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 33Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1826 - Trials |
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... Lord Justice Clerk . - Are the declarations of the prisoners admitted ? Mr. Clerk . - Yes , my lord . EVIDENCE FOR THE CROWN . Andrew Finnie sworn . - Examined by Mr. Drummond , You are a merchant in Kilmarnock ? —Yes . Do you know the ...
... Lord Justice Clerk . - Are the declarations of the prisoners admitted ? Mr. Clerk . - Yes , my lord . EVIDENCE FOR THE CROWN . Andrew Finnie sworn . - Examined by Mr. Drummond , You are a merchant in Kilmarnock ? —Yes . Do you know the ...
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... Clerk wished to know what the witness - I understood they were to be 4d . each ; that had said . this was fixed by ... Lord Justice Clerk . - You mean the passage in reference to allegiance ? -Yes , my lord . Mr. Drummond . - Will you ...
... Clerk wished to know what the witness - I understood they were to be 4d . each ; that had said . this was fixed by ... Lord Justice Clerk . - You mean the passage in reference to allegiance ? -Yes , my lord . Mr. Drummond . - Will you ...
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... Lord Justice Clerk . - The understanding or opinion of any witness is not to be listened to in evidence . Mr. Grant . - What did you collect to be the object of M'Laren's speech ? Lord Advocate . - If this course of examina- tion go on ...
... Lord Justice Clerk . - The understanding or opinion of any witness is not to be listened to in evidence . Mr. Grant . - What did you collect to be the object of M'Laren's speech ? Lord Advocate . - If this course of examina- tion go on ...
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... Clerk . - I object to the question . There is no such word in the publication . Mr. Clerk - Nobody is more competent to put regular questions to witnesses than my lord ... Justice Clerk . — I do not see any thing out of form here . Lord ...
... Clerk . - I object to the question . There is no such word in the publication . Mr. Clerk - Nobody is more competent to put regular questions to witnesses than my lord ... Justice Clerk . — I do not see any thing out of form here . Lord ...
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... lordships will take notice of this . I only wish you may keep this in view . Lord Justice Clerk . - We must receive what- ever may go to exculpate the panels . [ The account of the petition in a printed copy of the Journals of the House ...
... lordships will take notice of this . I only wish you may keep this in view . Lord Justice Clerk . - We must receive what- ever may go to exculpate the panels . [ The account of the petition in a printed copy of the Journals of the House ...
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