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 22Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1817 - Trials |
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Page 11
... thought were proper to be inserted . That it was delivered back to them on the 4th of January , and that sometime after it was again in their possession , they discovered the be- fore - mentioned sums , amounting together to 48,7997 ...
... thought were proper to be inserted . That it was delivered back to them on the 4th of January , and that sometime after it was again in their possession , they discovered the be- fore - mentioned sums , amounting together to 48,7997 ...
Page 39
... thought Mr. Powell was the man you should apply to ? —Yes ; and we only applied to Mr. Powell after Mr. Bembridge said he had done all he could , and had referred us to Mr. Powell . When was that reference to Mr. Powell ? In the month ...
... thought Mr. Powell was the man you should apply to ? —Yes ; and we only applied to Mr. Powell after Mr. Bembridge said he had done all he could , and had referred us to Mr. Powell . When was that reference to Mr. Powell ? In the month ...
Page 47
... thought ma- terial or important . I read over the minutes after I had taken them to Mr. Bembridge , Mr. Powell , and the two deputy auditors ; I mentioned every thing in the minutes , that appeared to me important at the time ...
... thought ma- terial or important . I read over the minutes after I had taken them to Mr. Bembridge , Mr. Powell , and the two deputy auditors ; I mentioned every thing in the minutes , that appeared to me important at the time ...
Page 59
... thought it to be the duty of his office . Can you , after the evidence that has been given , conceive that he was con- vinced that it was the duty of his office , when the officers from the auditor's - office , which is the proper place ...
... thought it to be the duty of his office . Can you , after the evidence that has been given , conceive that he was con- vinced that it was the duty of his office , when the officers from the auditor's - office , which is the proper place ...
Page 67
... thought , indeed , I could not say less upon the subject ) , that the pains they were taking about last Christmas , relative to the sub - accountants , were in my judgment laudable , and that was all I said : and , gentlemen , I will ...
... thought , indeed , I could not say less upon the subject ) , that the pains they were taking about last Christmas , relative to the sub - accountants , were in my judgment laudable , and that was all I said : and , gentlemen , I will ...
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Page 293 - ... defendant or defendants of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in such indictment or information.
Page 307 - ... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed, by the court or judge before whom such indictment or information...
Page 469 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 387 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 215 - King there inhabiting and being, in contempt of our said lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 195 - Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law : but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy : who art thou that judgest another?
Page 473 - ... to the great scandal and contempt of our said lord the king and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said lord the king, his crown and dignity.
Page 411 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 387 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 435 - If any ask me what a free government is, I answer that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so; and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.