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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... offences before you in evi- dence ? It was not in the power of the prisoner at the bar to procure witnesses ; he was not of importance enough to call on the armed civilization of Europe , or on the armed barbarity of Europe , to compel ...
... offences before you in evi- dence ? It was not in the power of the prisoner at the bar to procure witnesses ; he was not of importance enough to call on the armed civilization of Europe , or on the armed barbarity of Europe , to compel ...
الصفحة 64
... offence against the state . Mr. Hevey , the plaintiff , by accident , was in court ; he was then a citizen of wealth and credit , a brewer in the first line of that business , Unfortunately for him , he had heretofore employed the ...
... offence against the state . Mr. Hevey , the plaintiff , by accident , was in court ; he was then a citizen of wealth and credit , a brewer in the first line of that business , Unfortunately for him , he had heretofore employed the ...
الصفحة 74
... offences in every criminal code in Europe - when I compare the enormity of their crimes , with the still greater enormity of their punishments , I retain no doubt upon the subject . But if I could hesitate as to men in the same ...
... offences in every criminal code in Europe - when I compare the enormity of their crimes , with the still greater enormity of their punishments , I retain no doubt upon the subject . But if I could hesitate as to men in the same ...
الصفحة 82
... offence to government.- -I am , sir , yours , & c . " To Major Sandys . " " JOHN HEVEY . Mr. Fletcher spoke in favour of the defendant , giving him much praise for his activity as an officer of his majesty in putting down the rebellion ...
... offence to government.- -I am , sir , yours , & c . " To Major Sandys . " " JOHN HEVEY . Mr. Fletcher spoke in favour of the defendant , giving him much praise for his activity as an officer of his majesty in putting down the rebellion ...
الصفحة 83
... offence . * Mr. Plunket followed on nearly the same grounds . A Mr. Hall , an attorney , was examined on the part of the defendant , of whom he gave a very flattering account ; and said that if Hevey had behaved with a proper degree of ...
... offence . * Mr. Plunket followed on nearly the same grounds . A Mr. Hall , an attorney , was examined on the part of the defendant , of whom he gave a very flattering account ; and said that if Hevey had behaved with a proper degree of ...
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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.