The Romance of the Forum, Or, Narratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes from Courts of JusticeCornish, Lamport & Company, 1853 - 308 páginas |
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... Judges , on the 12th June , 1758. A great array of counsel appeared for the crown . Among them were the Attorney - General , Charles Pratt , afterwards Baron Camden and Lord Chancellor ; and the Solicitor - General , Charles York , also ...
... Judges , on the 12th June , 1758. A great array of counsel appeared for the crown . Among them were the Attorney - General , Charles Pratt , afterwards Baron Camden and Lord Chancellor ; and the Solicitor - General , Charles York , also ...
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... judges , Downes and Cumberland . As in the case of Dr. Hensey , a grand array of counsel was present . Arthur Wolfe , the Attorney - General , ( afterwards the ill - fated Lord Chief Jus- tice , Viscount Kilwarden ; ) John Toler , the ...
... judges , Downes and Cumberland . As in the case of Dr. Hensey , a grand array of counsel was present . Arthur Wolfe , the Attorney - General , ( afterwards the ill - fated Lord Chief Jus- tice , Viscount Kilwarden ; ) John Toler , the ...
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... judge , ) and Sampson . The Attorney - General began the prosecution ; and dwelt at some length on the doctrine of treason , and especially on the point which appeared to be correct at the time , though an Act of Parliament has since ...
... judge , ) and Sampson . The Attorney - General began the prosecution ; and dwelt at some length on the doctrine of treason , and especially on the point which appeared to be correct at the time , though an Act of Parliament has since ...
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... Judge , and endeavored to explain some mysterious pas- sages contained in the letters sworn to , as his , by Cockayne . In doing so , the unfortunate man inadvertently acknowledged those 26 TWO SINGULAR CASES OF ISOLATED TREASON .
... Judge , and endeavored to explain some mysterious pas- sages contained in the letters sworn to , as his , by Cockayne . In doing so , the unfortunate man inadvertently acknowledged those 26 TWO SINGULAR CASES OF ISOLATED TREASON .
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... judges , Sir Matthew Hale , has said , " I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter , unless the facts ... judge of the assize to find out the child by the next assizes . Being unable to discover his niece , he brought ...
... judges , Sir Matthew Hale , has said , " I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter , unless the facts ... judge of the assize to find out the child by the next assizes . Being unable to discover his niece , he brought ...
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Romance of the Forum; Or, Narratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes from Courts of ... Peter Burke Vista de fragmentos - 1861 |
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Página 31 - O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Página 31 - Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Página 293 - And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves; Of horrid stabs in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves...
Página 290 - Now, my lord, having endeavoured to show that the whole of this process is altogether repugnant to every part of my life ; that it is inconsistent with my condition of health about that time ; that no rational inference can be drawn that a person is dead who suddenly disappears ; that hermitages were the constant repositories of the bones of the recluse ; that the proofs of this...
Página 293 - He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain! "And well...
Página 294 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done; There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone!
Página 289 - ... chance exposed ? And might not a place where bones lay be mentioned by a person by chance as well as found by a labourer by chance? Or is it more criminal accidentally to name where bones lie than accidentally to find where they lie?
Página 110 - ... procured him an advocate of rank too great to be rejected unheard, and of virtue too eminent to be heard without being believed. His merit and his calamities happened to reach the ear of the countess of Hertford, who engaged in his support with all the tenderness that is excited by pity, and all the zeal which is kindled by generosity...
Página 295 - And now from forth the frowning sky, from the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice — the awful voice of the blood-avenging sprite : ' Thou guilty man, take up thy dead, and hide it from my sight...
Página 288 - About the same time, and in another field, almost close to this borough, was discovered also, in searching for gravel, another human skeleton ; but the piety of the same worthy gentleman ordered both pits to be filled up again, commendably unwilling to disturb the dead.