The Lives of Twelve Eminent Judges of the Last and of the Present Century, Том 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 |
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... Advocate . Pages 1-44 CHAPTER II . LIFE OF LORD ERSKINE CONTINUED . Trial of Hadfield for High Treason . Examples of Erskine's Ingenuity and Eloquence . Serjeant Talfourd's Criticism on Erskine . Compared with Curran . Instances of ...
... Advocate . Pages 1-44 CHAPTER II . LIFE OF LORD ERSKINE CONTINUED . Trial of Hadfield for High Treason . Examples of Erskine's Ingenuity and Eloquence . Serjeant Talfourd's Criticism on Erskine . Compared with Curran . Instances of ...
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... Advocacy of Col. Knolly's Claim to the Banbury Peerage . Protest . Subsequent Participation in the Debates . Speeches against the Six Acts . On the Bill of Pains and Penalties against Queen Caroline . His Illness . Invited to a public ...
... Advocacy of Col. Knolly's Claim to the Banbury Peerage . Protest . Subsequent Participation in the Debates . Speeches against the Six Acts . On the Bill of Pains and Penalties against Queen Caroline . His Illness . Invited to a public ...
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... Advocate . Excellent as Chamber Counsel . Promoted to the Bench . Chief Justice . Portraits of his Judicial Character . Speci- mens of his Judgments . Harsh Demeanour to Counsel . Anecdotes of the Chief Justice in Court . His Severity ...
... Advocate . Excellent as Chamber Counsel . Promoted to the Bench . Chief Justice . Portraits of his Judicial Character . Speci- mens of his Judgments . Harsh Demeanour to Counsel . Anecdotes of the Chief Justice in Court . His Severity ...
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... advocate , " when suspicion is realized into certainty , and his dishonour is placed beyond the reach of doubt , despair assumes her dominion over the afflicted man , and well might he exclaim from the same page- " Had it pleas'd Heaven ...
... advocate , " when suspicion is realized into certainty , and his dishonour is placed beyond the reach of doubt , despair assumes her dominion over the afflicted man , and well might he exclaim from the same page- " Had it pleas'd Heaven ...
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... advocate , who de- clared that he must have , though his clerk concealed it from him , a general retainer for political libellers , having defended Lord Brougham , in No. 63 . every one who had been brought to trial for a B 3 LIFE OF ...
... advocate , who de- clared that he must have , though his clerk concealed it from him , a general retainer for political libellers , having defended Lord Brougham , in No. 63 . every one who had been brought to trial for a B 3 LIFE OF ...
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