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... tion of the Court of Session . By the Right Hon . W. Adam , Lord Chief Commissioner ART . II . - LIFE OF LORD KENYON · Page 229 252 ART . III . - MERCANTILE LAW.-No. XX . MERCHANT SHIP- PING ( concluded ) . • • 297 ART . IV . - COUNTY ...
... tion of the Court of Session . By the Right Hon . W. Adam , Lord Chief Commissioner ART . II . - LIFE OF LORD KENYON · Page 229 252 ART . III . - MERCANTILE LAW.-No. XX . MERCHANT SHIP- PING ( concluded ) . • • 297 ART . IV . - COUNTY ...
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... tion allowed , it may be doubted whether an innocent person is not as little likely to suffer from an unsupported charge at the quarter sessions , as before the higher tribunals ; sub- stantially the proceedings are as just , though ...
... tion allowed , it may be doubted whether an innocent person is not as little likely to suffer from an unsupported charge at the quarter sessions , as before the higher tribunals ; sub- stantially the proceedings are as just , though ...
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resolving doubtful points by stating a case for the considera- tion of the Court of King's Bench , it was , before the late Poor Law Bill disposed of that subject of litigation , of very frequent occurrence . Judging , indeed , by the ...
resolving doubtful points by stating a case for the considera- tion of the Court of King's Bench , it was , before the late Poor Law Bill disposed of that subject of litigation , of very frequent occurrence . Judging , indeed , by the ...
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... tion is the exception and not the rule in English jurispru- dence ; it withdraws the subject from his boasted privilege , a trial by his peers : a fundamental principle of English freedom . That a power should be intrusted to a justice ...
... tion is the exception and not the rule in English jurispru- dence ; it withdraws the subject from his boasted privilege , a trial by his peers : a fundamental principle of English freedom . That a power should be intrusted to a justice ...
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... tion both to their public duty and their private occupations , is established , ( as for instance in the present usage of four times a year , ) the intervals between those periods ought to be the longest measure of punishment which a ...
... tion both to their public duty and their private occupations , is established , ( as for instance in the present usage of four times a year , ) the intervals between those periods ought to be the longest measure of punishment which a ...
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Page 263 - and I opposed each other. This demure gentleman, Sir, this great lawyer, this judge of law and equity and constitution, enlightens this subject, instructs and delights his hearers, by reviving this necessary intelligence, that, when I had the honour of first sitting in this House for Midhurst, I was not full twenty-one years of age ; and all this he does for the honourable purpose of sanctifying the High Bailiff of Westminster, in defrauding the electors of their representation in this House, and...
Page 388 - ... of the church, if needful ; because that, if the repairs were neglected, the Churchwardens were to be cited, and not the parishioners ; and a day was given to shew cause why there should not be a prohibition.
Page 290 - ... being tampered with. But, if an individual can break down any of those safeguards which the Constitution has so wisely and so cautiously erected, by poisoning the minds of the jury at a time when they are called upon to decide, he will stab the administration of justice in its most vital parts.