Trials for High Treason, in Scotland: Under a Special Commission, Held at Stirling, Glasgow, Dumbarton, Paisley, and Ayr, in the Year 1820 ...

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Page 14 - ... that the laws which concern public right, policy and civil government may be made the same throughout the whole United Kingdom, but that no alteration be made in laws which concern private right, except for evident utility of the subjects within Scotland.
Page 305 - Or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King's Enemies in his Realm, giving to them Aid and Comfort in the Realm or elsewhere...
Page 56 - November in th,e fifty-seventh year of the Reign aforesaid and on divers other Days and Times as well before as after with Force and Arms at the...
Page 262 - Whereas divers opinions have been before this time in what case treason shall be said, and in what not ; the king, at the request of the lords and commons, hath made a declaration in the manner as hereafter followeth...
Page 90 - And that in the mean time, the great seal of England be used as the great seal of the united kingdom, and that the great seal of the united kingdom be used for sealing writs to elect and summon the Parliament of Great Britain, and for sealing all treaties with foreign princes and states, and all public acts, instruments and orders of state, which concern the whole united kingdom...
Page 6 - ... so many and such good and lawful men of his bailiwick (as well within liberties as without) by whom the truth of the matter in the premises shall be the better known and inquired into.
Page 53 - JS naked and uncovered, for a long space of time, to wit, for the space of one hour...
Page 277 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence...
Page 544 - Clive, the said lord the king would have to be one) to inquire (by the oath of good and lawful men of the county...
Page 21 - ... in order, by force or constraint, to compel him or them to change his or their measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or overawe, both houses, or either house of parliament...