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 12Thomas Bayly Howell T. C. Hansard for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 - Trials |
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... evidence . open court , his majesty's advocate declared On the part of the panels , several wit- nesses were called , some of whom said , they did not recollect such toasts being drunk . Their evidence also went strongly to prove , that ...
... evidence . open court , his majesty's advocate declared On the part of the panels , several wit- nesses were called , some of whom said , they did not recollect such toasts being drunk . Their evidence also went strongly to prove , that ...
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... evidence in exculpation . The Lord Advocate , in a very eloquent and impressive manner summed up the evidence on the part of the Crown . ' name . In the course of his speech , his lordship took occasion to observe , That with respect to ...
... evidence in exculpation . The Lord Advocate , in a very eloquent and impressive manner summed up the evidence on the part of the Crown . ' name . In the course of his speech , his lordship took occasion to observe , That with respect to ...
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... evidence of which the corporal by the hand , and called him a fine fellow : That the words said to have been given ... evidence . We only remark , that it is a pity about fourteen years of age , should have been any boy , who by his own ...
... evidence of which the corporal by the hand , and called him a fine fellow : That the words said to have been given ... evidence . We only remark , that it is a pity about fourteen years of age , should have been any boy , who by his own ...
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... evidence , can never after- wards be brought forward as a panel for the identical crime which is the subject of in- quiry . That it would occur to their lordships , that this was a matter of the utmost conse- quence to the criminal ...
... evidence , can never after- wards be brought forward as a panel for the identical crime which is the subject of in- quiry . That it would occur to their lordships , that this was a matter of the utmost conse- quence to the criminal ...
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... evidence . Four letters , holo- graph of Mr. Johnston , three of which are addressed to the above - mentioned Skirving , and the fourth to Mr. Scott , or Mr. Ross , the publishers of the Edinburgh Gazetteer , are herewith produced . As ...
... evidence . Four letters , holo- graph of Mr. Johnston , three of which are addressed to the above - mentioned Skirving , and the fourth to Mr. Scott , or Mr. Ross , the publishers of the Edinburgh Gazetteer , are herewith produced . As ...
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