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... Peace -The Assize Courts - The Central Criminal Court - Quarter and Petty Sessions - Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace and Police Magistrates pp . 176-182 • LETTER XVII . OF THE PRACTICE OF THE CRIMINAL LAW . Conduct of Public ...
... Peace -The Assize Courts - The Central Criminal Court - Quarter and Petty Sessions - Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace and Police Magistrates pp . 176-182 • LETTER XVII . OF THE PRACTICE OF THE CRIMINAL LAW . Conduct of Public ...
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... peace the great barons resided in castles scattered throughout the country , in which they held almost regal state and exercised almost royal powers . The lower orders flocked beneath their battlements for protection against robbers and ...
... peace the great barons resided in castles scattered throughout the country , in which they held almost regal state and exercised almost royal powers . The lower orders flocked beneath their battlements for protection against robbers and ...
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... peace , un- less it be with consent of Parliament , is against law . 7. That subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their con- ditions , and as allowed by law . ( This section now extends to all ...
... peace , un- less it be with consent of Parliament , is against law . 7. That subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their con- ditions , and as allowed by law . ( This section now extends to all ...
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... peace and morality , or private character may suffer ; but even when such are put forward , they cannot be suppressed by any arbitrary exercise of authority . Like every other wrong , they must be submitted to a court of law , and by ...
... peace and morality , or private character may suffer ; but even when such are put forward , they cannot be suppressed by any arbitrary exercise of authority . Like every other wrong , they must be submitted to a court of law , and by ...
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... peace and good order of government and religion , the only solid foundations of civil liberty . " My reason for introducing this important sub- ject in this Letter may be gathered from the celebrated words of Mr. Canning , who said that ...
... peace and good order of government and religion , the only solid foundations of civil liberty . " My reason for introducing this important sub- ject in this Letter may be gathered from the celebrated words of Mr. Canning , who said that ...
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Page 15 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 14 - 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 191 - King, and you upon your respective trials, [or, in a capital case, 'upon your life and" death']; if therefore you or any of you will challenge them or any of them you must challenge them as they come to the book to be sworn, and before they are sworn, and you shall be heard.
Page 16 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 15 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Page 17 - But to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Page 14 - 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. 3. That the commission for erecting the late Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.
Page 36 - ... commissioner, collector, comptroller, searcher, or other officer or person whatsoever, concerned or employed in the charging, collecting, levying, or managing the customs, or any branch or part thereof; nor any...
Page 149 - It keeps all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their authority, and may either remove their proceedings to be determined here, or prohibit their progress below. It superintends all civil corporations in the kingdom. It commands magistrates and .others to do what their duty requires, in every case where there is no other specific remedy. It protects the liberty of the subject by speedy and summary interposition.
Page 180 - ... for they must first inquire by means of the grand jury or inquest, before they are empowered to hear and determine by the help of the petit jury. Therefore, they have, besides, fifthly, a commission of general gaol delivery...