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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... heard in his defence is the one subsequent writers have accepted and adopted . The reason is not far to seek . Both parties in the State were subsequently ashamed of their complicity in the Plot , each endeavoured to fix the blame of it ...
... heard in his defence is the one subsequent writers have accepted and adopted . The reason is not far to seek . Both parties in the State were subsequently ashamed of their complicity in the Plot , each endeavoured to fix the blame of it ...
Page 113
... heard before ; Authority to make Laws ; What Laws ? A Law for an High Court of Justice , a Law for Lives , to sentence Mens Lives ; and whose Life ? The Life of their Sovereign : Upon such a King , who , as to them , had not only ...
... heard before ; Authority to make Laws ; What Laws ? A Law for an High Court of Justice , a Law for Lives , to sentence Mens Lives ; and whose Life ? The Life of their Sovereign : Upon such a King , who , as to them , had not only ...
Page 118
... heard ; for if it be Justifiable , it is not Treason . The Rule is , either you must plead Guilty , and so confess , or Not Guilty , and put yourself upon your Trial ; there is no Medium . Marten . May I give any thing in Evidence ...
... heard ; for if it be Justifiable , it is not Treason . The Rule is , either you must plead Guilty , and so confess , or Not Guilty , and put yourself upon your Trial ; there is no Medium . Marten . May I give any thing in Evidence ...
Page 122
... heard , for now the Prisoner stands at the Bar upon his Deliverance . And all those bound by Recognizance to appear , let them come forth , and give their Evidence , or else to Forfeit their Recognizance . Clerk . Thomas Harrison , Hold ...
... heard , for now the Prisoner stands at the Bar upon his Deliverance . And all those bound by Recognizance to appear , let them come forth , and give their Evidence , or else to Forfeit their Recognizance . Clerk . Thomas Harrison , Hold ...
Page 129
... heard in its proper place . I now desire to know , whether it be proper now to deliver myself , before you proceed to the calling of witnesses , for I would go the best way , and not willingly displease you . Lord Chief Baron . What was ...
... heard in its proper place . I now desire to know , whether it be proper now to deliver myself , before you proceed to the calling of witnesses , for I would go the best way , and not willingly displease you . Lord Chief Baron . What was ...
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Act of Indemnity Adrian Scroop Axtell Brewster called Cambridge charge Charles Charles II command compassing and imagining confess convicted Cook's trial Counsel Court Cromwell Crown declared Defence delivered Demy 8vo desire discourse doth Edward enacted England evidence execution Gentlemen Gilbert Millington Gregory Clement guilty Hacker Hardress Waller Harrison hath heard high treason House of Commons Hulet indictment John judges judgment jury Justice Keelyng King King's death L'Estrange late levying London Lord Chief Baron Lord Chief Justice Lords and Commons Lordships Majesty Majesty's malice matter ment murder oaths offence Oliver Cromwell overt act pardon Parliament person or persons Peters plead pretended printed prisoner proved Regicides Riggs Scot Scroggs Scroop sentence shew Sir Henry Vane soldiers speak St John's College Statute thing Thomas Thomas Scot thousand six hundred tion told Tonge Tonge's traitor Twyn Vane's warrant witnesses words
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