A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors: From the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations, Volume 12Thomas Bayly Howell T. C. Hansard for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 - Trials |
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... witness , had been guilty of gross prevarication upon oath ; therefore the said lords grant warrant to and ordain ... witnesses for proving the declarations , the panels judicially admit that the declara- tions libelled on , were emitted ...
... witness , had been guilty of gross prevarication upon oath ; therefore the said lords grant warrant to and ordain ... witnesses for proving the declarations , the panels judicially admit that the declara- tions libelled on , were emitted ...
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... witnesses for the panel all swore , that no such toasts were given ; some of them never heard an expression of ... witness , swore also , as he was standing with his back to them . that Knowles broke the pot , throwing it into a ...
... witnesses for the panel all swore , that no such toasts were given ; some of them never heard an expression of ... witness , swore also , as he was standing with his back to them . that Knowles broke the pot , throwing it into a ...
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... witnesses who could prove these facts ; and the declarant accordingly did so ; and in par- ticular found two or more persons who said that a witness , as the deponent thinks a boy called Smith , belonging to the regiment in the Castle ...
... witnesses who could prove these facts ; and the declarant accordingly did so ; and in par- ticular found two or more persons who said that a witness , as the deponent thinks a boy called Smith , belonging to the regiment in the Castle ...
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... witnesses , whose names are annexed to this petition and complaint : these being established , the peti- tioner cannot entertain a doubt of your lord- ships being of opinion , that the said William Johnston has forfeited his bond of ...
... witnesses , whose names are annexed to this petition and complaint : these being established , the peti- tioner cannot entertain a doubt of your lord- ships being of opinion , that the said William Johnston has forfeited his bond of ...
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... witnesses were read over in open court . jesty's interest , against Walter Berry , and James Robertson , panels , with ... witness where- of the said chancellor and clerk have sub- § 6 [ 94 relevant by the interlocutor of the Court 89 ] ...
... witnesses were read over in open court . jesty's interest , against Walter Berry , and James Robertson , panels , with ... witness where- of the said chancellor and clerk have sub- § 6 [ 94 relevant by the interlocutor of the Court 89 ] ...
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