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Page 10
... returning more nearly to this primitive model of a Court for the trial of small causes . In the county Courts or Courts of Sessions , exercising as they did both civil and criminal jurisdiction , we see sha- dowed forth our present ...
... returning more nearly to this primitive model of a Court for the trial of small causes . In the county Courts or Courts of Sessions , exercising as they did both civil and criminal jurisdiction , we see sha- dowed forth our present ...
Page 29
... returned into Court , they had not agreed upon their verdict ; eight were for convict- ing and four for acquitting . The Court , after threatening and abusing them , sent them out again . They then returned with the following ver- dict ...
... returned into Court , they had not agreed upon their verdict ; eight were for convict- ing and four for acquitting . The Court , after threatening and abusing them , sent them out again . They then returned with the following ver- dict ...
Page 30
... returned with a verdict of not guilty . Recorder , addressing the Jury- " God keep my life out of your hands ; but for this the Court fines you forty marks a man , and im- prisonment till paid . " Penn then de- manded his liberty ...
... returned with a verdict of not guilty . Recorder , addressing the Jury- " God keep my life out of your hands ; but for this the Court fines you forty marks a man , and im- prisonment till paid . " Penn then de- manded his liberty ...
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... returned by the Sheriff of the County of Burlington , and a charge delivered to them by the Chief Justice . No indictments , however , were found , and no civil causes were ready for trial , and after the admission of a number of ...
... returned by the Sheriff of the County of Burlington , and a charge delivered to them by the Chief Justice . No indictments , however , were found , and no civil causes were ready for trial , and after the admission of a number of ...
Page 54
... returned each of the Bills with an ignoramus . In other words , they refused to find them . Here , it may be supposed , this ridiculous and disgraceful matter ended . But Lord Cornbury was not thus to be put off . He was flushed with ...
... returned each of the Bills with an ignoramus . In other words , they refused to find them . Here , it may be supposed , this ridiculous and disgraceful matter ended . But Lord Cornbury was not thus to be put off . He was flushed with ...
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Act of Parliament administration Amboy Attorney Bench Bergen Burlington Cape-May Causes charge Chief Justice Colonies Commission Commissioners for Trade Constable Constitution Cornbury's Coun Council County Courts Court of Chancery Court of Common Court of Judicature Court of Sessions Court-house Daniel Coxe Declaration Defendant East Elizabethtown England Execution Forty Shillings fourth Monday fourth Tuesday Freehold Government Governor Hunter Grand Jury Grants and Concessions held hereby further Ordain House Impowered Indictment Inhabitants James Kinsey Jeremiah Basse Judges Judgment land lawyers Lewis Morris Lord Cornbury Loving Subjects Mompesson Morris New-York Newark Ordain and Direct Peace Penn Pennsylvania Perth-Amboy Pinhorne Proprietors Province of New-Jersey Province of Nova-Cæsarea publick Quakers Reign respective County Robert Hunter Morris says second Monday second Tuesday Smith's N. J. Supreme Court thereof third Monday third Tuesday thought fit Thursday next ensuing tion Trade and Plantations vince West Jersey Whereas William York