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 12
... letter . Let us see , therefore , what the charge is When I had the honour to discuss this subject before , it was to another Jury , and , indeed , to another Court ; for I now see on the Bench an honourable and learned Judge , who was ...
... letter . Let us see , therefore , what the charge is When I had the honour to discuss this subject before , it was to another Jury , and , indeed , to another Court ; for I now see on the Bench an honourable and learned Judge , who was ...
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... letters , and " instructions , purporting , and containing therein ; amongst other things , encouragements and ex- " hortations to move , induce , and persuade the subjects of our said Lord the King , to choose , depute , and send , and ...
... letters , and " instructions , purporting , and containing therein ; amongst other things , encouragements and ex- " hortations to move , induce , and persuade the subjects of our said Lord the King , to choose , depute , and send , and ...
Sayfa 26
... letter of , because other Judges may have done so before them . As far as the law stands upon tradi- tion , it is made by the precedents of Judges , and there is no other evidence of its existence ; but A STATUTE is ever present to ...
... letter of , because other Judges may have done so before them . As far as the law stands upon tradi- tion , it is made by the precedents of Judges , and there is no other evidence of its existence ; but A STATUTE is ever present to ...
Sayfa 27
... letter of the statute standing to speak for itself , without any other commentary than the destruction of every one that ever had been made upon it , and the reversal of every judgment which ever had departed from its letter ...
... letter of the statute standing to speak for itself , without any other commentary than the destruction of every one that ever had been made upon it , and the reversal of every judgment which ever had departed from its letter ...
Sayfa 28
... letter ; because it was passed to give certainty to a crime which , by judicial construc- tions , had before become uncertain . Lord Hale says " that at common law there was a great latitude " used in raising offences to the crime and ...
... letter ; because it was passed to give certainty to a crime which , by judicial construc- tions , had before become uncertain . Lord Hale says " that at common law there was a great latitude " used in raising offences to the crime and ...
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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 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...
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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.
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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...
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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...