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Page 149
In short , when the statute - book was not quite so much swelled as it is now , you
find no less than fifteen acts of penal regulation on the sub ject of Wales . Here
we rub our hands , - A fine body of prece . dents for the authority of Parliament ...
In short , when the statute - book was not quite so much swelled as it is now , you
find no less than fifteen acts of penal regulation on the sub ject of Wales . Here
we rub our hands , - A fine body of prece . dents for the authority of Parliament ...
Page 165
It is shameful to behold such a regulation standing among English laws . The act
for bringing persons accused of committing murder under the orders of
government to England for trial is but temporary . That act has calculated the
probable ...
It is shameful to behold such a regulation standing among English laws . The act
for bringing persons accused of committing murder under the orders of
government to England for trial is but temporary . That act has calculated the
probable ...
Page 166
... or the house of representatives , severally , of the colony in which the said chief
justice and other judges have exercised the said offices . " The next resolution
relates to the courts of admiralty . It is this : - “ That it may be proper to regulate the
...
... or the house of representatives , severally , of the colony in which the said chief
justice and other judges have exercised the said offices . " The next resolution
relates to the courts of admiralty . It is this : - “ That it may be proper to regulate the
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Page 185
... other judges have exercised the said offices . ” “ That it may be proper to
regulate the courts of admiralty or vice - admiralty , authorized by the 15th chapter
of the 4th George the Third , in such SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH
AMERICA .
... other judges have exercised the said offices . ” “ That it may be proper to
regulate the courts of admiralty or vice - admiralty , authorized by the 15th chapter
of the 4th George the Third , in such SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH
AMERICA .
Page 189
... all its miserable consequences , whether they appear , on the one side or the
other , in the shape of victories or defeats , of captures made from the English on
the continent or from the English in these islands , of legislative regulations which
...
... all its miserable consequences , whether they appear , on the one side or the
other , in the shape of victories or defeats , of captures made from the English on
the continent or from the English in these islands , of legislative regulations which
...
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