The Pamphleteer, Volume 16Abraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1820 - Great Britain |
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... cause for complaints to be made against them . Besides these duties , the justices of peace are likewise entrusted with many others , which , among us , devolve upon the commis- sioners of the police . They license inns and public ...
... cause for complaints to be made against them . Besides these duties , the justices of peace are likewise entrusted with many others , which , among us , devolve upon the commis- sioners of the police . They license inns and public ...
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... cause to be preferred , one bill of indictment of the said felony against the said A. O. and shall then also give evidence there concerning the same , as well to the jurors , that shall then inquire of the said felony , as also to them ...
... cause to be preferred , one bill of indictment of the said felony against the said A. O. and shall then also give evidence there concerning the same , as well to the jurors , that shall then inquire of the said felony , as also to them ...
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... cause of it , and the courts of justice have but too great a number of offenders brought before them . At the last sessions in London there were 380 causes . The person suspected remains in prison , until the commence- ment of the ...
... cause of it , and the courts of justice have but too great a number of offenders brought before them . At the last sessions in London there were 380 causes . The person suspected remains in prison , until the commence- ment of the ...
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... causes which have prevented them from appearing at their post ; if these causes should be connected with any physical ... cause , and every time he is fined afresh , as being absent . I heard of a juror at York , who had been fined , in ...
... causes which have prevented them from appearing at their post ; if these causes should be connected with any physical ... cause , and every time he is fined afresh , as being absent . I heard of a juror at York , who had been fined , in ...
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... cause , it is conducted with the same impar- tiality . Every Englishman who is in possession of a property of ten pounds a year in land , whether freehold or copyhold , or only six in the district of Wales , is liable to serve , and ...
... cause , it is conducted with the same impar- tiality . Every Englishman who is in possession of a property of ten pounds a year in land , whether freehold or copyhold , or only six in the district of Wales , is liable to serve , and ...
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Page 31 - God would gloriously display his power and love, in the fulfilment of his gracious promise that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.
Page 279 - And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Page 240 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 3 - If we travel still farther into antiquity, we shall find a direct contrary opinion and practice prevailing; and, if antiquity is to be authority, a thousand such authorities may be produced, successively contradicting each other. But if we proceed on, we shall at last come out right; we shall come to the time when man came from the hand of his Maker. What was he then? Man. Man was his high and only title, and a higher cannot be given him.
Page 7 - Will you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines, contrary to God's word...
Page 41 - ... them as they come to the book to " be sworn, before they are sworn, and you shall be heard.
Page 48 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!
Page 47 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make between our sovereign lord the king and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God !" The juror repeats these words, and kisses the New Testament, and each of the eleven others does the same.
Page 22 - CD, and their fellows, justices of our said lord the King, assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the King...
Page 227 - Resolved, that the Commons of England, assembled in Parliament, being chosen by and representing the people, have the supreme authority of this nation.