The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 83
... verdict of Not Guilty ; and the court committed Dangerfield to prison , until he should find security for his good behaviour . TREATING JURIES . Nothing can afford greater security to the due administratiou of justice , than the ...
... verdict of Not Guilty ; and the court committed Dangerfield to prison , until he should find security for his good behaviour . TREATING JURIES . Nothing can afford greater security to the due administratiou of justice , than the ...
Page 84
... verdict which way it would . On the trial of the seven bishops , the jury were locked up all night , without either fire or candle ; they could not agree in a verdict , owing to the obsti- nacy of one Arnold , the king's brewer . In ...
... verdict which way it would . On the trial of the seven bishops , the jury were locked up all night , without either fire or candle ; they could not agree in a verdict , owing to the obsti- nacy of one Arnold , the king's brewer . In ...
Page 145
... verdict will satisfy me . By that verdict you will sustain the dignity of your sex ; by that verdict you will uphold the honour of the national character ; by that verdict you will assure not only the immense multitude of both sexes ...
... verdict will satisfy me . By that verdict you will sustain the dignity of your sex ; by that verdict you will uphold the honour of the national character ; by that verdict you will assure not only the immense multitude of both sexes ...
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