The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, Volumen2Longmans, Green and Company, 1912 - 398 páginas |
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... courts , and in Parliament Early cases of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act Habeas Corpus Act suspended , 1794 ... court Arrest on mesne process Imprisonment for debt Relief to insolvent debtors Slavery in England : the negro case ...
... courts , and in Parliament Early cases of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act Habeas Corpus Act suspended , 1794 ... court Arrest on mesne process Imprisonment for debt Relief to insolvent debtors Slavery in England : the negro case ...
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... court and the Parliament.3 The Parliament , however , while it used the press as an instrument of party , did not affect a spirit of toleration . It passed severe orders and ordinances in restraint of printing ; and would have silenced ...
... court and the Parliament.3 The Parliament , however , while it used the press as an instrument of party , did not affect a spirit of toleration . It passed severe orders and ordinances in restraint of printing ; and would have silenced ...
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... court . It had hitherto been the custom for journalists to cast a thin veil over sarcasms and abuse directed against public men ; but the " North Briton " assailed them openly and by name . The affected concealment of names , indeed ...
... court . It had hitherto been the custom for journalists to cast a thin veil over sarcasms and abuse directed against public men ; but the " North Briton " assailed them openly and by name . The affected concealment of names , indeed ...
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... Court of King's Bench . Had the court con- tented themselves with the last proceeding , they would have had the libeller at their feet . A verdict was obtained against Wilkes for printing and publishing a seditious and scandalous libel ...
... Court of King's Bench . Had the court con- tented themselves with the last proceeding , they would have had the libeller at their feet . A verdict was obtained against Wilkes for printing and publishing a seditious and scandalous libel ...
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... court alone to judge of the criminal- libel denied . ity of a libel . This doctrine , however questionable , was not without authority ; and was now enforced with startling clearness by his lordship . The only material issue for the ...
... court alone to judge of the criminal- libel denied . ity of a libel . This doctrine , however questionable , was not without authority ; and was now enforced with startling clearness by his lordship . The only material issue for the ...
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Página 98 - If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Página 386 - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed hook — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
Página 57 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
Página 339 - Society is constituted for the purpose of forwarding a brotherhood of affection, a communion of rights, and an union of power among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and thereby to obtain a complete reform in the legislature, founded on the principles of civil, political, and religious liberty.
Página 1 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Página 7 - A late nobleman, who had been a member of several administrations, owned to me, that one good writer was of more importance to the government than twenty placemen in the House of Commons.
Página 2 - Other liberties are held under governments; but the liberty of opinion keeps GOVERNMENTS THEMSELVES in due subjection to their duties. This has produced the martyrdom of truth in every age, and the world has been only purged from ignorance with the innocent blood of those who have enlightened it.
Página 107 - ... a seditious intention is an intention to bring into hatred or contempt, or to excite disaffection against the person of Her Majesty, her heirs, or successors, or the government and constitution of the United Kingdom, as by law established, or either House of Parliament, or the administration of justice, or to excite Her Majesty's subjects, to attempt otherwise than by lawful means...
Página 76 - He would deliver the jury his solemn opinion, as he was required by act of parliament to do ; and under the authority of that act, and still more in obedience to his conscience and his God, he pronounced this to be a most impious and profane libel. Believing and hoping that they, the jury, were Christians, he had not any doubt but that they would be of the same opinion.
Página 40 - The right of universal suffrage, the subjects of this country never enjoyed; and were they to enjoy it, they would not long enjoy either liberty or a free constitution. You will, therefore, consider whether telling the people that they have a just right to what would unquestionably be tantamount to a total subversion of this constitution, is such a writing as any person is entitled to compose, to print, and to publish.