The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon: With Selections from His Correspondence, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 - 869 pages |
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Page 118 - Provided always, that on every such trial the court or judge before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall, according to their or his discretion, give their or his opinion and directions to the jury on the matter in issue between the king and the defendant or defendants, in like manner as in other criminal cases.
Page 90 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying : — " Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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Page 312 - He passed the woolsack without looking round, and advanced to the table where the proper officer was attending to administer the oaths. When he had gone through them, the Chancellor quitted his seat, and went towards him with a smile, putting out his hand warmly to welcome him; and, though I did not catch his words, I saw that he paid him some compliment. This was all thrown away upon Lord Byron, who made a stiff bow, and put the tips of his fingers into the Chancellor's hand. The Chancellor did...
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Page 133 - That it was a very difficult business to prosecute— that the Act, it was understood, had been drawn by Lord Mansfield, and Mr. Attorney • General Thurlow and Mr. SolicitorGeneral Wedderburne, and unluckily they had made all parties present at the marriage guilty of felony, and as nobody could prove the marriage except a person who had been present at it, there could be no prosecution, because nobody present could be compelled to be a witness.
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