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CHAPTER 17 TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION ' Though his Judges were willing enough to destroy him there , yet they did rather tire him out of his life , by the brawling of the King's Counsel on one side , and the Benches insisting on a ...
CHAPTER 17 TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION ' Though his Judges were willing enough to destroy him there , yet they did rather tire him out of his life , by the brawling of the King's Counsel on one side , and the Benches insisting on a ...
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Anderson's brutality had been for many years displayed chiefly in what we may call ' religious trials ( a field where ... One of the most salient characteristics of this memorable trial - a trial which , for power to grip the mind with ...
Anderson's brutality had been for many years displayed chiefly in what we may call ' religious trials ( a field where ... One of the most salient characteristics of this memorable trial - a trial which , for power to grip the mind with ...
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1 Later still , Popham again emphasised the King's safety ( which apparently required a victim ) as the overriding necessity , Ralegh having asserted that the common trial of England is by jury and witnesses ' : There must not be such a ...
1 Later still , Popham again emphasised the King's safety ( which apparently required a victim ) as the overriding necessity , Ralegh having asserted that the common trial of England is by jury and witnesses ' : There must not be such a ...
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