 ... universal satisfaction upon the minds of the whole audience, and the man was acquitted. As the judge went down stairs, out of the court, a hideous old woman cried, "God bless your lordship." "What's the matter, good woman?" said the judge. "My Lord,"...  The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Page 25by Reuben Percy - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Theology - 1805 - 562 pages
...woman?' said the judge} • My Lord,' said she, • Forty years ago they would have hailed me •for n witch, and they could not; and now they would have hanged ' my poor son.' • NORTH'S Life ef Lord (jiti/fvrd, p. 138. who • ... who was afterwards made Lord Chief Juftice... | |
 | Roger North - Judges - 1808 - 360 pages
...the matter, good woman ? faid the judge. My /07Y/,-faid fae, forty years ago, they would have hanged me for a witch, and they could not ; and, now, they would have hanged my poor fan. One year his lordfhip, concluding at™,, , V» • nii • rn 1 • &i l"" Pn"cely Briftol, made... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...Dulce est desipere in loco." — Hon. " "Tis sweet to trifle now and then." No. V. SHERIDAN ON OATH. In the trial of the Earl of Thanet, Mr. Fergusson,...examination of this distinguished individual. Mr. Erskine. Do you know Mr. Fergusson ? Mr. Sheridan. Perfectly. Q. If he had been upon the table, flourishing... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
...his life in the same subterranean retreat of his better days. LEGAL RISIBILITIES. SHERIDAN ON OATH. IN the trial of the Earl of Thanet, Mr. Fergusson,...examination of this distinguished individual. Mr. Erskine. Do you know Mr. Fergusson ? Mr. Sheridan. Perfectly. Q. If he had been upon the table, flourishing... | |
 | Andrew Wilkie - Anecdotes - 1824 - 348 pages
...Chief Justice then ordered her hat to be taken off, and she covered her head with her handkerchief. SHERIDAN IN THE WITNESS BOX. In the trial of the Earl...Mr. Fergusson, and others, for an attempt to rescue O'Conner, at Maidstone Assizes in 1799, the celebrated Richard Brinsley Sheridan, appeared as a witness... | |
 | Law - 1825 - 318 pages
...the matter, good woman ?" saidthe judge. "MyLord," said she, ''forty years ago they would have hanged me for a witch, and they could not, and now they would have hanged my poor son." The reports of these witch-cases are filled with the most ludicrous and lamentable absurdities. In... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 368 pages
...matter, good woman ?" said the judge. " My loid," said she, " forty years ago they would have hanged me for a witch, and they could not; and now they would...Thanet, Mr. Fergusson, and others, for an attempt to rescne O'Connor, at Maidstoae Assizes, in 1799, the celebrated Richard Brinsley Sheridan appeared as... | |
 | Roger North - College teachers - 1826 - 592 pages
...matter, good woman?'' said the judge. " My lord," said she, " forty years ago, they would have hanged me for a witch, and they could not ; and, now, they would have hanged my poor son." One year his lordship, concluding at Bristol, The princemade a visit at Badminton to the duke of Beau-... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...matter, good woman ?" said the judge. " My lord," said she, " forty years ago they would have hanged me for a witch, and they could not, and now they would have hanged my poor son." On Lord Guildford's first circuit westward, ¡Mr. Justice Rainsford, who had gone former circuits there,... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1842 - 312 pages
...matter, good woman?' said the judge. ' My Lord,' said she, ' forty years ago they would have hanged me for a Witch, and they could not; and now they would have hanged my poor son.' " The first circuit his lordship went westward, Mr. Justice Rainsford, who had gone former circuits... | |
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