The Genuine Trial of Thomas Hardy, for High Treason: At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, from October 28 to November 5, 1794 ...J.S. Jordan, 1795 - 602 pages |
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The Genuine Trial of Thomas Hardy, for High Treason: At the Sessions House ... Thomas Hardy,Manoah Sibly,John Adams Aucun aperçu disponible - 2023 |
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Page 339 - Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm, or be adherent to the King's enemies in his realm, giving to them aid and comfort in the realm, or elsewhere, and thereof be provably attainted of open deed by the people of their condition.
Page 339 - ... and because that many other like cases of treason may happen in time to come, which a man cannot think nor declare at this present time, it is accorded, that if any other case supposed treason, which is not above specified, doth happen before any justices, the justices shall tarry without any going to judgment of the treason, till the cause be...
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Page 146 - Third, how dangerous it is by construction, and ANALOGY, to make treasons where the LETTER of the law has not done it. For such a method admits of no limits, or bounds, but runs as far and as wide as the wit and invention of accusers, and the detestation of persons accused, will carry men.