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 29
Sivu 10
... decide on the life or death , the fame or dishonour , of the prisoner at the bar . With respect to prosecutions brought forward by the state , I have ever been of opinion , the decision is to be by the jury , and as to any matter of law ...
... decide on the life or death , the fame or dishonour , of the prisoner at the bar . With respect to prosecutions brought forward by the state , I have ever been of opinion , the decision is to be by the jury , and as to any matter of law ...
Sivu 12
... decide upon . Mr. Rey- nolds , in his parol testimony , has sworn , that he was made a United Irishman by the prisoner at the bar ; Mr. Rey- nolds says he was sworn to what he considered to be the objects of that society ; he stated ...
... decide upon . Mr. Rey- nolds , in his parol testimony , has sworn , that he was made a United Irishman by the prisoner at the bar ; Mr. Rey- nolds says he was sworn to what he considered to be the objects of that society ; he stated ...
Sivu 19
... decide according to the evidence , and give such a verdict as may always be satisfactory to your conscien- ces to the last moment of your existence . The court will tell you , it is your province to decide on matter of fact , and as to ...
... decide according to the evidence , and give such a verdict as may always be satisfactory to your conscien- ces to the last moment of your existence . The court will tell you , it is your province to decide on matter of fact , and as to ...
Sivu 20
... decide and to bring in a true verdict according to the evidences . One witness has been examined on this trial , who , I think , does not deserve credit ; but it is you who are the sole judges whom you will give credit to ; but though ...
... decide and to bring in a true verdict according to the evidences . One witness has been examined on this trial , who , I think , does not deserve credit ; but it is you who are the sole judges whom you will give credit to ; but though ...
Sivu 45
... decide ; and on as simple and plain evidence as ever was laid before a court and jury . The question you have to try is , whether James N. Tandy , the prisoner at the bar , was arrested on the 24th day of November , 1798 , by authority ...
... decide ; and on as simple and plain evidence as ever was laid before a court and jury . The question you have to try is , whether James N. Tandy , the prisoner at the bar , was arrested on the 24th day of November , 1798 , by authority ...
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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.