The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... judge of facts . A jury may find facts , but no jury can form a judgment of law ; it is an application of the law to the fact that makes the act criminal or laudable . You must find a fixed stand- ard of some kind or other ; for if ...
... judge of facts . A jury may find facts , but no jury can form a judgment of law ; it is an application of the law to the fact that makes the act criminal or laudable . You must find a fixed stand- ard of some kind or other ; for if ...
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... judge ; or to supply those parts which through bodily infirmity , and I am sure nothing else , one of my excellent fellow - managers has left untouched . I am here alluding to the case of Cheit Sing . My honourable fellow - manager , Mr ...
... judge ; or to supply those parts which through bodily infirmity , and I am sure nothing else , one of my excellent fellow - managers has left untouched . I am here alluding to the case of Cheit Sing . My honourable fellow - manager , Mr ...
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... judge more fully of the nature of this offence , let us see in what relation Cheit Sing stood with the Company . He was , my lords , a person clothed with every one of the attributes of sovereignty , under a direct stipulation that the ...
... judge more fully of the nature of this offence , let us see in what relation Cheit Sing stood with the Company . He was , my lords , a person clothed with every one of the attributes of sovereignty , under a direct stipulation that the ...
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... , as Governor , knowing of such a conspiracy , to provide for the public safety ; and as a judge , he was bound to convene a criminal court , and to lay before it a detailed accusation of the offence . He was WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 11.
... , as Governor , knowing of such a conspiracy , to provide for the public safety ; and as a judge , he was bound to convene a criminal court , and to lay before it a detailed accusation of the offence . He was WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 11.
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... judge ; as an Eng- lish judge ; as a Mahomedan judge ; as a judge by the Gentoo law , and by the law of nature . He should have summoned the party to appear in person , or by his attorney , Hedaia , vol . ii . p . 621 . 1 before him ...
... judge ; as an Eng- lish judge ; as a Mahomedan judge ; as a judge by the Gentoo law , and by the law of nature . He should have summoned the party to appear in person , or by his attorney , Hedaia , vol . ii . p . 621 . 1 before him ...
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