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 13Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816 - Trials |
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... objection to his be ing a witness . Freind . My lord , I desire to ask him the question , whether he be a Roman Catholic , or no ? L. C. J. Sir John Freind , it is not a proper question . Freind . My lord , a man ought to know what ...
... objection to his be ing a witness . Freind . My lord , I desire to ask him the question , whether he be a Roman Catholic , or no ? L. C. J. Sir John Freind , it is not a proper question . Freind . My lord , a man ought to know what ...
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... objection of his being a Papist , I have often discoursed with sir John Freind about the Po- pish religion , and he has often spoken with de- testation of the principles of the Papists . Freind . What have you heard me speak of the ...
... objection of his being a Papist , I have often discoursed with sir John Freind about the Po- pish religion , and he has often spoken with de- testation of the principles of the Papists . Freind . What have you heard me speak of the ...
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... objection in relation to Pa- pists not being witnesses . I would be glad to see the counsel that would own this objection : bat indeed , I see no colour in it : the statute shall be produced that you quote , and then we shall see ...
... objection in relation to Pa- pists not being witnesses . I would be glad to see the counsel that would own this objection : bat indeed , I see no colour in it : the statute shall be produced that you quote , and then we shall see ...
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... objection amounts to no more than this ; that captain Blair would not confess , when he was pumped by a fellow - prisoner , that he was engaged in so horrid a design . What weight there is in such an objection , truly I cannot see , but ...
... objection amounts to no more than this ; that captain Blair would not confess , when he was pumped by a fellow - prisoner , that he was engaged in so horrid a design . What weight there is in such an objection , truly I cannot see , but ...
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... objection against the credit of all these witnesses , that they are not to be believed , because , says he , they are known or reputed to be Roman Catholics and Papists , and their consciences and their oaths are large , especially when ...
... objection against the credit of all these witnesses , that they are not to be believed , because , says he , they are known or reputed to be Roman Catholics and Papists , and their consciences and their oaths are large , especially when ...
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Page 431 - Lord's Table, until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former naughty life...
Page 311 - You shall well and truly try and true deliverance make between our sovereign lord the King" (or the State or People, or the United States, as the case may be,) " and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, according to your evidence. So help you God.
Page 157 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!
Page 731 - ... it is accorded, that if any other case supposed treason which is not above specified, doth happen before any justices, the justices shall tarry without any going to judgment of the treason, till the cause be shewed and declared before the King and his parliament, whether it ought to be judged treason or other felony.
Page 149 - One thousand six hundred ninety six, shall have Copies of the Panel of the Jurors who are to try them, duly returned by the Sheriff, and delivered unto them, and every of them so accused and indicted respectively, Two Days at the least before he or they shall be tried for the same...
Page 411 - Here shall the sick person be moved to make a special confession of his sins, if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter. After which confession, the Priest shall absolve him (if he humbly and heartily desire it) after this sort.
Page 65 - Hackett of the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, in the County of Middlesex, Perukemaker, and James Guthrie of the parish of St.
Page 431 - So many as intend to be partakers of the Holy Communion, shall signify their names to the Curate, at least some time the day before.
Page 911 - That the rebels may not think themselves desperate, we allow you to give terms and quarters, but in this manner only, that chieftains and heritors, or leaders, be prisoners of war, their lives only safe, and all other things in mercy, they taking the oath of allegiance; and the community taking the oath of allegiance, and rendering their arms, and submitting to the government, are to have quarters and indemnity for their lives and fortunes, and to be protected from the soldiers, as the principal...
Page 535 - Foster, is rendered the more certain by a reference to the case in the State Trials from which the extracts are taken. The words used by the Chief Justice are, "when men form themselves into a body, and march, rank and file, with weapons offensive and defensive, this is levying of war with open force, if the design be public.