A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, Volume 33Thomas Bayly Howell T. C. Hansard for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1826 - Trials |
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Page 137
... counsel , that the present was far from being an aggravated species of sedi- tion . I like it the better for that . It is more agreeable to my feelings - to the feelings of every jury , and of every judge - to have more moderate crimes ...
... counsel , that the present was far from being an aggravated species of sedi- tion . I like it the better for that . It is more agreeable to my feelings - to the feelings of every jury , and of every judge - to have more moderate crimes ...
Page 145
... Counsel for the Crown . Rt . Hon . Alexander Maconochie , Lord Advo- cate [ afterwards a lord of Session and Justi- ciary , with the title of Lord Meadowbank . ] James Wedderburn , Esq . Solicitor - General . H. Home Drummond , Esq . H ...
... Counsel for the Crown . Rt . Hon . Alexander Maconochie , Lord Advo- cate [ afterwards a lord of Session and Justi- ciary , with the title of Lord Meadowbank . ] James Wedderburn , Esq . Solicitor - General . H. Home Drummond , Esq . H ...
Page 149
... guilty of the charges contained . in it ? William Edgar - Not guilty , my Lord . Mr. Cranstoun - I am of Counsel in this case for the prisoner at the bar . The indictment , 149 ] for Administering unlawful Oaths . [ 150 A. D. 1817 .
... guilty of the charges contained . in it ? William Edgar - Not guilty , my Lord . Mr. Cranstoun - I am of Counsel in this case for the prisoner at the bar . The indictment , 149 ] for Administering unlawful Oaths . [ 150 A. D. 1817 .
Page 171
... counsel in his illustrations . There can be no use for such concealment , where lawful means are to be employed for the attain- ment of lawful objects . Every person who reads the oath must see that it proves in the strongest manner ...
... counsel in his illustrations . There can be no use for such concealment , where lawful means are to be employed for the attain- ment of lawful objects . Every person who reads the oath must see that it proves in the strongest manner ...
Page 179
... counsel for the panel has main- tained two propositions . First , That the words support the same " mean , that the oath - taker was to support annual parliaments and univer- sal suffrage , after these mighty improvements were ...
... counsel for the panel has main- tained two propositions . First , That the words support the same " mean , that the oath - taker was to support annual parliaments and univer- sal suffrage , after these mighty improvements were ...
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act of parliament administered alleged annual parliaments Arthur Thistlewood Baird bind the person bind to commit Brunt called Cato-street charge circumstances clause commit treason counsel Court crime criminal Crown declarant diet doubt duty endeavours evidence expressions fact felony Glasgow guilty heard high treason indictment Ings intending to bind James John judge jury Kilmarnock learned friend legislature levying libel lord advocate Lord Chief Justice Lord Justice Lord Justice Clerk lordships M'Laren means meeting ment mentioned ministers minor proposition murder oath or engagement objection obligation offence opinion overt act panel particular party persons taking petit treason physical strength pleaded present prince regent prisoner proved public prosecutor punishment purporting or intending purpose question recollect relevancy remember Scotland sedition speech statute suppose taken thing Thistlewood Tidd tion told traitors trial tried universal suffrage verdict William William Davidson witness words