The Romance of the Forum, Or, Narratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes from Courts of JusticeCornish, Lamport & Company, 1853 - Всего страниц: 308 |
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... conviction . The men who committed these treasons were Dr. Florence Hensey and the Rev. William Jackson . Nearly thirty years elapsed between their respective crimes . To begin with the TWO SINGULAR CASES OF ISOLATED TREASON,
... conviction . The men who committed these treasons were Dr. Florence Hensey and the Rev. William Jackson . Nearly thirty years elapsed between their respective crimes . To begin with the TWO SINGULAR CASES OF ISOLATED TREASON,
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... committed to Newgate on a charge of high treason , and there he remained nearly a year ; for , from various delays , caused both on his own application and that of the government , his trial did not take place until long after his ...
... committed to Newgate on a charge of high treason , and there he remained nearly a year ; for , from various delays , caused both on his own application and that of the government , his trial did not take place until long after his ...
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... treasons and misprisions of treasons com- mitted in Ireland . Did you ever get a pardon for any treasons committed in England ? -No . Were you originally a professional man ? —I never followed TWO SINGULAR CASES OF ISOLATED TREASON . 16 21.
... treasons and misprisions of treasons com- mitted in Ireland . Did you ever get a pardon for any treasons committed in England ? -No . Were you originally a professional man ? —I never followed TWO SINGULAR CASES OF ISOLATED TREASON . 16 21.
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... committed in what ? —In an affidavit that I swore . Court . When were you tried ? -In the year 1793 . Now , by virtue of the oath you have taken , did you ever tell anybody that the affidavit was in fact false ? —I must apply to the ...
... committed in what ? —In an affidavit that I swore . Court . When were you tried ? -In the year 1793 . Now , by virtue of the oath you have taken , did you ever tell anybody that the affidavit was in fact false ? —I must apply to the ...
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... committed in Ireland , but not in England whence he comes . What were you never on a jury before ? Did you ever hear ... commit ; and he had impressed on his mind the conviction that he was liable to be executed as a traitor . - Was he ...
... committed in Ireland , but not in England whence he comes . What were you never on a jury before ? Did you ever hear ... commit ; and he had impressed on his mind the conviction that he was liable to be executed as a traitor . - Was he ...
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Стр. 31 - O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Стр. 31 - Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Стр. 293 - And, long since then, of bloody men, Whose deeds tradition saves; Of lonely folk cut off unseen, And hid in sudden graves; Of horrid stabs in groves forlorn, And murders done in caves...
Стр. 290 - Now, my lord, having endeavoured to show that the whole of this process is altogether repugnant to every part of my life ; that it is inconsistent with my condition of health about that time ; that no rational inference can be drawn that a person is dead who suddenly disappears ; that hermitages were the constant repositories of the bones of the recluse ; that the proofs of this...
Стр. 293 - He told how murderers walk the earth Beneath the curse of Cain, — With crimson clouds before their eyes, And flames about their brain : For blood has left upon their souls Its everlasting stain! "And well...
Стр. 294 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done; There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone!
Стр. 289 - ... chance exposed ? And might not a place where bones lay be mentioned by a person by chance as well as found by a labourer by chance? Or is it more criminal accidentally to name where bones lie than accidentally to find where they lie?
Стр. 110 - ... procured him an advocate of rank too great to be rejected unheard, and of virtue too eminent to be heard without being believed. His merit and his calamities happened to reach the ear of the countess of Hertford, who engaged in his support with all the tenderness that is excited by pity, and all the zeal which is kindled by generosity...
Стр. 295 - And now from forth the frowning sky, from the heaven's topmost height, I heard a voice — the awful voice of the blood-avenging sprite : ' Thou guilty man, take up thy dead, and hide it from my sight...
Стр. 288 - About the same time, and in another field, almost close to this borough, was discovered also, in searching for gravel, another human skeleton ; but the piety of the same worthy gentleman ordered both pits to be filled up again, commendably unwilling to disturb the dead.