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... witness in a trial , but this is not the case now . These privileges extend for some time ( some say forty days ) before the commencement of a session and after the close of a session , and for a convenient time necessary for returning ...
... witness in a trial , but this is not the case now . These privileges extend for some time ( some say forty days ) before the commencement of a session and after the close of a session , and for a convenient time necessary for returning ...
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... witnesses , that is , trying to make them give evidence of a special kind before the House . For the purpose of sending persons to prison , the House employs an officer called the " Sergeant - at - Arms . " He is appointed by the Crown ...
... witnesses , that is , trying to make them give evidence of a special kind before the House . For the purpose of sending persons to prison , the House employs an officer called the " Sergeant - at - Arms . " He is appointed by the Crown ...
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... witnesses . Or again , a motion may be made in the course of a debate for " ad- journment " of the House - that is , for proceeding to no further business that day ; or for introducing a clause in the matter to be voted upon by means of ...
... witnesses . Or again , a motion may be made in the course of a debate for " ad- journment " of the House - that is , for proceeding to no further business that day ; or for introducing a clause in the matter to be voted upon by means of ...
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... witnesses on oath , inspect documents , and investigate minutely all the details of a question . Upon completing the inquiry , they report to the House upon the desirableness or inexpediency of any legislation proposed . The service on ...
... witnesses on oath , inspect documents , and investigate minutely all the details of a question . Upon completing the inquiry , they report to the House upon the desirableness or inexpediency of any legislation proposed . The service on ...
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... witnesses who are required to prove the charges . The accused may have summonses issued to his own witnesses , and is entitled to make his full defence by Counsel . The trial has usually been held in Westminster Hall , and resembles ...
... witnesses who are required to prove the charges . The accused may have summonses issued to his own witnesses , and is entitled to make his full defence by Counsel . The trial has usually been held in Westminster Hall , and resembles ...
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Page 210 - And whereas of late years, partial, corrupt, and unqualified persons have been returned and served on juries in trials, and particularly divers jurors in trials for high treason, which were not freeholders. 10. And excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases, to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of the subjects. 11. And excessive fines have been imposed; and illegal and cruel punishments inflicted.
Page 52 - MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray Your Majesty's public expenses, and making an addition to the public revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the several duties herein-after mentioned...
Page 210 - And whereas the said late King James the Second having abdicated the Government and the Throne being thereby vacant, His Highness the Prince of Orange (whom it hath pleased Almighty God to make the glorious Instrument of Delivering this Kingdom from Popery and arbitrary power...
Page 205 - And whereas no offender of what kind soever is exempted from the proceedings to be used and punishments to be inflicted by the laws and statutes of this your realm, nevertheless of late...
Page 217 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalised or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a member of either house of Parliament ; or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military ; or to have any grant of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, from the Crown to himself,...
Page 81 - Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
Page 210 - And several grants and promises made of fines and forfeitures, before any conviction or judgment against the persons, upon whom the same were to be levied. All which are utterly and directly contrary to the known laws and statutes, and freedom of this realm.
Page 211 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 193 - We, or, if we should be out of the realm, our chief justiciary, shall send two justiciaries through every county four times a year, who, with four knights, chosen out of every shire by the people, shall hold the said assizes, in the county, on the day, and at the place appointed. 19. And if any matters cannot be determined on the day appointed for holding the assizes in each county, so many of the knights and freeholders as have been at the assizes aforesaid, shall stay to decide them, as is necessary,...
Page 212 - I AB do swear, That I do from my heart, abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm:...