A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, Volume 33Thomas Bayly Howell T. C. Hansard for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1826 - Trials |
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... ment of the country ; and last harvest , during a riot which occurred about a scarcity of meal , so far was he from taking any part in the riot , that when a house was to be attacked , he put himself forward along with two constables in ...
... ment of the country ; and last harvest , during a riot which occurred about a scarcity of meal , so far was he from taking any part in the riot , that when a house was to be attacked , he put himself forward along with two constables in ...
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... ment , does not amount to sedition . and distinct statement . Lord Justice Clerk . - It is a perfectly fair Mr. Jeffrey . - I appear here in behalf of Thomas Baird . I suppose we are all agreed , that it is the right and province of the ...
... ment , does not amount to sedition . and distinct statement . Lord Justice Clerk . - It is a perfectly fair Mr. Jeffrey . - I appear here in behalf of Thomas Baird . I suppose we are all agreed , that it is the right and province of the ...
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... ment constitutes sedition ; adding , that his client did not apply his expressions to the legislature , but to the ministers of the day . It may be so , but that is not what is stated in this indictment , to which alone I can attend at ...
... ment constitutes sedition ; adding , that his client did not apply his expressions to the legislature , but to the ministers of the day . It may be so , but that is not what is stated in this indictment , to which alone I can attend at ...
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... ment is not relevantly laid . The defence has been very properly explain- ed by the counsel for the panels ; and I shall be happy if they make out that defence , either in exculpation , or in alleviation of the crime charged in this ...
... ment is not relevantly laid . The defence has been very properly explain- ed by the counsel for the panels ; and I shall be happy if they make out that defence , either in exculpation , or in alleviation of the crime charged in this ...
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... ment Neither , in my apprehension , can you doubt , that the publication in question was the work of Baird ; that he not only superintended the printing , but assisted in preparing the manuscript for the press ; and that he sold and ...
... ment Neither , in my apprehension , can you doubt , that the publication in question was the work of Baird ; that he not only superintended the printing , but assisted in preparing the manuscript for the press ; and that he sold and ...
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