| John Lingard - 1825 - 474 Seiten
...promised to give the most serious attention : a few he unequivocally refused/3 Among them the reader will be surprised to learn that there was one praying...already accustomed to forswear themselves even in civil (Journals, 448.) On this occasion, though the three counties of Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland... | |
| John Lingard - 1826 - 392 Seiten
...promised to give the most serious attention : a few he unequivocally refused 2 . Among them the reader will be surprised to learn that there was one praying...offences, the prisoner might be allowed to bring forward witness1 Journals of Commons, 4io- 448. 45i. Of Lords, 660. 662. Winwood, iii. up. i3i. i45. i53. i55.... | |
| John Lingard - 1827 - 542 Seiten
...promised to give the most serious attention: a few he unequivocally refused.* Among them the reader will be surprised to learn that there was one praying...be expected, when the life of a friend was at stake ?t It is probable that his answers to the petitions did not give satisfaction. The loss of the journals... | |
| C. St. George - 1830 - 600 Seiten
...many petitions were presented ; among them, one praying that, in cases of prosecution for criminal offences, the prisoner might be allowed to bring forward witnesses in his own defence. This was positively refused. The king said, his conscience would not permit his granting an indulgence... | |
| 1836 - 446 Seiten
...conscience he could not grant such an indulgence. " It would encourage and multiply forgery," he said : " men were already accustomed to forswear themselves,...be expected when the life of a friend was at stake ? " 1 Such was the exquisite philosophy of James. A coolness ensued ; threats followed ; a prorogation... | |
| John Lingard - 1840 - 482 Seiten
...and Wcstmorc- that no proclamation could make that an offence reader will be surprised to learn lhat there was one praying that, in cases of prosecution...could be expected, when the life of a friend was at slake (1)? During these protracted disputes there was one subject on which all parties were, as usual,... | |
| John Forster - 1846 - 726 Seiten
...conscience, he could not grant such an indulgence. " It would encourage and multiply forgery," he said : " men were already accustomed to forswear themselves...be expected when the life of a friend was at stake 1"* Such was the eiqmsite philosophy of James. A coolness ensued ; threats followed ; a prorogation... | |
| John Lingard - 1854 - 330 Seiten
...pounds. — Abstract of his Majesty's Revenue, p. 71. 1 To the complaint that aome of his pro60 01 will be surprised to learn that there was one praying...prisoner might be allowed to bring forward witnesses in bis own defence. .Tames replied, that he could not in conscience grant such an indulgence. It would... | |
| John Lingard - 1860 - 432 Seiten
...his majesty's revenue, p. 71. : will be surprised to learn that there was one praying that, in eases of prosecution for capital offences, the prisoner...forswear themselves even in civil actions : what less c.iuld be expected, when the life of a friend was at stake * ? During these protracted disputes there... | |
| Richard Abbott - 1864 - 156 Seiten
...lives, to bring forward witnesses in their own defence, James replied " that he could not in conseience grant such an indulgence. It would encourage and multiply...be expected when the life of a friend was at stake ? " 1Z And so through fear of a possible evil, the prisoner was denied a positive right. Many an innocent... | |
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