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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Sivu 25
... warrant your finding the prisoner guilty . You need go no further , if you find him guilty of any one of the overt acts laid in the indictment . Now , gentlemen of the jury , it may be necessary to explain to you what the law is upon ...
... warrant your finding the prisoner guilty . You need go no further , if you find him guilty of any one of the overt acts laid in the indictment . Now , gentlemen of the jury , it may be necessary to explain to you what the law is upon ...
Sivu 68
... warrant of spoil and rapine . One of these instances , I feel , I am now bringing to the memory of your lordship . A learned and respected brother barrister had a silver cup ; the major heard , that for many years it had borne an ...
... warrant of spoil and rapine . One of these instances , I feel , I am now bringing to the memory of your lordship . A learned and respected brother barrister had a silver cup ; the major heard , that for many years it had borne an ...
Sivu 71
... warrant from General Craig , on a charge of treason . " That this return was a gross falsehood , fabricated by Sirr , I am instructed to assert . Let him prove the truth of it if he can . The judge before whom this return was brought ...
... warrant from General Craig , on a charge of treason . " That this return was a gross falsehood , fabricated by Sirr , I am instructed to assert . Let him prove the truth of it if he can . The judge before whom this return was brought ...
Sivu 80
... warrant from Mr. Sirr . Q. What did you then do ? Mr. A. I returned to Major Sandys , and said to him I wonder- ed he would detain Mr. Hevey on so trifling a matter . Sandys replied that it was not a trifle to insult Mr. Sirr , for he ...
... warrant from Mr. Sirr . Q. What did you then do ? Mr. A. I returned to Major Sandys , and said to him I wonder- ed he would detain Mr. Hevey on so trifling a matter . Sandys replied that it was not a trifle to insult Mr. Sirr , for he ...
Sivu 84
... warrant existed , or any pretence of legal detention , was dragged from a public room , in the noon day , as a common felon , and plunged into an infectious dungeon , to enforce a private apology to a private subject , for a private ...
... warrant existed , or any pretence of legal detention , was dragged from a public room , in the noon day , as a common felon , and plunged into an infectious dungeon , to enforce a private apology to a private subject , for a private ...
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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.