A selection of cases from the State trials [in the ed. of T.B. Howell, 1816]. By J.W. Willis-Bund, Volume 2, Part 1 |
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... fact . Modern Chief Justices speak of their predecessors as " monsters disguised as judges . " Grave historians speak of the 1 13 Car . II . c . 1 , p . 53. 2 Lord Campbell , Lives of C. J. , Vol . 11. 380 . courts entrusted with the ...
... fact . Modern Chief Justices speak of their predecessors as " monsters disguised as judges . " Grave historians speak of the 1 13 Car . II . c . 1 , p . 53. 2 Lord Campbell , Lives of C. J. , Vol . 11. 380 . courts entrusted with the ...
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... fact that here , as elsewhere , there are two sides ; that it is quite possible not only to say much , but to prove a good deal in defence of the administration of the Criminal Law under Charles II . , to shew that the judges did not ...
... fact that here , as elsewhere , there are two sides ; that it is quite possible not only to say much , but to prove a good deal in defence of the administration of the Criminal Law under Charles II . , to shew that the judges did not ...
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... fact , in law there could be no justification of it . Before the next State trial Mr Justice Foster was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England . He had been one of the judges under Charles I. , and had been removed by the Long ...
... fact , in law there could be no justification of it . Before the next State trial Mr Justice Foster was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England . He had been one of the judges under Charles I. , and had been removed by the Long ...
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... fact . Foster told the jury that an unauthorized appearing in arms and making war was treason , a proposition no lawyer at any time would venture to dispute ; but he added that even in this case there must be two witnesses or the ...
... fact . Foster told the jury that an unauthorized appearing in arms and making war was treason , a proposition no lawyer at any time would venture to dispute ; but he added that even in this case there must be two witnesses or the ...
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... facts in each case the judges were divided ; as to two of the prisoners , five of them held the facts proved did not bring the prisoners within the rule . As to two others , all the judges agreed that they were not guilty of treason on ...
... facts in each case the judges were divided ; as to two of the prisoners , five of them held the facts proved did not bring the prisoners within the rule . As to two others , all the judges agreed that they were not guilty of treason on ...
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