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 6
... Societies of which the Prisoners were members ; only because they had pre- sumed to do what those who prosecuted them had done before them in other times ; and from the doing of which they had raised their fortunes , and acquired the ...
... Societies of which the Prisoners were members ; only because they had pre- sumed to do what those who prosecuted them had done before them in other times ; and from the doing of which they had raised their fortunes , and acquired the ...
Sayfa 24
... Society to send a delegate to the Convention at Edinburgh ; and you have been desired , from this measure , and others of a similar bearing , to find an intention to destroy- the King , from the probable consequence of such proceedings ...
... Society to send a delegate to the Convention at Edinburgh ; and you have been desired , from this measure , and others of a similar bearing , to find an intention to destroy- the King , from the probable consequence of such proceedings ...
Sayfa 25
... society of reformers , I was Attorney General to the Prince ; sworn of bis Privy Council ; high in his personal confidence ; and full of that affection for him which I yet retain . -Would it have been said , Gentlemen ( I am not seeking ...
... society of reformers , I was Attorney General to the Prince ; sworn of bis Privy Council ; high in his personal confidence ; and full of that affection for him which I yet retain . -Would it have been said , Gentlemen ( I am not seeking ...
Sayfa 33
... Societies at the head of the conspiracy ; and that the convention , which was to be assembled as the result of this con- federacy , was to destroy , by force , the legal govern- ment of the country , and to form itself into a le ...
... Societies at the head of the conspiracy ; and that the convention , which was to be assembled as the result of this con- federacy , was to destroy , by force , the legal govern- ment of the country , and to form itself into a le ...
Sayfa 34
... Societies , though covered with popular pre- texts of restoring the constitution , until their ma- chinations should be sufficiently ripe to throw off the veil , to avow their principles , and to establish them by force that this ...
... Societies , though covered with popular pre- texts of restoring the constitution , until their ma- chinations should be sufficiently ripe to throw off the veil , to avow their principles , and to establish them by force that this ...
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accusation acquitted aforesaid appeared Arthur O'Connor attention Attorney believe Bench blows Bow Street Officers cause certainly charge circumstances confusion conspiracy constitution Convention Counsel Court Crown Defendants Dennis O'Brien discharged duty Earl of Thanet endeavoured Erskine escape evidence favour Fergusson Fugion Garrow Gentlemen guilty Gunter Browne gusson hand heard high treason honour House of Commons imputed Jailor John Horne Tooke Jury Justice Buller Justice Heath Justice Lawrence Justices and Commissioners King's Learned Friend Learned Judge Lord Kenyon Lord the King Lordship Maidstone ment never O'Brien O'Coigly observed Parliament passed person present pressed principles Prisoners proceedings prosecution racter recollect reform rescue riot Rivett Robert Fergusson saw Lord Thanet seat sentence Serjeant Shepherd Sir Francis Burdett sitting situation Society Solicitors speak standing stick stood struck sworn.-Examined thing Thompson tion took trial tumult verdict violence warrant whole witnesses
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Sayfa 147 - King there being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Sayfa 151 - Justice of our said Lord the King, assigned to hold pleas before the King himself...
Sayfa 154 - King there inhabiting and being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Sayfa 113 - However, these gentlemen at the bar say they speak for the commonwealth, and they believe so ; yet, under favour, it is I who, in this particular, speak for the commonwealth. Precedents, like those which are...
Sayfa 421 - ... it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Sayfa 421 - ... truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Sayfa 45 - The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a control for the people.
Sayfa 112 - Christians did their books of curious arts, and betake yourselves to the plain letter of the statute, which tells you where the crime is, and points out to you the path by which you may avoid it. "Let us not, to our own destruction, awake those sleeping lions, by rattling up a company of old records, which have lain for so many ages, by the wall, forgotten and neglected. To all my afflictions, add not this, my lords, the most severe...
Sayfa 136 - On the contrary, though not implicated himself in the alleged conspiracy, he has charged me to waste and destroy my strength to prove that no such guilt can be brought home to others. I rejoice in having been made the humble instrument of so much good — my heart was never so much in a cause.
Sayfa 143 - Clive, the said lord the king would have to be one) to inquire (by the oath of good and lawful men of the county...