Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period [1163] to the Present Time [1820].Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell R. Bagshaw, 1818 - Trials |
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... Attorney Ge- neral [ Sir John Scott , afterwards Lord Chan- cellor Eldon ] ; Mr. Solicitor General [ Sir John Mitford , afterwards Lord Redesdale and Lord Chancellor of Ireland ] ; Mr. Serjeant Adair ; Mr. Bearcroft ; Mr. Bower ; Mr ...
... Attorney Ge- neral [ Sir John Scott , afterwards Lord Chan- cellor Eldon ] ; Mr. Solicitor General [ Sir John Mitford , afterwards Lord Redesdale and Lord Chancellor of Ireland ] ; Mr. Serjeant Adair ; Mr. Bearcroft ; Mr. Bower ; Mr ...
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... attorney - general , who is so careful a censor morum , will , I am sure , do me justice here- after ; whether I escape with my life , or not , he will take care that the justice of this coun- try shall not be run down in the manner I ...
... attorney - general , who is so careful a censor morum , will , I am sure , do me justice here- after ; whether I escape with my life , or not , he will take care that the justice of this coun- try shall not be run down in the manner I ...
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... Attorney General . - You say you copied into this book the resolutions , first being taken down upon loose paper ? —Yes . The resolutions , when taken down upon loose paper , were not always in your own hand writing ? -Not always . You ...
... Attorney General . - You say you copied into this book the resolutions , first being taken down upon loose paper ? —Yes . The resolutions , when taken down upon loose paper , were not always in your own hand writing ? -Not always . You ...
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... Attorney General . - You have told us , with respect to Mr. Sinclair , that he had been sent to the Scotch Convention , at a very private meeting ? -No ; I did not mention that ; at an extraordinary general meeting . Look at this letter ...
... Attorney General . - You have told us , with respect to Mr. Sinclair , that he had been sent to the Scotch Convention , at a very private meeting ? -No ; I did not mention that ; at an extraordinary general meeting . Look at this letter ...
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... Attorney General . This is a draft of a letter sent as an answer to the Sheffield So- ciety , informing them they would incorporate their twelve associated members . Mr. William Woodfall ( called again ) . Mr. Attorney General . - Whose ...
... Attorney General . This is a draft of a letter sent as an answer to the Sheffield So- ciety , informing them they would incorporate their twelve associated members . Mr. William Woodfall ( called again ) . Mr. Attorney General . - Whose ...
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Page 159 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
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Page 959 - ... for doubtless most persons that are felons of themselves, and others, are under a degree of partial insanity when they commit these offences.
Page 959 - I can think of is this; such a person as labouring under melancholy distempers hath yet ordinarily as great understanding, as ordinarily a child of fourteen years hath, is such a person as may be guilty of treason or felony.