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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... opinion , to have been adverted to in a case like this . What , for instance , has this case to do with the motion made by Lord Moira in the house of lords in Ireland , in February last , or the accidental con- versation of Lord Edward ...
... opinion , to have been adverted to in a case like this . What , for instance , has this case to do with the motion made by Lord Moira in the house of lords in Ireland , in February last , or the accidental con- versation of Lord Edward ...
الصفحة 10
... opinion , the decision is to be by the jury , and as to any matter of law , the jury do derive in- formation from the court ; for jurors have , by the constitu- tion , a fixed and permanent power to decide on matter of fact , and the ...
... opinion , the decision is to be by the jury , and as to any matter of law , the jury do derive in- formation from the court ; for jurors have , by the constitu- tion , a fixed and permanent power to decide on matter of fact , and the ...
الصفحة 11
... opinion , that two witnesses are not , in Ireland , required to substantiate an overt act : therefore their opinion must be acquiesced in . Let me suppose that Confucius , Plato , Solon , or Tully , or any other great philosopher , was ...
... opinion , that two witnesses are not , in Ireland , required to substantiate an overt act : therefore their opinion must be acquiesced in . Let me suppose that Confucius , Plato , Solon , or Tully , or any other great philosopher , was ...
الصفحة 18
... opinion , Bond was not in the room where the papers were found . There is not any evidence of the conversation before Mr. Swan came , and he found on the table a paper written on , and the ink not dry , " I A. B. was duly elected . " It ...
... opinion , Bond was not in the room where the papers were found . There is not any evidence of the conversation before Mr. Swan came , and he found on the table a paper written on , and the ink not dry , " I A. B. was duly elected . " It ...
الصفحة 19
... opinion on matter of law , the court will explain that to you . Your verdict can never die . As to my opinions of the law , whatever they may be , I shall never have an opportunity of uttering them to you again ; your verdict will stamp ...
... opinion on matter of law , the court will explain that to you . Your verdict can never die . As to my opinions of the law , whatever they may be , I shall never have an opportunity of uttering them to you again ; your verdict will stamp ...
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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.