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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... took place . All the judges were included in the commission for that trial , the Lord Chief Baron presided , and is the person mainly responsible for its conduct . The judges met before the trial and laid down 13 ' propositions as to ...
... took place . All the judges were included in the commission for that trial , the Lord Chief Baron presided , and is the person mainly responsible for its conduct . The judges met before the trial and laid down 13 ' propositions as to ...
Page xxxv
... took place between Scroggs and Coleman . Coleman , like all prisoners , asked for counsel . He said he denied the conclusion , but the premises were too strong and too artificial . Scroggs told him the onus of proof was on the Crown ...
... took place between Scroggs and Coleman . Coleman , like all prisoners , asked for counsel . He said he denied the conclusion , but the premises were too strong and too artificial . Scroggs told him the onus of proof was on the Crown ...
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... took place , the Chief Justice told him he must tell the whole . Scroggs also questioned the witnesses at some length , to clear up their evidence , in many respects not unfavourably to the prisoners . He stopped Bedloe when he was ...
... took place , the Chief Justice told him he must tell the whole . Scroggs also questioned the witnesses at some length , to clear up their evidence , in many respects not unfavourably to the prisoners . He stopped Bedloe when he was ...
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... took place before the Privy Council , how Corker had done so by proving he was not President of the Benedictines , that there was practically no case against Marshal . He then gave the true reason why the prisoners were acquitted . Were ...
... took place before the Privy Council , how Corker had done so by proving he was not President of the Benedictines , that there was practically no case against Marshal . He then gave the true reason why the prisoners were acquitted . Were ...
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... took the former view , and excluded Dangerfield's evidence ; the result was the acquittal of Mrs Cellier , as there were not two witnesses against her . The point again arose on Lord Castlemaine's case2 . Scroggs was here overruled by ...
... took the former view , and excluded Dangerfield's evidence ; the result was the acquittal of Mrs Cellier , as there were not two witnesses against her . The point again arose on Lord Castlemaine's case2 . Scroggs was here overruled by ...
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