The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 12Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1823 - Europe |
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... offence for any body but themselves to say that Ministers were to be trusted in matters of eco- nomy . It was for the principle of economy that he combated , and a- gainst that principle Ministers as ve- hemently contended . His friends ...
... offence for any body but themselves to say that Ministers were to be trusted in matters of eco- nomy . It was for the principle of economy that he combated , and a- gainst that principle Ministers as ve- hemently contended . His friends ...
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... , that from the year 1732 , when embezzle- ment of property by a bankrupt was made a capital offence , nearly 40,000 bankruptics had taken place ; while in that long period 158 [ СНАР . 5 . EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER , 1819 .
... , that from the year 1732 , when embezzle- ment of property by a bankrupt was made a capital offence , nearly 40,000 bankruptics had taken place ; while in that long period 158 [ СНАР . 5 . EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER , 1819 .
Page 159
... offence ; " and yet fraudulent bankruptcies have be- come so common as almost to be supposed to have lost the nature of crime . " These facts speak for themselves ; but if we concluded from thence that we had a fair view of all the ...
... offence ; " and yet fraudulent bankruptcies have be- come so common as almost to be supposed to have lost the nature of crime . " These facts speak for themselves ; but if we concluded from thence that we had a fair view of all the ...
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... offences were declared capi . tal in addition to those already declar- ed so by the statute law at the com , mencement of King Edward's reign : under the Tudors only sixteen ; un- der the Stuarts , only thirty and un- der the Princes of ...
... offences were declared capi . tal in addition to those already declar- ed so by the statute law at the com , mencement of King Edward's reign : under the Tudors only sixteen ; un- der the Stuarts , only thirty and un- der the Princes of ...
Page 167
... in the crime of forgery , which he only mentioned by way of illustration , he ( Sir James Mackintosh ) had hoped , that when cash payments were re- stored , that offence would be dimi- ` nished ; CHAP . 5. ] 167 HISTORY .
... in the crime of forgery , which he only mentioned by way of illustration , he ( Sir James Mackintosh ) had hoped , that when cash payments were re- stored , that offence would be dimi- ` nished ; CHAP . 5. ] 167 HISTORY .
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