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 11Thomas Bayly Howell T. C. Hansard for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816 - Trials |
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... sovereign hath , by which a king commands ; but when I call it absoluta polestas , I do not mean that it is such a power as that a king may do what he pleaseth , for he hath rules to govern himself by , as well as your lordships , who ...
... sovereign hath , by which a king commands ; but when I call it absoluta polestas , I do not mean that it is such a power as that a king may do what he pleaseth , for he hath rules to govern himself by , as well as your lordships , who ...
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... sovereign hath great interest in it too . And sure I am , that the first stone of so- vereignty was no sooner laid , but this power was given to the sovereign : if you ask me whe- ther it be unlimited ; my lord , I say it is not the ...
... sovereign hath great interest in it too . And sure I am , that the first stone of so- vereignty was no sooner laid , but this power was given to the sovereign : if you ask me whe- ther it be unlimited ; my lord , I say it is not the ...
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... sovereign and the subject ; though both be innocent , both are injured and both to be cured . Surely , in the greatest humility I speak it , these illegal ways are punishment and marks of indig- nation , the raising of Loans ...
... sovereign and the subject ; though both be innocent , both are injured and both to be cured . Surely , in the greatest humility I speak it , these illegal ways are punishment and marks of indig- nation , the raising of Loans ...
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... sovereign , ( whose virtues are true qualities ingenerate both in his judgment and nature ) let my arm be cut off , nay , let my soul not live that day , that I shall tion of Freemen and Villeins . All admit we are 69 ] [ 70 STATE ...
... sovereign , ( whose virtues are true qualities ingenerate both in his judgment and nature ) let my arm be cut off , nay , let my soul not live that day , that I shall tion of Freemen and Villeins . All admit we are 69 ] [ 70 STATE ...
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... sovereign ; but this must be in such things which are not against the law of nature : but to have the body imprisoned without any cause declared , and so to become in bondage , I am sure is contrary unto , and against the law of nature ...
... sovereign ; but this must be in such things which are not against the law of nature : but to have the body imprisoned without any cause declared , and so to become in bondage , I am sure is contrary unto , and against the law of nature ...
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act of parliament affirmed aforesaid alledged anent anno answer appears apud Attorney bailed bishop Book cause charge church command committed contempt council counsel court crime David Ramsay declared Defendant delivered depones deposition desire detained Dittay divers domini regis doth duplyed earl earl of Rothes Eliz England expressed felony give Habeas Corpus Haig hath honour house of commons imprisonment indictment infamous libel intention jesty John Strangways Judges judgment justice Keeper king king's king's counsel King's-Bench kingdom libel liberty Lord Advocat lord Balmerino lord Rea lordships Magna Charta majesty majesty's mandatum marquis matter ment oath offence opinion pannel parlia party person Petition of Right precedents prerogative prison proceedings Prynn punishment quod Rea's realm reason rege remittitur reply saith scandalous sedition sent sheriff shewed sir John sovereign power speak speeches statute subjects supplication taken thereof thereupon thing tion treason unto warrant wherein whilk words writ
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Page 221 - England," it is declared and enacted, that no freeman may be taken or imprisoned or be disseised of his freehold or liberties, or his free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 221 - Yet, nevertheless of late, divers commissions directed to sundry commissioners, in several counties with instructions have issued by means whereof your people have been in divers places assembled and required to lend certain sums of money unto your Majesty and many of them upon their refusal so to do have had an oath administered unto them not warrantable by the laws or statutes of this realm...
Page 223 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament ; and that none be called to make answer, or...
Page 223 - Seal have issued forth, by which certain persons have been assigned and appointed commissioners with power and authority to proceed within the land, according to the justice of martial law...
Page 223 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 223 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause showed ; and when for their deliverance they were brought before your justices by your Majesty's writs of habeas corpus, there to undergo and receive as the court should order...
Page 221 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other, the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided, divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause...
Page 749 - I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Page 223 - Charter and other the laws and statutes of this your realm, no man ought to be adjudged to death but by the laws established in this your realm, either by the customs of the same realm, or by acts of parliament...
Page 833 - ... he could not give a clearer testimony, that his knowledge in the law was greater than all other men's, than by making that law which all other men believed not to be so.