 | James Gordon - Ireland - 1801 - 428 pages
...regarded as a circutrrftance in favour pf the accufed : ftrauge as it may feem in times of cool reflexion, it was very frequently urged as a proof of guilt. Whoever could be proved to have faved a loy.a.iift from affaffination, his houfe from burning, or his pro-perty from plunder — was... | |
 | James Gordon - Ireland - 1803 - 510 pages
...rebel, was in general, in the trials by court-martial, by no means regarded as a circumstance in favour of the accused: strange as it may seem in times of...rebel commander.* This has been by some supposed. to * A mention of the notoriety of this practice drew unreflectingly the following extraordinary exclamation... | |
 | James Bentley Gordon - 1803 - 512 pages
...rebel, was in general, in the trials by court-martial, by no means regarded as a circumstance in favour of the accused : strange as it may seem in times of...his house from burning, or his property from plunder — Mras considered as having influence among the rebels, consequently a rebel commander.* This has... | |
 | James Gordon - Ireland - 1803 - 512 pages
...rebel, was in general, in the trials by court-martial, by no means regarded as a circumstance in favour of the accused : strange as it may seem in times of...saved a loyalist from assassination, his house from burping, or his property from plunder — was considered as having influence among the rebels, consequently... | |
 | James Gordon - Ireland - 1805 - 280 pages
...death of many, and the display of humanity in them in protecting their enemies, was in general, in the trials by court-martial, by no means regarded as a...proof of guilt. Whoever could be proved to have saved an Orangeman or a Rayalist from assassination, his house from burning, or his property from plunder—was.... | |
 | James Bentley Gordon - 1806 - 600 pages
...means of conviction were negIe6led. Strange as it may seem, a6ls of humanity were considered as proofs of guilt. Whoever could be proved to have saved a...house from burning, or his property from plunder, was pronounced to have had influence among the rebels, consequently a rebel commander. Thus men of a6live... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...rebel, was in general in trials by court-martial, by no means regarded as a circumstance in favour of the accused : strange as it may seem in times of...having influence among the rebels ; consequently, was thought a rebel commander."* I had often heard the remark before I saw this work, and many instances... | |
 | 1839 - 648 pages
...the successful display of humanity by a person accused was verv frequently urged, and with success, as a proof of guilt. Whoever could be proved to have saved a Royalist from assassination, his house from being burned, or his property from plunder, was considered... | |
 | Thomas Reynolds - 1839 - 516 pages
...the successful display of humanity by a persou accused was very frequently urged, and with success, as a proof of guilt. Whoever could be proved to have saved a Royalist from assassination, his house from being burned, or his property from plunder, was considered... | |
 | Philip Harwood - Great Britain - 1844 - 268 pages
...rebel was, in general, in trials by court-martial, by no means regarded as a circumstance in favour of the accused. Strange as it may seem in times of...among the rebels ; consequently, a rebel commander." It is said of a gentleman implicated in the rebellion, that he exclaimed, in anticipation of his trial,... | |
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The display of humanity by a rebel,' writes the most temperate and most truthful of the loyal historians, ' was in general, in the trials by court-martial, by no means regarded as a circumstance in favour of the accused. Strange as it may seem in times... 
