The safety of Jersey; being a familiar illustration of the forms, practice, and privileges of the royal court1841 |
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... importance which it might acquire if we went to the trouble of reviewing it as we had purposed . - Let it suffice to state that , in the form of a free and easy dialogue between YONGE alias MUG and a Military Officer , with whom ...
... importance which it might acquire if we went to the trouble of reviewing it as we had purposed . - Let it suffice to state that , in the form of a free and easy dialogue between YONGE alias MUG and a Military Officer , with whom ...
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... importance , and appointed for a final hearing , this day , in the Royal Court . ' ' Indeed ! not of life and death , I hope ? ' I enquired , some- what alarmed . 6 No , Sir , not exactly ; nevertheless this unusual assemblage would ...
... importance , and appointed for a final hearing , this day , in the Royal Court . ' ' Indeed ! not of life and death , I hope ? ' I enquired , some- what alarmed . 6 No , Sir , not exactly ; nevertheless this unusual assemblage would ...
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... importance as already to have exclusively occupied the attention of the Authorities for two entire days . ' 6 But , what are the charges - for heaven sake do not keep me thus on wires ? ' Ah , there indeed you puzzle me - there lies the ...
... importance as already to have exclusively occupied the attention of the Authorities for two entire days . ' 6 But , what are the charges - for heaven sake do not keep me thus on wires ? ' Ah , there indeed you puzzle me - there lies the ...
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... importance to which neither birth nor education , gives them the shadow of a claim . They are elected by the rate - payers , and have by way of remuneration for their services , a certain authority in their respective parish assem ...
... importance to which neither birth nor education , gives them the shadow of a claim . They are elected by the rate - payers , and have by way of remuneration for their services , a certain authority in their respective parish assem ...
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... importance ) been heard by a jury . ' " Out of the pan into the fire . ' ' Wherefore , ' I asked . ' Because in a case like the present , where the police are the complaining party , the defendant could have no possible chance of escape ...
... importance ) been heard by a jury . ' " Out of the pan into the fire . ' ' Wherefore , ' I asked . ' Because in a case like the present , where the police are the complaining party , the defendant could have no possible chance of escape ...
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Page 54 - Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 8 - cheap defence," like the immortal Falstaff, who was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others...
Page 45 - The oath administered to the witness is not only that what he deposes shall be true, but that he shall also depose the whole truth: so that he is not to conceal any part of what he knows, whether interrogated particularly to that point or not.
Page 26 - I'recedents.—The precedents of the Royal Court are overwhelmingly numerous, and are so often unjust and contradictory, that they may be compared to papers in so many pigeon holes, from which some may be taken out to suit every occasion.