The Trial of William Penn and William Mead at the Old Bailey, 1670 |
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... honour of the Court to suffer you to go on . Pen . I have asked but one Question , and you have not answered me ; though the Rights and Priviledges of every Englishman be concerned in it . Rec . If I should suffer you to ask Questions ...
... honour of the Court to suffer you to go on . Pen . I have asked but one Question , and you have not answered me ; though the Rights and Priviledges of every Englishman be concerned in it . Rec . If I should suffer you to ask Questions ...
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... honour of the Court ; and I think you ( i.e. the Jury ) your selves would be tired out , and not have patience to hear them . Obser . The Jury were commanded up to agree upon their verdict , the Prisoners remaining in the stinking Hole ...
... honour of the Court ; and I think you ( i.e. the Jury ) your selves would be tired out , and not have patience to hear them . Obser . The Jury were commanded up to agree upon their verdict , the Prisoners remaining in the stinking Hole ...
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... honour of the King that such persons should be said to act in con- tempt of his Laws , as only meet to honour God and his Laws . § . 2. [ And to the great disturbance of the Kings Peace . ] It is far from disturbing and breaking the ...
... honour of the King that such persons should be said to act in con- tempt of his Laws , as only meet to honour God and his Laws . § . 2. [ And to the great disturbance of the Kings Peace . ] It is far from disturbing and breaking the ...
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... honour of Almighty God , and for the Salvation 28 Ed . 3 . of the Souls of our Progenitors , and our Successors , Kings of England , to the advancement of holy Church , and amend- ment of our Realm , of our meer and free will have given ...
... honour of Almighty God , and for the Salvation 28 Ed . 3 . of the Souls of our Progenitors , and our Successors , Kings of England , to the advancement of holy Church , and amend- ment of our Realm , of our meer and free will have given ...
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... honour of God , and to the profit of our Realm , have granted for us , and our Heirs , and the Charter of Liberties , and the Charter of the Forrest , which were made by common assent of all the Realm , in the time of King Henry our ...
... honour of God , and to the profit of our Realm , have granted for us , and our Heirs , and the Charter of Liberties , and the Charter of the Forrest , which were made by common assent of all the Realm , in the time of King Henry our ...
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Act of Parliament aforesaid Almighty alwayes amerced answer antient Arbitrary Arch-Bishop Bale-dock Bench Bishops bring Bushel called Chap Clar Common Law condign Consciences contrary Counsel disturbance Empson and Dudley English English-man esteemed Evidence Fellow Fore-m Fore-man Forrest free Customs Free-hold Free-man Fundamental Laws given guilty in manner hath hear Heirs Henry Michel holden holy honour illegal imprisoned Inst James Cook John John Hammond Judges Judgment Jury King of England Land Laws of England Liberty and Property London Lord the King Magna Charta manner and form Mayor meer ment never Oath observe Old Bailey Old-Baily out-lawed Parliament Peace Penn and William persons plead preach Prisoners Priviledges Realm reason Recorder Religious Richard Ford saith Soveraign Spanish Inquisition speaking in Gratious-street stands indicted Statute tell thing Tryal tumultuous unlawful Assembly unlawfull unto Verdict whereof he stands William Mead William Penn guilty worship
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Page 23 - Penn: I design no affront to the court, but to be heard in my just plea; and I must plainly tell you, that if you...
Page 21 - We confess ourselves to be so far from recanting, or declining to vindicate the assembling of ourselves to preach, pray, or worship the eternal, holy, just God! that we declare to all the world, that we do believe it to be our indispensable duty to meet incessantly upon so good an account; nor shall all the powers upon. earth be able to divert us from reverencing and adoring our God who made us.
Page 27 - Jury, because you think there is some Service for you. I tell you, you deserve to be indicted more than any Man that hath been brought to the Bar this Day.
Page 53 - Charter of Liberties and the Charter of the Forest, which were made by common assent of all the realm in the time of King Henry our father, shall be kept in every point without breach.
Page 22 - I say it is my place to speak to matter of law. I am arraigned a prisoner ; my liberty, which is next to life itself, is now concerned. You are many mouths and ears against me; and if I must not be allowed to make the best of my case, it is hard. I say again, unless you shew me, and the people, the law you ground your indictment upon, I shall take it for granted your proceedings are merely arbitrary.
Page 53 - Charters shall be sent under our seal as well to our justices of the forest as to others, and to all sheriffs of shires, and to all our other officers, and to all our cities throughout the realm, together with our writs in...
Page 20 - What say you, Mr. Mead, were you there? MEAD. It is a Maxim in your own Law, Nemo tenetur accusare seipsum, which if it be not true Latin, I am sure it is true English, That no Man is bound to accuse himself: And why dost thou offer to ensnare me with such a Question?
Page 16 - Street aforesaid, then, and there, along time did remain and continue, in contempt of the said Lord the King, and of his Law, to the great disturbance of his peace...
Page 22 - It is too general and imperfect an answer, to say it is the common law, unless we know where and what it is. For where there is no law, there is no transgression, and that law which is not in being, is so far from being common, that it is no law at all.
Page 50 - And for this our gift and grant of these liberties and of other contained in our charter of liberties of our forest, the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, knights, freeholders, and other our subjects, have given unto us the fifteenth part of all their moveables.