Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of Ireland, Nide 2Print. and pub. by I. Riley, 1811 |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 35
Sivu 8
... Irish peer- age . Let me ask , why was the name of Lord Moira ( or Lord Wycombe , who happened to dine at Sir Duke Giffard's ) introduced into this trial ? What has the motion which Lord Moira introduced into the house of lords to do ...
... Irish peer- age . Let me ask , why was the name of Lord Moira ( or Lord Wycombe , who happened to dine at Sir Duke Giffard's ) introduced into this trial ? What has the motion which Lord Moira introduced into the house of lords to do ...
Sivu 11
... Irish jury ought to be fully satisfied , by the testimony of two witnesses to an overt act ; but , on this point , however , some of the Irish judges are of opinion , that two witnesses are not , in Ireland , required to substantiate an ...
... Irish jury ought to be fully satisfied , by the testimony of two witnesses to an overt act ; but , on this point , however , some of the Irish judges are of opinion , that two witnesses are not , in Ireland , required to substantiate an ...
Sivu 15
... Irish- men I may chance to be killed . As I am in the habit of living in the world , says Mr. Rey- nolds to Mr. Cope , you will give me leave to draw a bit of paper on you at present , only for 300 guineas ; it will ope- rate like a ...
... Irish- men I may chance to be killed . As I am in the habit of living in the world , says Mr. Rey- nolds to Mr. Cope , you will give me leave to draw a bit of paper on you at present , only for 300 guineas ; it will ope- rate like a ...
Sivu 16
... room with Mr. Swan . At Bond's there was a meeting of the United Irish- men , and though Bond was not taken in that room , yet Bond's charge is mixed with the guilt of that meeting . war , & c . The overt act in the 16 BOND'S TRIAL .
... room with Mr. Swan . At Bond's there was a meeting of the United Irish- men , and though Bond was not taken in that room , yet Bond's charge is mixed with the guilt of that meeting . war , & c . The overt act in the 16 BOND'S TRIAL .
Sivu 18
... Irish- man during the course of these trials ; I have endeavoured to speak to your understandings ; I have not ventured to en- treat you on behalf of my client , because I am sure you will give your justice and your merits free ...
... Irish- man during the course of these trials ; I have endeavoured to speak to your understandings ; I have not ventured to en- treat you on behalf of my client , because I am sure you will give your justice and your merits free ...
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act of parliament aldermen arrest attainder authority bill of attainder Bond Bond's called cause character charge Charles Massy client committed common conduct consider construction court of king's crime criminal crown Curran damages death defendant deponent doubt Dublin duty election England escape evidence fact feel Fitzgerald gentlemen give guilt Hamburgh heard heart Hevey high treason honour human husband indictment innocent Ireland Irish James Napper Tandy judge jury justice king king's bench lady learned counsel libel liberty Limerick Lord Edward Fitzgerald Lord Headfort Lord Kilwarden lord mayor lordships M'Cann Major Sirr Massy mayor and aldermen ment mind murder never noble oath observe offence Oliver Bond parliament peace person plaintiff prisoner punishment question rebellion rejection respect Reynolds statute suffer suppose surrender Tandy tion told trial United Irishmen verdict virtue warrant wife wish witness
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Sivu 141 - ... an undeserved reproach thrown upon him during his trial, by charging him with ambition, and attempting to cast away for a paltry consideration the liberties of his country ! Why did your lordship insult me?
Sivu 138 - What have I to say, why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me, according to law ? — I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce, and I must abide by.
Sivu 139 - I should bow in silence, and meet the fate that awaits me without a murmur. But the sentence of the law which delivers my body to the executioner will, through the ministry of that law, labor, in its own vindication, to consign my character to obloquy...
Sivu 98 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. . 8 They are brought down and fallen : but we are risen, and stand upright.
Sivu 142 - I am charged with being an emissary of France. An emissary of France! and for what end? It is alleged that I wished to sell the independence of my country; and for what end?
Sivu 145 - If the spirits of the illustrious dead participate in the concerns and cares of those who are dear to them in this transitory life, O, ever dear and venerated shade of my departed father, look down with scrutiny upon the conduct of your suffering son...
Sivu 141 - My lords, it may be a part of the system of angry justice...
Sivu 76 - Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious brutality of the soldiery, by the authority of the state — you would vainly endeavour to give her a general picture of lust, and rapine, and murder, and conflagration. By endeavouring to comprehend every thing, you would convey nothing.