 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 358 pages
...make him give evidence ! Why, my lords, did you feel nothing stir within you — adjudications had condemned the application of torture for the extraction...assassin had made a deadly attempt upon a life of much consequence, it was proposed to put him to the torture, in order to discover his accomplices. I know... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 368 pages
...Why, my lords, did you feel nothing stir within you—adjudications had condemned the applica-. tion of torture for the extraction of evidence. When a...assassin had made a deadly attempt upon a life of much consequence, it was proposed to put him to the torture, in order to discover his accomplices. I know... | |
 | William Hone - Anecdotes - 1819 - 318 pages
...was generally esteemed a good husband, a good father, and a good servant. It was, therefore, resolved to put him to the torture, in order to discover his accomplices. This was done with such severity, on February 23, 1690, that he died the week after of the hurts he... | |
 | Trials - 1820 - 704 pages
...and administers torture to the body of the lliird, in order to make him give evidence. Why, my lurds, did you feel nothing stir within you ? Our adjudications...was proposed to put him to the torture, in order to dbcover his accomplices. I scarcely know whether tu admire most the awful and impressive lessun given... | |
 | William Hone - Anecdotes - 1825 - 314 pages
...was generally esteemed a good husband, a good father, and a good servant. It was, therefore, resolved to put him to the torture, in order to discover his accomplices. This was done with such severity, on February 23, 1690, that he died the week after of the hurts he... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1840 - 530 pages
...the entreaties of his father. There being reason to suspect that he was instigated by the Puritans, it was proposed to put him to the torture, in order to elicit from him the names of his accomplices. When Laud, then Bishop of London, hinted to him this... | |
 | Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...the court should think fit." There being reason to suspect that he was instigated by the puritans, it was proposed to put him to the torture, in order to elicit from him the names of his accomplices. When Laud, then Bishop of London, hinted to him this... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 846 pages
...was generally esteemed a good husband, a good father, and a good servant. It was therefore resolved to put him to the torture, in order to discover his accomplices. Ihis was done with such severity, on February 23, 1690, that he died the week after of the injuries... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1847 - 662 pages
...him give evidence. W1. v ' my lords, did you feel nothing stir within you ? Our adjudicar tions had condemned the application of torture for the extraction...evidence. When a wild and furious assassin had made 1 deadly attempt upon a life of much public consequence, it *® proposed to put him to the torture,... | |
 | Tracts for the people - 1847 - 800 pages
...was generally esteemed a good husband, a good father, and a good servant. It was therefore resolved to put him to the torture, in order to discover his accomplices. This was done with such severity, on February 23, 1690, that he died the week after of the hurts he... | |
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Our adjudications have condemned the application of torture for the extraction of evidence. When a wild and furious assassin had made a deadly attempt upon a life of much public consequence, it was proposed to put him to the torture in order to discover... 
