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Page 120
... Solicitor - General had come down , on the part of the Crown , to conduct a case of such public interest and importance . The town was astir from four o'clock in the morning ; since which hour , a great number of country - folk , who ...
... Solicitor - General had come down , on the part of the Crown , to conduct a case of such public interest and importance . The town was astir from four o'clock in the morning ; since which hour , a great number of country - folk , who ...
Page 121
... Solicitor - General , who had a grave care - worn face ; and a little to his right was the counsellor engaged on behalf of the prisoner , but only to cross - examine the witnesses , or ( if he could ) detect an objection to the ...
... Solicitor - General , who had a grave care - worn face ; and a little to his right was the counsellor engaged on behalf of the prisoner , but only to cross - examine the witnesses , or ( if he could ) detect an objection to the ...
Page 126
... Solicitor - General , on rising to state the case to the jury , turned for a moment to the Judge , and whispered ; on which , " Prisoner , " said the Judge , with a kind and dignified air , " I hear that you have been ill , and may be ...
... Solicitor - General , on rising to state the case to the jury , turned for a moment to the Judge , and whispered ; on which , " Prisoner , " said the Judge , with a kind and dignified air , " I hear that you have been ill , and may be ...
Page 129
... Solicitor - General sat down ; and the case was not long in being proved , much as the reader has it already . The head keeper and two under- keepers were called as witnesses : and explained that , as they were going their customary ...
... Solicitor - General sat down ; and the case was not long in being proved , much as the reader has it already . The head keeper and two under- keepers were called as witnesses : and explained that , as they were going their customary ...
Page 134
... Solicitor - General asked no further questions . " But , " said the Judge , in a calm and scrutinizing way , " Mr. Oxley , you will be pleased to repeat the very self - same words which you allege the prisoner to have used , on each of ...
... Solicitor - General asked no further questions . " But , " said the Judge , in a calm and scrutinizing way , " Mr. Oxley , you will be pleased to repeat the very self - same words which you allege the prisoner to have used , on each of ...
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Page 388 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 451 - ... to cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all his judgments ; to maintain the laws of " God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 310 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 24 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 362 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your heart forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 24 - And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Page 129 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 131 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!