The Lives of the Chief Justices of England, Nide 4G. W. Smith, 1874 |
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... witness , 55. His miserable speech to the jury , 56. Peril to the prisoner , 58. Glory of Erskine , 58. Kenyon Attorney - General to the Rockingham Administration , 59. His altercation with Sir James Mansfield , 60. His zeal against ...
... witness , 55. His miserable speech to the jury , 56. Peril to the prisoner , 58. Glory of Erskine , 58. Kenyon Attorney - General to the Rockingham Administration , 59. His altercation with Sir James Mansfield , 60. His zeal against ...
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... witness - box ; when , on the strength of last night's doings , the witness nodded , with offensive familiarity , to the Chief Justice , as to a boon companion . His Lordship , taking no notice of his salutation , but writing down his ...
... witness - box ; when , on the strength of last night's doings , the witness nodded , with offensive familiarity , to the Chief Justice , as to a boon companion . His Lordship , taking no notice of his salutation , but writing down his ...
Sivu 45
... witness . Being required to read the deed , which was in a rather cramped hand , he became very nervous , and Lord Kenyon was so much dissatisfied that he said , " Hand me the deed and I will read it . " This he did fluently and then ...
... witness . Being required to read the deed , which was in a rather cramped hand , he became very nervous , and Lord Kenyon was so much dissatisfied that he said , " Hand me the deed and I will read it . " This he did fluently and then ...
Sivu 54
... witness , without addressing the jury , and when , after convic- tion , the judgment of the Court was prayed , he waived his right of speaking in mitigation of punishment . * Yet we are afterwards surprised all of a sudden to find him ...
... witness , without addressing the jury , and when , after convic- tion , the judgment of the Court was prayed , he waived his right of speaking in mitigation of punishment . * Yet we are afterwards surprised all of a sudden to find him ...
Sivu 55
... witness . Kenyon , having practised at Quarter Sessions , had some notion of cross - examination , and he thus dealt rather smartly with a witness who ful cross - exa- had sworn to seeing a flag , with an exciting Protestant motto upon ...
... witness . Kenyon , having practised at Quarter Sessions , had some notion of cross - examination , and he thus dealt rather smartly with a witness who ful cross - exa- had sworn to seeing a flag , with an exciting Protestant motto upon ...
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Sivu 109 - Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Sivu 24 - Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea." BOSWELL. " Lord Mansfield does not." JOHNSON. " Sir, if Lord Mansfield were in a company of General Officers and Admirals who have been in service, he would shrink ; he'd wish to creep under the table.
Sivu 245 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Sivu 217 - Of all monarchs, indeed, since the revolution, the successor of George the Third will have the finest opportunity of becoming nobly popular.
Sivu 35 - ... a single age or nation ; but the common property of all times and all countries. They are built upon the most comprehensive principles, and the most enlightened experience of mankind. He designed them to be of universal application ; considering, as he himself has declared, the maritime law to be, not the law of a particular country, but the general law of nations.
Sivu 325 - Justice told the jury that there were two questions for their consideration : First, whether the plaintiff had given value for the bill, of which there could be no doubt ; and, secondly, whether he took it under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man.
Sivu 121 - ... being tampered with. But if an individual can break down any of those safeguards which the Constitution has so wisely and so cautiously erected, by poisoning the minds of the jury at a time when they are called upon to decide, he will stab the administration of justice in its most vital parts.
Sivu 124 - And turn the unwilling steeds another way ; Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the saved candle and unopening door ; . While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat.
Sivu 268 - Behold, brother Eichardson, that is the only human being I ever envied : when at school in this town we were candidates together for a chorister's place ; he obtained it : and if I had gained my wish, he might have been accompanying you as Chief Justice, and pointing me out as his old schoolfellow, the singing man.
Sivu 189 - I do not wish to be understood to blink any question ; and if I had been standing there, and been asked whether I should have pushed or stood aside, I should have had no objection to answer that question.