A Letter Concerning Libels, Warrants, and the Seizure of Papers: With a View to Some Late Proceedings, and the Defence of Them by the MajorityJ. Almon, 1764 - 100 стор. Discussion of the proceedings against John Wilkes in the House of Commons, in answer to a pamphlet The majority defended. |
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Сторінка 3
... leave for filing an information . A Jury was after- wards to try the truth of every such charge . But , Henry the 7th , one of the worft Princes this nation ever knew , procured an act of parliament which , after reciting many defects ...
... leave for filing an information . A Jury was after- wards to try the truth of every such charge . But , Henry the 7th , one of the worft Princes this nation ever knew , procured an act of parliament which , after reciting many defects ...
Сторінка 9
... leave the intention of the words , to the Court , for their conftruction ; unless , indeed , it could be contri- ved to get rid of Juries intirely , that is , to establish in perfection the Star - Chamber anew . Already , almoft any ...
... leave the intention of the words , to the Court , for their conftruction ; unless , indeed , it could be contri- ved to get rid of Juries intirely , that is , to establish in perfection the Star - Chamber anew . Already , almoft any ...
Сторінка 10
... leave of the King's Bench , af- ter a public hearing in open Court . It is a power that is , in my apprehenfion , very alarming ; and a thinking man cannot refrain from furprize , that a free people fhould suf- fer fo odious a ...
... leave of the King's Bench , af- ter a public hearing in open Court . It is a power that is , in my apprehenfion , very alarming ; and a thinking man cannot refrain from furprize , that a free people fhould suf- fer fo odious a ...
Сторінка 50
... leave their prifoner one mo- ment alone . And , in a paper which Mr. Wilkes dif- perfed , he afferted that these orders were ftrictly observed with refpect to him , infomuch , that altho ' he was com- mitted Saturday the 30th of April ...
... leave their prifoner one mo- ment alone . And , in a paper which Mr. Wilkes dif- perfed , he afferted that these orders were ftrictly observed with refpect to him , infomuch , that altho ' he was com- mitted Saturday the 30th of April ...
Сторінка 58
... leave the conftruction thereof to the Court , and that the Judge who prefided was one of those intrepid magiftrates who do not care at all for the refolution of a Houfe of Commons upon a point of law ; it is furely , very poffi- ble ...
... leave the conftruction thereof to the Court , and that the Judge who prefided was one of those intrepid magiftrates who do not care at all for the refolution of a Houfe of Commons upon a point of law ; it is furely , very poffi- ble ...
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adminiftration affembly afferted aforefaid againſt altho anſwer Attorney authority bail becauſe breach cafe caufe cauſe Chief Juftice confequence Confiderer conftitution council court Defendants defire eſtabliſhed fafe faid falfe fame fcandalous fecurity feditious libels feems feizing feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome ftate ftatute ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furety gentlemen governor guilty himſelf Houfe of Commons Houſe iffued illegal infift inftance itſelf James De Lancey John Peter Zenger Judges judgment juftified jury king King's Bench laft lefs liberty Lord Lord Coke Lord Halifax matter minifter moft moſt muft muſt neceffary New-York North Briton oath obferve occafion offence opinion paffed papers parliament peace perfon pleaſe prefent prifoner privilege profecution prove province publiſhed puniſh purpoſe Queſtion reafon refolution ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion trial uſe warrant words worfe writing Zenger
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Сторінка 18 - ... a malicious defamation, expressed either in writing or printing, and tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and to expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.
Сторінка 7 - ... in companies against our peace, in disturbance of our people, with armed force have gone or rode, or hereafter shall presume to go or ride; And also of all those who have there lain in wait, or hereafter shall presume to lie in wait, to maim or cut or kill our people...
Сторінка 32 - Book is because the Judge (as Judge) cannot know what the Evidence is which the Jury have, that is, he can only know the Evidence given in Court: but the Evidence which the Jury have, may be of their own Knowledge, as they are returned of the Neighborhood.
Сторінка 9 - Aspersions upon both Houses of Parliament, and the most audacious Defiance of the Authority of the whole Legislature; and most manifestly tending to alienate the Affections of the People from His Majesty, to withdraw them from their Obedience to the Laws of the Realm, and to excite them to traitorous Insurrections against His Majesty's Government.
Сторінка 13 - You cannot be admitted, Mr. Hamilton, to give the Truth of a Libel in Evidence. A Libel is not to be justified ; for it is nevertheless a Libel that it is true.
Сторінка 3 - GEORGE the Third, by the grace of GOD of Great-Britain, France and Ireland King, defender of the faith, and so forth; and in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
Сторінка 28 - It is agreed upon by all men that this is a reign of liberty, and while men keep within the bounds of truth I hope they may with safety both speak and write their sentiments of the conduct of men in power, I mean of that part of their conduct only which affects the liberty or property of the people under their administration. Were this to be denied, then the next step...
Сторінка 73 - That the proceedings of the Lord Chief Justice, in the cases now reported, are innovations in the trial of men for their lives and liberties; and that he hath used an arbitrary and illegal power, which is of dangerous consequence to the lives and liberties of the people of England, and tends to the introducing of an arbitrary government. 2. That in the place of judicature, the Lord Chief Justice hath undervalued, vilified, and condemned Magna Charta, the great preserver of our lives, freedom, and...
Сторінка 21 - Court and in those bad times, a great and good man durst say, what I hope will not be taken amiss of me to say in this place, to wit, The practice of informations for libels is a sword in the hands of a wicked king and an...
Сторінка 2 - That a general warrant for apprehending and feizing the authors, printers, and publifhers, of a feditious and treafonable libel, together with their papers, is not warranted by law...