The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, 4. ciltJ. Ridgway, 1810 |
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Sayfa 4
... GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY , WHEN I compare the situation in which , not many days ago , I stood up to address myself to a Jury in this place , with that which I now occupy - when I reflect upon the emotions which at that time almost weighed ...
... GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY , WHEN I compare the situation in which , not many days ago , I stood up to address myself to a Jury in this place , with that which I now occupy - when I reflect upon the emotions which at that time almost weighed ...
Sayfa 8
... Gentlemen , the Lords united themselves with the Commons in the accusation , and , like the Commons , prejudged the cause by the publication of Reports , which contain the whole mass of the criminating evidence . I had , besides all ...
... Gentlemen , the Lords united themselves with the Commons in the accusation , and , like the Commons , prejudged the cause by the publication of Reports , which contain the whole mass of the criminating evidence . I had , besides all ...
Sayfa 11
... Gentlemen , we now come to the merits of the cause itself ; and though , if I were myself at the bar , instead of the honourable Gentleman who is arraigned before you , I should be disposed to trouble you very little in my own defence ...
... Gentlemen , we now come to the merits of the cause itself ; and though , if I were myself at the bar , instead of the honourable Gentleman who is arraigned before you , I should be disposed to trouble you very little in my own defence ...
Sayfa 12
... Gentlemen , most pro- bably were in the way of hearing , and of receiving an impression from the able address of the Attorney General , in the introduction of Mr. Hardy's Trial : you were bound to be present in Court when the Jury was ...
... Gentlemen , most pro- bably were in the way of hearing , and of receiving an impression from the able address of the Attorney General , in the introduction of Mr. Hardy's Trial : you were bound to be present in Court when the Jury was ...
Sayfa 13
... Gentlemen , the charge is this— The Indictment states , " That all the Prisoners " ( whose names I shall hereafter enumerate when I come to remark upon the evidence ) , " intending to " excite insurrection , rebellion , and war against ...
... Gentlemen , the charge is this— The Indictment states , " That all the Prisoners " ( whose names I shall hereafter enumerate when I come to remark upon the evidence ) , " intending to " excite insurrection , rebellion , and war against ...
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