The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 95
... brought , I obtained a nonsuit . Upon that , a fresh action was brought . To that fresh action , in order to try it in Surrey , where the plaintiff had his influence , words spoken a year or two before were added , words of a different ...
... brought , I obtained a nonsuit . Upon that , a fresh action was brought . To that fresh action , in order to try it in Surrey , where the plaintiff had his influence , words spoken a year or two before were added , words of a different ...
Page 123
... brought to the bar , 14th June , 1636 , as there appeared no answer on the record , the court proceeded , as in case of contempt , to pronounce sentence . The defendants cried out for justice , demanded that their answer should be read ...
... brought to the bar , 14th June , 1636 , as there appeared no answer on the record , the court proceeded , as in case of contempt , to pronounce sentence . The defendants cried out for justice , demanded that their answer should be read ...
Page 117
... brought to London as a witness in a civil suit , tried at Westminster Hall . After the trial was over , he had the curiosity to go into the House of Lords , which was then sitting . While he stood at the bar , it was whispered about ...
... brought to London as a witness in a civil suit , tried at Westminster Hall . After the trial was over , he had the curiosity to go into the House of Lords , which was then sitting . While he stood at the bar , it was whispered about ...
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