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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... Major Sir ARCHIBALD GORDON KINLOCH , of Gilmerton , Bart . for the Murder of Sir Francis Kinloch , Bart . his Brother German . Tried before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh , on Monday the 29th of June : 35 GEORGE III . A. D. ...
... Major Sir ARCHIBALD GORDON KINLOCH , of Gilmerton , Bart . for the Murder of Sir Francis Kinloch , Bart . his Brother German . Tried before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh , on Monday the 29th of June : 35 GEORGE III . A. D. ...
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... major Sturgeon at their head ) in order to meet E , F , and G , of the parish of ACTON , for the purpose of CONSULTING together [ mark the purpose , CONSULTING ] whether these six persons should recommend it to the parishes of Ealing ...
... major Sturgeon at their head ) in order to meet E , F , and G , of the parish of ACTON , for the purpose of CONSULTING together [ mark the purpose , CONSULTING ] whether these six persons should recommend it to the parishes of Ealing ...
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... Major Rhode , esq . not a freeholder . Charles Digby , esq . challenged by the prisoner . Matthias Dupont , gent . challenged by the crown . Nathaniel Wright , esq . not a freeholder . Hugh French , esq . not a freeholder . William ...
... Major Rhode , esq . not a freeholder . Charles Digby , esq . challenged by the prisoner . Matthias Dupont , gent . challenged by the crown . Nathaniel Wright , esq . not a freeholder . Hugh French , esq . not a freeholder . William ...
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... Major Cart- wright . Have you ever read the report of the Secret Committee of the House of Commons ? —No . Did you ever read the books and papers , except those which were sent to the Society for Constitutional Information ? were you ac ...
... Major Cart- wright . Have you ever read the report of the Secret Committee of the House of Commons ? —No . Did you ever read the books and papers , except those which were sent to the Society for Constitutional Information ? were you ac ...
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... major Cart- wright proposing his four propositions of the Declaration of Rights ; or do you know any thing about the Declaration of Rights ? -I be- lieve it was not in my time . Were you present at the anniversary of the society the 2d ...
... major Cart- wright proposing his four propositions of the Declaration of Rights ; or do you know any thing about the Declaration of Rights ? -I be- lieve it was not in my time . Were you present at the anniversary of the society the 2d ...
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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.
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