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 20Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816 - Trials |
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... crime , and conquest cannot give a right to kill or enslave children . | lordship allowed till that day for settling ... crimes of a deep dye , have been authorised by the laws of different states . Tyranny , and all sorts of oppression ...
... crime , and conquest cannot give a right to kill or enslave children . | lordship allowed till that day for settling ... crimes of a deep dye , have been authorised by the laws of different states . Tyranny , and all sorts of oppression ...
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... crime , the person imprisoned might be wrongously detained , in consequence of a delay in putting him to trial by a certain day ; the act therefore directs , that in such cases , the party shall have right to insist , that within a ...
... crime , the person imprisoned might be wrongously detained , in consequence of a delay in putting him to trial by a certain day ; the act therefore directs , that in such cases , the party shall have right to insist , that within a ...
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... crime ; and make a slave of a negro , who is one , by his complexion ; is a cruelty and absurdity that I trust will never take place here : such as , if promulged , would make England a disgrace to all the nations under heaven : for the ...
... crime ; and make a slave of a negro , who is one , by his complexion ; is a cruelty and absurdity that I trust will never take place here : such as , if promulged , would make England a disgrace to all the nations under heaven : for the ...
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... crime than ignorance . " I am therefore induced to trouble you with this letter , that ( if not too late ) you may pub- lish it with the trial ; my sole object is , that the public may be apprized of the_misinformation given by these ...
... crime than ignorance . " I am therefore induced to trouble you with this letter , that ( if not too late ) you may pub- lish it with the trial ; my sole object is , that the public may be apprized of the_misinformation given by these ...
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... crime , to have followed the mode of proceed- ing established there in criminal cases , which is for the advocate fiscal to prosecute in the court of royal government , where the chief justice criminal is the judge . " If I was not ...
... crime , to have followed the mode of proceed- ing established there in criminal cases , which is for the advocate fiscal to prosecute in the court of royal government , where the chief justice criminal is the judge . " If I was not ...
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Page 657 - In contempt of our said Lord the King, in open violation of the laws of this kingdom, to the evil and pernicious example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 813 - They feel and resent, as they ought to do, that invariable, undistinguishing favour with which the guards are treated; while those gallant troops, by whom every hazardous, every laborious service is performed, are left to perish in garrisons abroad, or pine in quarters at home, neglected and forgotten.
Page 247 - ... you, or by such further powers, instructions and authorities, as shall at any time hereafter be granted or appointed you, under our signet, and sign manual, or by our order in our privy council...
Page 19 - To bereave a man of life, or by violence to confiscate his estate without accusation or trial, would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole...
Page 243 - ... for the hearing and determining all causes, as well criminal as civil, according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Page 249 - Ordinances are not to be repugnant, but as near as may be agreeable, to the Laws and Statutes of this our Kingdom of Great Britain.
Page 805 - ... you heard it in the complaints of your people. It is not however too late to correct the error of your education. We are still inclined to make an indulgent allowance for the pernicious lessons you received in your youth, and to form the most sanguine hopes from the natural benevolence of your disposition.'' We are far from thinking you capable of a direct deliberate purpose to invade those original rights of your subjects, on which all their civil and political liberties depend. Had it been...
Page 81 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political; but only...
Page 817 - To honour them with a determined predilection and confidence in -exclusion of your English subjects, who placed your family, and, in spite of treachery and rebellion, have supported it upon the throne, is a mistake too gross even for the unsuspecting generosity of youth. In this error we see a capital violation of the most obvious rules of policy and prudence. We trace it, however, to an original bias in your education, and are ready to allow for your inexperience.
Page 805 - You found them pleased with the novelty of a young prince, whose countenance promised even more than his words, and loyal to you not only from principle but passion. It was not a cold profession of allegiance to the first magistrate, but a partial animated attachment to a favourite prince, the native of their country.