Imprisonment for Debt Unconstitutional and Oppressive: Proved from the Fundamental Principles of the British Constitution, and the Rights of Nature |
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... with one of his underftrappers , faw a country g tleman in the street , whom he had a flight kno ledge of ; he told his companion he could put hundred pounds in his pocket ; the other anfwere he would do any thing for fuch a fum ,
... with one of his underftrappers , faw a country g tleman in the street , whom he had a flight kno ledge of ; he told his companion he could put hundred pounds in his pocket ; the other anfwere he would do any thing for fuch a fum ,
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... told this friend that nothing could be done out of the ufual course of business . The country gentleman was fo frightened to stay longer in confinement , that he fent for the pretended plaintiff's attorney , ' and purchased his liberty ...
... told this friend that nothing could be done out of the ufual course of business . The country gentleman was fo frightened to stay longer in confinement , that he fent for the pretended plaintiff's attorney , ' and purchased his liberty ...
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... told the creditor he would pay him part begged of him to fend him fome more goods the other promised to do ; but when he had the money the debtor could raife , he refuf give him any more credit , and arrested hir the remainder of the ...
... told the creditor he would pay him part begged of him to fend him fome more goods the other promised to do ; but when he had the money the debtor could raife , he refuf give him any more credit , and arrested hir the remainder of the ...
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... told him he had faid an un- truth in court , for he knew he had received his tea and fugar . The defendant told him , that it was the language of lawyers in court , but that now , as he had the fecurity of the four judges of the court ...
... told him he had faid an un- truth in court , for he knew he had received his tea and fugar . The defendant told him , that it was the language of lawyers in court , but that now , as he had the fecurity of the four judges of the court ...
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... told h had employed a rogue of a lawyer , who ha there was an error committed , when he there was none , and that it was a just The defendant told him , that it was on language of lawyers in courts of justice ; he believed there would ...
... told h had employed a rogue of a lawyer , who ha there was an error committed , when he there was none , and that it was a just The defendant told him , that it was on language of lawyers in courts of justice ; he believed there would ...
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action Acts of parliament aforefaid Charles againſt anſwer arreſted attorney bail bailiff becauſe beſt buſineſs cafe caufe cauſe cofts command common law Common Pleas confequence confider conftitution court of Common court of King's creditors debtor defendant diftreffed ditor eſtabliſhed Exchequer expence faid Charles Long faid William faith fame fays fecurity feems fent feven fhall fheriff fhew fhillings fhould firſt fome fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuit fummons fuppofed gentleman give habeas hath himſelf Houſe hundred pounds iffue Impriſonment for Debt infolvent judge judgment jury juſt juſtice King's Bench knight late of Burford LATITAT lawyers liberty lord the king majeſty's moſt muft muſt officer owes Parliament perfons Peter Hammond plaintiff prefent prifon proceſs reaſon refpect reign ſaid ſay ſeems ſhall SHERIFF'S RETURN Sir Edward Coke ſpirit ſtatute take Charles Long themſelves theſe thoſe thouſand underſtand uſed Weſtminſter William Burton William faith writ
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Page 68 - Barker, or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns ; for which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with my seal.
Page 71 - January, in the condition aforefaid above mentioned, according to the form and effeft of the faid condition : and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore he prays judgment, whether the...
Page 73 - William hath not hitherto paid: and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore he prays judgment, and his debt aforefaid, together with his damages occafioned by the detention of the faid debt, to be adjudged unto him, &e.
Page 158 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 17 - And, lastly (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter), it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 66 - England ; that the record and process aforesaid being inspected, we may cause to be done thereupon, for correcting that error, what of right and according to the law and custom of our realm of England ought to be done. WITNESS ourself at Westminster, the twelfth day of February, in the twenty-ninth year of our reign.
Page 79 - Render ; faith, that neither in the record and procefs aforefaid, nor in the gi v-^""""^ 1"" ing of the judgment aforefaid, in any thing is there erred : and he prays in like manner that the court of the faid lord the king here may proceed to the examination as well...
Page 73 - Charles hath no neceffity, neif f* ther is he obliged by the law of the land, in " any manner to anfwer ; and this he is ready " to verify. Wherefore for want of a fufficient...
Page 39 - Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c.
Page 85 - House, and was instituted to administer justice between the King's domestic servants, that they might not be drawn into other courts, and thereby the King lose their service.