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 25
... practice of courts , in fpight of common fenfe and the conftant declaration of our ancestors nolumus leges Anglia mutari . Let the de- pendent judges before the Revolution have advanced what doctrine they please , the fact has been ...
... practice of courts , in fpight of common fenfe and the conftant declaration of our ancestors nolumus leges Anglia mutari . Let the de- pendent judges before the Revolution have advanced what doctrine they please , the fact has been ...
الصفحة 26
... practices . Minifters ( as not one in a thousand is actuated by any principle of public good , or even by a de- fire of honeft fame ) for the fake of power , title , riches , and pre - eminence of any kind , will deceive the best in ...
... practices . Minifters ( as not one in a thousand is actuated by any principle of public good , or even by a de- fire of honeft fame ) for the fake of power , title , riches , and pre - eminence of any kind , will deceive the best in ...
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... practice ; but , if that could be done , it is highly im- probable they would go any farther ; and , at the worst , his Lordship would get off without any fine upon himself , as well as Chief Juftice Scroggs did . To fay the truth , and ...
... practice ; but , if that could be done , it is highly im- probable they would go any farther ; and , at the worst , his Lordship would get off without any fine upon himself , as well as Chief Juftice Scroggs did . To fay the truth , and ...
الصفحة 32
... practice of furety for the peace upon the charge of a libel prevailed in Charles the IId's time , it is incon- ceivable that the legislature fhould not have mentioned it by name in the Habeas Corpus act . The patriots who procured that ...
... practice of furety for the peace upon the charge of a libel prevailed in Charles the IId's time , it is incon- ceivable that the legislature fhould not have mentioned it by name in the Habeas Corpus act . The patriots who procured that ...
الصفحة 37
... practice of general warrants , " if it were only for this reafon , that every party against whom a libel is levelled , always chriftens it fedi- tious , treasonable and what not ; and yet , whether it be any libel at all , no man has a ...
... practice of general warrants , " if it were only for this reafon , that every party against whom a libel is levelled , always chriftens it fedi- tious , treasonable and what not ; and yet , whether it be any libel at all , no man has a ...
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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...