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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الصفحة 7
... gentlemen of the jury , I am counsel for the prisoner at the bar - it is my duty to lay his case before you . It is a duty that at any time would be a painful one to me , but at present peculiarly so ; hav ing , in the course of this ...
... gentlemen of the jury , I am counsel for the prisoner at the bar - it is my duty to lay his case before you . It is a duty that at any time would be a painful one to me , but at present peculiarly so ; hav ing , in the course of this ...
الصفحة 8
... Gentlemen of the jury , I lament that this case has not been brought forward in a simple , and in the usual way , without any extraneous matter being introduced into it , as I think in justice , and as I think in humanity , it ought to ...
... Gentlemen of the jury , I lament that this case has not been brought forward in a simple , and in the usual way , without any extraneous matter being introduced into it , as I think in justice , and as I think in humanity , it ought to ...
الصفحة 9
... gentlemen , the more warm , when I speak to you in favour of my client's innocence , and to bring his innocence home to your judg ment . I know the honesty and rectitude of your characters , and know my client has nothing to fear from ...
... gentlemen , the more warm , when I speak to you in favour of my client's innocence , and to bring his innocence home to your judg ment . I know the honesty and rectitude of your characters , and know my client has nothing to fear from ...
الصفحة 11
... Gentlemen of the jury , let me state to you , in the clearest point of view , the defence of the prisoner at the bar , and see what has been the nature of the evidence adduced . The prisoner at the bar is accused of compassing or ...
... Gentlemen of the jury , let me state to you , in the clearest point of view , the defence of the prisoner at the bar , and see what has been the nature of the evidence adduced . The prisoner at the bar is accused of compassing or ...
الصفحة 12
... gentlemen of the jury , I will venture to observe to you , that as to the written evidence , if suffered to go before ' you by the court , it is only as evidence at large , but as to the credibility of it , that is for you to decide ...
... gentlemen of the jury , I will venture to observe to you , that as to the written evidence , if suffered to go before ' you by the court , it is only as evidence at large , but as to the credibility of it , that is for you to decide ...
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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.