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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... question shall assign you counsel ; but that is time enough when such matter does arise . Freind . My lord , it is well known to your question but you are an honest man . [ He 5 ] [ 6 for High Treason . A. D. 1696 .
... question shall assign you counsel ; but that is time enough when such matter does arise . Freind . My lord , it is well known to your question but you are an honest man . [ He 5 ] [ 6 for High Treason . A. D. 1696 .
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... question . L. C. J. Especially before he is sworn ; he is not intitled to ask any questions whatever , till he be sworn . Freind . My lord , I beseech you let me have the question answered . Sol . Gen. Sure you don't consider , that the ...
... question . L. C. J. Especially before he is sworn ; he is not intitled to ask any questions whatever , till he be sworn . Freind . My lord , I beseech you let me have the question answered . Sol . Gen. Sure you don't consider , that the ...
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... questions . Freind . I beseech your lordship , let him answer the question . L. C. J. You have my opinion ; if you will , you shall have the opinions of the rest of the judges : my opinion is , That the question ought not to be answered ...
... questions . Freind . I beseech your lordship , let him answer the question . L. C. J. You have my opinion ; if you will , you shall have the opinions of the rest of the judges : my opinion is , That the question ought not to be answered ...
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... question . Did sir John Freind afterwards meet you at Jonathan's coffee - house , according to this let- ter ? -Blair . Yes , Sir , he did . Att . Gen. And did you there speak about the business that's contained in that letter ? Blair ...
... question . Did sir John Freind afterwards meet you at Jonathan's coffee - house , according to this let- ter ? -Blair . Yes , Sir , he did . Att . Gen. And did you there speak about the business that's contained in that letter ? Blair ...
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... questions , do . Blair . I brought those three gentlemen , and we dined together . L. C. J. Where did you dine then ... question or two . Was that my letter ? Blair . Yes , it was . Freind . Did you see me write it ? Blair . No , it ...
... questions , do . Blair . I brought those three gentlemen , and we dined together . L. C. J. Where did you dine then ... question or two . Was that my letter ? Blair . Yes , it was . Freind . Did you see me write it ? Blair . No , it ...
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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.