The Trials of Jeremiah Brandreth, William Turner, Isaac Ludlum, George Weightman, and Others, for High Treason: Under a Special Commission at Derby, on Thursday the 16th, Friday the 17th, Saturday the 18th, Monday the 20th, Tuesday the 21st, Wednesday the 22d, Thursday the 23d, Friday the 24th, and Saturday the 25th of October, 1817. With Anecdotal Proceedings ... |
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... question now , the only reason I venture to propose it is that it might possibly save time . Mr Cross . - My Lord , we have not yet determined . Lord Chief Baron Richards . Mr. Cross has intimated to me that he is not prepared to give ...
... question now , the only reason I venture to propose it is that it might possibly save time . Mr Cross . - My Lord , we have not yet determined . Lord Chief Baron Richards . Mr. Cross has intimated to me that he is not prepared to give ...
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... question which cannot very frequently arise , but very im- portant in principle , and that the fair course would be , where either party has an objection to a juryman on the point of being sworn , perhaps that each side give in that ...
... question which cannot very frequently arise , but very im- portant in principle , and that the fair course would be , where either party has an objection to a juryman on the point of being sworn , perhaps that each side give in that ...
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... question before us , it seems to me quite clear upon the principle that the Prisoner is to declare his resolution first . It cer- tainly is so in practice , about which , with the very small experience I have had , I can say I have no ...
... question before us , it seems to me quite clear upon the principle that the Prisoner is to declare his resolution first . It cer- tainly is so in practice , about which , with the very small experience I have had , I can say I have no ...
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... question is not new , for we know perfectly well that there are a great number of questions that de- pend upon practice , and the course of proceeding that must be settled and decided by usage ; and when , there- fore , I find it stated ...
... question is not new , for we know perfectly well that there are a great number of questions that de- pend upon practice , and the course of proceeding that must be settled and decided by usage ; and when , there- fore , I find it stated ...
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... question , who is first called on , the Prisoner is called on " if he in- tends to challenge a Juror to speak , at the time that he comes to the book to be sworn , and before he is sworn ; " now in reason and common sense , what does ...
... question , who is first called on , the Prisoner is called on " if he in- tends to challenge a Juror to speak , at the time that he comes to the book to be sworn , and before he is sworn ; " now in reason and common sense , what does ...
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9th of June afterwards arms asked assembled Attorney Barnes Booth's bullets Butterley challenged charge Chief Baron Richards Codnor constable county of Derby Court crime Crown declared Denman Derby labourer door Eastwood Edward III evidence Farmer force Gentlemen George Weightman Goodwin Government guilty hear heard High Treason Indictment Isaac Ludlam James Taylor Jeremiah Brandreth John John Bacon John Coke join Joseph Weightman Judges Jury Justice Lane-end Langley Mill Langley-mill learned Friend levying Lord Chief Baron Lord the King Lordship Ludlam the elder Mac Kesswick Magistrate Manchester Turner meet Monday morning night Nottingham Forest o'clock object offence otherwise called Parliament party passed Pentridge Pentridge-lane-end pikes pistol poney Prisoner proceeded purpose question recollect reign riot Ripley Samuel Hunt say any thing Serjeant Vaughan shot spikes sworn tingham tion told Topham trial William Shipman William Turner window Wingfield witness yard
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Page 481 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 192 - Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that if any persons, to the number of twelve or more, being unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace...
Page 10 - F. afterwards, to wit, on the said day of , in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days and times as well before as after that day...
Page 13 - King, not having the fear of God in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their allegiance, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, as false traitors against our said Lord the King...
Page 275 - King, . . . and until the end of the next session of parliament after a demise of the crown, shall, within the realm or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend death or destruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maim or wounding, imprisonment or restraint, of the person of the same our sovereign lord the King, his heirs and successors, or to deprive or depose him or them from the style, honour, or kingly name, of the imperial crown of this realm...
Page 275 - ... in order, by force or constraint, to compel him or them to change his or their measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or overawe both houses, or either house of parliament...
Page 250 - And besides, they have a direct tendency to dissolve all the bonds of society, and to destroy all property and all government too, by numbers and an armed force. Insurrections likewise for redressing national grievances, or for the...
Page 192 - Peace, and the Endangering of his Majesty's Person and Government, and the same are yet continued and fomented by Persons disaffected to his Majesty, presuming so to do, for that the Punishments provided by the Laws now in being are not adequate to such heinous offences ; and by such Rioters his Majesty and his Administration have been most maliciously and...
Page 12 - King there being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 250 - Insurrections in order to throw down all inclosures, to alter the established law or change religion, to enhance the price of all labour, or to open all prisons; all risings in order to effect these innovations of a public and general concern, by an armed force, are in construction of law High Treason, within the clause of levying war...