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" Not Guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant did not choose to submit to this trial, and abandoned his proceedings. "
The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till ... - Page 169
by John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 587 pages
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The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Volume 1

Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1820 - 894 pages
...water where the body was very recently found. The appellee upon being called upon to plead, plended " not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body:" and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant afterwards delivered in a counterplea,...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 10

Walter Scott - Europe - 1821 - 730 pages
...brought into the Court of King's Bench yesterday morning, the defendant pleaded " Not guilty," adding, " And I am ready to defend the same by my body ¡" and throwing down, at the same time, one of a pair of new gloves he had on his hands, according to the...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 10

Europe - 1821 - 726 pages
...brought into the Court of King's Bench yesterday morning, the defendant pleaded " Not guilty," adding, " And I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and throwing down, at the same time, one of a pair of new gloves he had on his hands, according to the...
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A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and ..., Volume 1

Charles Petersdorff - Law - 1829 - 564 pages
...a pit of water, where the body was found. The appellee, upon being called upon to plead, pleaded " Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body;" and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of (he court. The appellant afterwards delivered in a counter-plea,...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 9

Liberalism (Religion) - 1830 - 430 pages
...on whom the law devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, pleaded as follows : ' Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body ; and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court.' Ashford replied that Thornton ought not to...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 4; Volume 9

Theology - 1830 - 418 pages
...on whom the law devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, pleaded as follows : ' Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body ; and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court.' Ashford replied that Thornton ought not to...
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The Works of Wm. Ellery Channing, Volume 1

William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1835 - 484 pages
...on whom the law devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, pleaded as follows: " Not guilty; and I am ready to defend the same by my body;" and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court. Ashford replied that Thornton ought not to...
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The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace

Peace - 1845 - 620 pages
...Westminster Hall. Abraham Thornton, on appeal against him for murder, when brought into court, pleaded as follows: "Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and, thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant, not choosing to submit to this trial,...
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The True Grandeur of Nations: an Oration Delivered Before the Authorities of ...

Charles Sumner - Fourth of July orations - 1845 - 108 pages
...King's Bench. Abraham Thornton, in an appeal against him for murder, when brought into Court, pleaded as follows ; " Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and thereupon taking offhis glove, he threw it upon the floor of the Court. The appellant did not choose to submit to this...
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The Friend, Volume 19

Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1846 - 434 pages
...Westminster Hall. Abraham Thornton, on appeal against him for murder, when brought into court, pleaded as follows ; " Not Guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant did not choose to submit to this...
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