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Page 9
... criminal ; and yet , my lords , the prisoner , by the plan of his defence , demands not only an escape , but a triumph . It is not enough for him to be acquitted , the Commons of Great Britain must be condemned ; and your lordships must ...
... criminal ; and yet , my lords , the prisoner , by the plan of his defence , demands not only an escape , but a triumph . It is not enough for him to be acquitted , the Commons of Great Britain must be condemned ; and your lordships must ...
Page 10
... criminal , and to the injury of those who have suffered by his crimes ; thus in- ducing all parties to separate in a kind of good humor , as if they had nothing more than a verbal dispute to settle , or a slight quarrel over a table to ...
... criminal , and to the injury of those who have suffered by his crimes ; thus in- ducing all parties to separate in a kind of good humor , as if they had nothing more than a verbal dispute to settle , or a slight quarrel over a table to ...
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... criminal , I for one , as a person most concerned in this inquiry , do assure your lordships that it is impossible for me to determine . After we had brought forward this cause , ( the greatest in extent that ever was tried before any ...
... criminal , I for one , as a person most concerned in this inquiry , do assure your lordships that it is impossible for me to determine . After we had brought forward this cause , ( the greatest in extent that ever was tried before any ...
Page 21
... criminal , then his counsel , then his accomplices and hirelings , posted in newspapers and dispersed in circles ... criminals , by expressing no horror of the one or detestation of the other , the world will naturally think that they ...
... criminal , then his counsel , then his accomplices and hirelings , posted in newspapers and dispersed in circles ... criminals , by expressing no horror of the one or detestation of the other , the world will naturally think that they ...
Page 22
... criminal of whom they are so tender . To remove such an imputation from us , we assert , that the Commons of Great Britain are not to receive instructions about the language which they ought to hold , from the gentlemen who have made ...
... criminal of whom they are so tender . To remove such an imputation from us , we assert , that the Commons of Great Britain are not to receive instructions about the language which they ought to hold , from the gentlemen who have made ...
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