Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of Ireland, المجلد 2Print. and pub. by I. Riley, 1811 |
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... common subject , I have not been in the habit of addressing myself to the interposition of the court , or to the good - natured con- sideration of the jury , on behalf of my client . I have men- tioned , indeed , my own enfeebled , worn ...
... common subject , I have not been in the habit of addressing myself to the interposition of the court , or to the good - natured con- sideration of the jury , on behalf of my client . I have men- tioned , indeed , my own enfeebled , worn ...
الصفحة 11
... common law of England and the common law of Ireland is the same , the consciences of 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 ...
... common law of England and the common law of Ireland is the same , the consciences of 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 ...
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... common law of the land by the people , for the sword may cover the land with millions of deluded men . Is it become necessary to hurl destruction round the land , till it shivers into a thousand particles , to the destruction of all ...
... common law of the land by the people , for the sword may cover the land with millions of deluded men . Is it become necessary to hurl destruction round the land , till it shivers into a thousand particles , to the destruction of all ...
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... common law of England , in cases of murder , if the jury shall believe the fact proved , one witness is suffi- cient , as in the case of Sir John Pennington . The common law of England , and the common law of Ireland , is the same , and ...
... common law of England , in cases of murder , if the jury shall believe the fact proved , one witness is suffi- cient , as in the case of Sir John Pennington . The common law of England , and the common law of Ireland , is the same , and ...
الصفحة 27
... common executioner ; so highly were the public interested in his favour , that even those who were adverse to his political opinions joined in the most earnest solicitations to government , to change or mitigate the sentence of death ...
... common executioner ; so highly were the public interested in his favour , that even those who were adverse to his political opinions joined in the most earnest solicitations to government , to change or mitigate the sentence of death ...
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الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 141 - My lords, it may be a part of the system of angry justice...
الصفحة 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.