whole , as I told Mr. Scott . * In the original report of this Argument , there were a few errors ; in correcting them I have had the ...
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Popular passages
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.