We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must have been in liquor. In liquor! Why, he was drunk! And yet he murdered the very man who had been drinking with him ! They had been carousing the whole night ; and yet he stabbed him! after... A Century of Anecdote from 1760 to 1860 - Page 495by John Timbs - 1873 - 597 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1889 - 614 pages
...the cause of drinking ; ' let the prisoner be transported.' ' We are told that he was in liquor. la liquor ! why he was drunk ! And yet he murdered the...drinking a whole bottle of rum with him ! Good God, my lords ! if he will do this when he's drunk, what will he not do when he's sober ! ' Of the old ladies... | |
| Law - 1857 - 734 pages
...three was not six." Here is part of the opinion of this worthy judge in a criminal case : " Weare told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must...been drinking with him ! They had been carousing the whule night ; and yet he stabbed him ! afier drinking a whole bottle of rum with him! Good God, my... | |
| Lord Henry Cockburn Cockburn - Edinburgh (Lothian) History - 1856 - 496 pages
...sympathy with the tenderness of his temperate brethren, and was vehement for transportation. " We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must...drinking a whole bottle of rum with him! Good God, my Laards, if he will do this when he's drunk, what will he not do when he's sober?" His love of children... | |
| Lord Henry Cockburn Cockburn - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1856 - 468 pages
...sympathy with the tenderness of his temperate brethren, and was vehement for transportation. " We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must...drinking a whole bottle of rum with him ! Good God, my Laards, if he will do this when he's drunk, what will he not do when he's sober ?" His love of children... | |
| Lord Henry Cockburn Cockburn - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1856 - 462 pages
...sympathy with the tenderness of his temperate brethren, and was vehement for transportation. " We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must...he stabbed him ! after drinking a whole bottle of rnm with him ! Good God, my Lairds, if he will do this when he's drunk, what will he not do when he's... | |
| Baptists - 1857 - 692 pages
...drinking, and felt constrained to dissent from his brethren, thus expressed his feelings : We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must...he stabbed him ! after drinking a whole bottle of nun with him ! Good God, my Lords, if he will do this when he's drunk, what will he not do when he's... | |
| 1857 - 678 pages
...opposite view ; he said : •' We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner was in liquor ! He was drunk ; and yet he murdered the very man who had been drinking with him ! They bad been carousing the whole night, and yet he stabbed him ! Good God, my lairds, if he will do this... | |
| Chambers's journal - 1857 - 432 pages
...eccentric judge, who had a respect for drinking, is described as expressing himself thus : ' We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must have been in liquor. In liquor I Why, he was drunk! And yet he murdered the very man who had been drinking with him I They had been... | |
| 1857 - 686 pages
...; he said : •' We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner was in liquor ! He win drunk ; and yet he murdered the very man who had been drinking with him ! They bad been carousing the whole night, and yet he stabbed him ! Good God, my lairds, if ho will do this... | |
| Richard Rowe - Australian poetry - 1858 - 240 pages
...the conduct of a young gentleman who had stabbed a friend at the close of a carouse : ' We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must...drinking a whole bottle of rum with him ! Good God, my laard*, if he will do this when he's drunk, what will he not do when he's sober ?' We wish we had room... | |
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