Reports of State Trials: New Series... 1820 to [1858]...H.M. Stationery Office, 1898 - Trials |
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Page 39
... intention on any subject , indifferent , apathetic . I am afraid that is the characteristic of a great number of persons who are per- fectly sane , and at large ? -At large ; I doubt about their being perfectly sane . Of course the line ...
... intention on any subject , indifferent , apathetic . I am afraid that is the characteristic of a great number of persons who are per- fectly sane , and at large ? -At large ; I doubt about their being perfectly sane . Of course the line ...
Page 51
... intention of the Court to inflict upon you , as they might do , the disgraceful punishment of whipping , because one has a degree of respect towards you ; even in your miserable and unfortunate condition one would not wish to add so ...
... intention of the Court to inflict upon you , as they might do , the disgraceful punishment of whipping , because one has a degree of respect towards you ; even in your miserable and unfortunate condition one would not wish to add so ...
Page 71
... intention to exceed the jurisdiction . If the garnishee had pleaded only Nil habet , the Lord Mayor's Court would unquestionably have the right to try an issue on that plea . He might have pleaded to the jurisdiction , for he can plead ...
... intention to exceed the jurisdiction . If the garnishee had pleaded only Nil habet , the Lord Mayor's Court would unquestionably have the right to try an issue on that plea . He might have pleaded to the jurisdiction , for he can plead ...
Page 127
... intention of the legislature in this Act to impose a religious test ; and the greatest care has been taken so to frame the oath as to render it binding upon the con- science of the person who takes it . There may well be Christianity ...
... intention of the legislature in this Act to impose a religious test ; and the greatest care has been taken so to frame the oath as to render it binding upon the con- science of the person who takes it . There may well be Christianity ...
Page 129
... intention of the particular Act clearly and positively require such a 66 construction . Thirdly , assuming these propositions to be doubtful , the defendant was bound and authorised to take the oath which he did take , for this arises ...
... intention of the particular Act clearly and positively require such a 66 construction . Thirdly , assuming these propositions to be doubtful , the defendant was bound and authorised to take the oath which he did take , for this arises ...
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Page 117 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 119 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject" is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover and the heirs of her body being Protestants. And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken and according to the plain common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation, mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever.
Page 149 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 849 - Queen and you upon your respective trials, [or, in a capital case, "upon your life and death "] ; if therefore you or any of you will challenge them or any of them you must challenge them as they come to the book to be sworn, and before they are sworn, and you shall be heard.
Page 119 - An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and settling the succession of the crown to her present Majesty, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants.
Page 551 - ... for his own life, or for the life of another, or for any lives whatsoever, or for any larger estate of the clear yearly value of not less than five pounds over and above all rents and charges payable out of or in respect of the same...
Page 347 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 115 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian. So help me God.
Page 113 - I AB do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and declare in my Conscience...
Page 147 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.