English house of commons against dissolving grand juries by any judge, before the end of the term, assizes, or sessions, while matters are under their consideration and not presented, as arbitrary, illegal, destructive to public justice, a manifest violation... The life of the first earl of Shaftesbury, by B. Martyn and dr. Kippis, ed ... - Page 239by Benjamin Martyn - 1836Full view - About this book
| Irish matters - 1844 - 98 pages
...jury by any judge before the end of 1 the term, assizes, or sessions, while matters MEMORANDA OF IRISH MATTERS. are under their consideration, and not presented,...means to subvert the fundamental laws of the kingdom." Yet this conduct, which, when pursued in England, was thus solemnly proclaimed to be arbitrary, illegal,... | |
| William Charles Townsend - 1844 - 492 pages
...issue pure." At the conclusion of this animated speech, it was resolved, " That the discharging of a grand jury by any judge, before the end of the term assizes, or sessions, while matters are under consideration and not presented, is arbitrary, illegal, destructive to public justice, a manifest violation... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pages
...must confess it is a sharp censure from an English house of commons against dissolving grand juries by any judge, before the end of the term, assizes,...matters are under their consideration and not presented, as arbitrary, illegal, destructive to public justice, a manifest violation of his oath, and as a means... | |
| North American review - 1860 - 634 pages
...should come to a violent death, they would " revenge it to the utmost on the Papists " ; and finally, " that the discharging of the grand jury by any judge,...means to subvert the fundamental laws of the kingdom." Having thus prepared the way for the blow which he had long meditated, Shaftesbury now caused a bill... | |
| Homersham Cox - Constitutional law - 1863 - 860 pages
...presentments. The House of Commons resolved, in reference to these proceedings, " That the discharging of a grand jury by any judge before the end of the term,...means to subvert the fundamental laws of the kingdom." And the conduct of Scroggs in this respect was the subject of one of the articles of his subsequent... | |
| Homersham Cox - Administrative law - 1863 - 862 pages
...presentments. The House of Commons resolved, in reference to these proceedings, " That the discharging of a grand jury by any judge before the end of the term,...destructive to public justice, a manifest violation of his oatb, and is a means to subvert the fundamental laws of the kingdom." And the conduct of Scroggs in... | |
| Royal commission on historical manuscripts - 1872 - 582 pages
...into tho " Speaker's chamber to frame tho Question, viz., that " the discharging tho Grand Jury by a Judge before " the end of the Term, Assizes, or Sessions,...while " matters are under their consideration and not pro" sented, is arbitrary, illegal, &c." It passed item. con. — Proposed impeachment of Scroggs.... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 508 pages
...must confess it is a sharp censure from an English House of Commons against dissolving grand juries by any judge, before the end of the term, assizes,...matters are under their consideration, and not presented ; as arbitrary, illegal, destructive to public justice, a manifest violation of his oath, and as a... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 508 pages
...must confess it is a sharp censure from an English House of Commons against dissolving grand juries by any judge, before the end of the term, assizes,...matters are under their consideration, and not presented ; as arbitrary, illegal, destructive to public justice, a manifest violation of his oath, and as a... | |
| Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee - Great Britain - 1897 - 482 pages
...hearing evidence of the proceedings in the king's bench on 26 June, resolved that ' the discharging of a grand jury by any judge before the end of the term, assizes or sessions, whilst matters are under their consideration and not presented,' was illegal, and at the same time... | |
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