The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 43
... inquiry into their conduct , the prisoner had then an opportunity and a duty imposed upon him of entering into a complete justification of his conduct : he might have justified it by every civil , and by every criminal mode of pro- cess ...
... inquiry into their conduct , the prisoner had then an opportunity and a duty imposed upon him of entering into a complete justification of his conduct : he might have justified it by every civil , and by every criminal mode of pro- cess ...
Page 95
... Elijah Impey to the robbery ; but he never mentions the paper he had written , in which he confessed that he owed his life to this very lady . No inquiry was made into this matter . Colonel Han- SPEECH IN REPLY . SIXTH DAY . 95.
... Elijah Impey to the robbery ; but he never mentions the paper he had written , in which he confessed that he owed his life to this very lady . No inquiry was made into this matter . Colonel Han- SPEECH IN REPLY . SIXTH DAY . 95.
Page 96
... inquiry from Captain Gordon ? Mr. Hastings is acquainted with the facts stated by the Begum , and with Captain Gordon's accusa- tion . Did he afterwards inform her of this accusa- tion ? or did he ask this Captain Gordon one ques- tion ...
... inquiry from Captain Gordon ? Mr. Hastings is acquainted with the facts stated by the Begum , and with Captain Gordon's accusa- tion . Did he afterwards inform her of this accusa- tion ? or did he ask this Captain Gordon one ques- tion ...
Page 98
... inquiry of Colonel Hannay ? Did he make any inquiry into the matter , after his perusal of these letters ? Or did he give this poor woman any oppor- tunity of obtaining justice against this Captain Gor- don , who , after acknowledging ...
... inquiry of Colonel Hannay ? Did he make any inquiry into the matter , after his perusal of these letters ? Or did he give this poor woman any oppor- tunity of obtaining justice against this Captain Gor- don , who , after acknowledging ...
Page 101
... inquire , upon the spot , of this man , to whom he was referred by the Begums for an account of this very transaction ? - I hope your Lordships have got enough of this kind of evidence . All the rest is of the same batch , and of the ...
... inquire , upon the spot , of this man , to whom he was referred by the Begums for an account of this very transaction ? - I hope your Lordships have got enough of this kind of evidence . All the rest is of the same batch , and of the ...
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