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... taken his first exa- minations , and said to him , " Sir , pray will you in- genuously declare your thoughts , if you have any , touching those straight pins , for you saw the girl in the fit ? " " My lord , " said the justice , " I did ...
... taken his first exa- minations , and said to him , " Sir , pray will you in- genuously declare your thoughts , if you have any , touching those straight pins , for you saw the girl in the fit ? " " My lord , " said the justice , " I did ...
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... taken . Dan- gerfield produced a pardon , which extending only to one crime , was deemed insufficient . The Lord Chief Justice , Sir William Scroggs , acted with great spirit and unusual integrity on the occasion , declaring that he ...
... taken . Dan- gerfield produced a pardon , which extending only to one crime , was deemed insufficient . The Lord Chief Justice , Sir William Scroggs , acted with great spirit and unusual integrity on the occasion , declaring that he ...
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... taken out of Newgate , and to be kept by their serjeant ; they also ordered the lawyers and the solicitors to be taken into custody for ap- pearing in behalf of the prisoners . These were such strange and unheard - of proceedings , that ...
... taken out of Newgate , and to be kept by their serjeant ; they also ordered the lawyers and the solicitors to be taken into custody for ap- pearing in behalf of the prisoners . These were such strange and unheard - of proceedings , that ...
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