A Letter Concerning Libels, Warrants, and the Seizure of Papers: With a View to Some Late Proceedings, and the Defence of Them by the MajorityJ. Almon, 1764 - 100 من الصفحات Discussion of the proceedings against John Wilkes in the House of Commons, in answer to a pamphlet The majority defended. |
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الصفحة 11
... judgment upon the whole , which , after such a difcuffion , it will not be difficult for any men of com- mon understanding to do . Whether the contents of the paper be true , or falfe , or malicious , is a fact to be col- lected from ...
... judgment upon the whole , which , after such a difcuffion , it will not be difficult for any men of com- mon understanding to do . Whether the contents of the paper be true , or falfe , or malicious , is a fact to be col- lected from ...
الصفحة 14
... judgment was reverfed by Parliament after the Revolution . Before that glorious æra , the Judges held their places at the King's pleafure , and acted accordingly . Their oath was then their only reftraint ; that was fome guard , but not ...
... judgment was reverfed by Parliament after the Revolution . Before that glorious æra , the Judges held their places at the King's pleafure , and acted accordingly . Their oath was then their only reftraint ; that was fome guard , but not ...
الصفحة 20
... judgment thereupon , after delibera- tion , and both can and will proportion the punishment to the cafe . They may , after conviction , pillory , fine , im- prifon , and even infift upon fureties for the good behavi- our , according to ...
... judgment thereupon , after delibera- tion , and both can and will proportion the punishment to the cafe . They may , after conviction , pillory , fine , im- prifon , and even infift upon fureties for the good behavi- our , according to ...
الصفحة 43
... judgments and awards , " given upon deliberation and debate , only are proofs and 66 arguments of weight ; and not any fudden act of the 60 court without debate or deliberation . " The Attorney fees nothing alarming in the feizure of a ...
... judgments and awards , " given upon deliberation and debate , only are proofs and 66 arguments of weight ; and not any fudden act of the 60 court without debate or deliberation . " The Attorney fees nothing alarming in the feizure of a ...
الصفحة 49
... judgment ? * The Attorney having flightly paffed over the feizure of papers , after talking of it as a mere picture for which he happened to have no tafte , intirely omits the fubfequent grievance of the clafe confinement ; and , my fon ...
... judgment ? * The Attorney having flightly paffed over the feizure of papers , after talking of it as a mere picture for which he happened to have no tafte , intirely omits the fubfequent grievance of the clafe confinement ; and , my fon ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
adminiftration affembly afferted aforefaid againſt altho anſwer Attorney authority bail becauſe breach cafe caufe cauſe Chief Juftice confequence Confiderer conftitution council court Defendants defire eſtabliſhed fafe faid falfe fame fcandalous fecurity feditious libels feems feizing feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome ftate ftatute ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe furety gentlemen governor guilty himſelf Houfe of Commons Houſe iffued illegal infift inftance itſelf James De Lancey John Peter Zenger Judges judgment juftified jury king King's Bench laft lefs liberty Lord Lord Coke Lord Halifax matter minifter moft moſt muft muſt neceffary New-York North Briton oath obferve occafion offence opinion paffed papers parliament peace perfon pleaſe prefent prifoner privilege profecution prove province publiſhed puniſh purpoſe Queſtion reafon refolution ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion trial uſe warrant words worfe writing Zenger
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الصفحة 18 - ... a malicious defamation, expressed either in writing or printing, and tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and to expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule.
الصفحة 7 - ... in companies against our peace, in disturbance of our people, with armed force have gone or rode, or hereafter shall presume to go or ride; And also of all those who have there lain in wait, or hereafter shall presume to lie in wait, to maim or cut or kill our people...
الصفحة 32 - Book is because the Judge (as Judge) cannot know what the Evidence is which the Jury have, that is, he can only know the Evidence given in Court: but the Evidence which the Jury have, may be of their own Knowledge, as they are returned of the Neighborhood.
الصفحة 9 - Aspersions upon both Houses of Parliament, and the most audacious Defiance of the Authority of the whole Legislature; and most manifestly tending to alienate the Affections of the People from His Majesty, to withdraw them from their Obedience to the Laws of the Realm, and to excite them to traitorous Insurrections against His Majesty's Government.
الصفحة 13 - You cannot be admitted, Mr. Hamilton, to give the Truth of a Libel in Evidence. A Libel is not to be justified ; for it is nevertheless a Libel that it is true.
الصفحة 3 - GEORGE the Third, by the grace of GOD of Great-Britain, France and Ireland King, defender of the faith, and so forth; and in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
الصفحة 28 - It is agreed upon by all men that this is a reign of liberty, and while men keep within the bounds of truth I hope they may with safety both speak and write their sentiments of the conduct of men in power, I mean of that part of their conduct only which affects the liberty or property of the people under their administration. Were this to be denied, then the next step...
الصفحة 73 - That the proceedings of the Lord Chief Justice, in the cases now reported, are innovations in the trial of men for their lives and liberties; and that he hath used an arbitrary and illegal power, which is of dangerous consequence to the lives and liberties of the people of England, and tends to the introducing of an arbitrary government. 2. That in the place of judicature, the Lord Chief Justice hath undervalued, vilified, and condemned Magna Charta, the great preserver of our lives, freedom, and...
الصفحة 21 - Court and in those bad times, a great and good man durst say, what I hope will not be taken amiss of me to say in this place, to wit, The practice of informations for libels is a sword in the hands of a wicked king and an...
الصفحة 2 - That a general warrant for apprehending and feizing the authors, printers, and publifhers, of a feditious and treafonable libel, together with their papers, is not warranted by law...