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Page xxv - ... so offending, and being thereof convicted in due form of law, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as a felon without benefit of clergy.
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Page xxii - Province, or return thereinto after the expiration of the time to be limited by the said judgement, without licence from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government for the time being, in that behalf first had and obtained, such person or persons on being duly convicted of so remaining or returning, before either of the said Courts, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as a felon without benefit of Clergy.
Page xix - Be it therefore enacted, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, Constituted and assembled by virtue of, and under the Authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled "An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act for making more effectual Provision for Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America,...
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Page cdxxxvii - In considering our internal situation, you will, I doubt not, feel a just indignation at the attempts which have been made to take advantage of the distresses of the country, for the purpose of exciting a spirit of sedition and violence.
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| Title | General Introduction to Statistical Account of Upper Canada Bibliotheca Americana, Joseph Sabin Fürstliche Bibliothek Corvey - Microedition der Sachliteratur Dig. Serial Issue 23651 of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature Gourlay, Robert T.: Statistical account of Upper Canada Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Statistical account of Upper Canada [Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary ...] |
| Author | Robert Gourlay |
| Compiled by | Robert Gourlay |
| Publisher | Simpkin and Marshall, 1822 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 47 pages |
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