The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar, on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 4J. Ridgway, 1810 - Freedom of the press |
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... fact alleged by both Indictments , viz . That any convention had been held within the kingdom with intent to subvert , by rebellious force , the constitution of the kingdom . Nevertheless , the same propositions , both of law and fact ...
... fact alleged by both Indictments , viz . That any convention had been held within the kingdom with intent to subvert , by rebellious force , the constitution of the kingdom . Nevertheless , the same propositions , both of law and fact ...
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... facts as presuming to censure the advisers of the Crown on these great State Trials ; on the contrary , we departed , as has been seen in the Third Volume , from the original plan of the publication , from an anxiety to give the most ...
... facts as presuming to censure the advisers of the Crown on these great State Trials ; on the contrary , we departed , as has been seen in the Third Volume , from the original plan of the publication , from an anxiety to give the most ...
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... facts as they existed . The very briefs , I say , without which my Learned Friends ( as they them- selves agree ) could not have travelled through the cause , were prepared by the Commons of Great Britain - came before the Jury stamped ...
... facts as they existed . The very briefs , I say , without which my Learned Friends ( as they them- selves agree ) could not have travelled through the cause , were prepared by the Commons of Great Britain - came before the Jury stamped ...
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... facts and erroneous doctrines should meet me at another time , and in another character , touching in their consequences the safety of the other Prisoners , and of the whole people of this land . The first thing we have to consider in ...
... facts and erroneous doctrines should meet me at another time , and in another character , touching in their consequences the safety of the other Prisoners , and of the whole people of this land . The first thing we have to consider in ...
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... fact which could possibly be put upon parchment ; totally disentangled from every legal qua- lification . We are not , therefore , examining whether these papers which have been read , or any of them , are libels ; but whether ...
... fact which could possibly be put upon parchment ; totally disentangled from every legal qua- lification . We are not , therefore , examining whether these papers which have been read , or any of them , are libels ; but whether ...
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Page 147 - King there being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 151 - Justice of our said Lord the King, assigned to hold pleas before the King himself...
Page 154 - King there inhabiting and being, in contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 113 - However, these gentlemen at the bar say they speak for the commonwealth, and they believe so ; yet, under favour, it is I who, in this particular, speak for the commonwealth. Precedents, like those which are...
Page 421 - ... it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 421 - ... truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Page 45 - The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a control for the people.
Page 112 - Christians did their books of curious arts, and betake yourselves to the plain letter of the statute, which tells you where the crime is, and points out to you the path by which you may avoid it. "Let us not, to our own destruction, awake those sleeping lions, by rattling up a company of old records, which have lain for so many ages, by the wall, forgotten and neglected. To all my afflictions, add not this, my lords, the most severe...
Page 136 - On the contrary, though not implicated himself in the alleged conspiracy, he has charged me to waste and destroy my strength to prove that no such guilt can be brought home to others. I rejoice in having been made the humble instrument of so much good — my heart was never so much in a cause.
Page 143 - Clive, the said lord the king would have to be one) to inquire (by the oath of good and lawful men of the county...