A Report of the Proceedings in the Cases of Thomas Kirwan ... and Edward Sheridan ...: For Misdemeanors Charged to be Committed in Violation of the Convention ActGraisberry and Campbell, 1811 - 292 páginas |
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A Report of the Proceedings in the Cases of Thomas Kirwan ... and Edward ... Thomas Kirwan,William Ridgeway, Sir Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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9th of July accused act of parliament alteration of matters appears appointed argument assembly ATTORNEY authority Breene BURROWES called Catholic Committee Catholics of Ireland chal challenge Chief Justice DowNES city of Dublin common law constitution contended Counsel counties at large Court criminal Crown delegated Doctor Sheridan doubt election enacted established by law evidence false pretence favour felony frank-tene Gentlemen GOOLD Grand Juror Hawkins illegal indictment inquest Jury Justice DAY Justice OSBORNE King legislature lenge Liffey-street Lord CHIEF JUSTICE Lord COKE Lordships matters established mean meeting ment mischief misdemeanor Nathaniel Hone necessary objection opinion parish party petit juror plea in abatement plead present pretence of petitioning privilege proceedings prosecution purpose qualification question reason recollect represent resolution respect Roman Catholic Serjeant sheriff shew SOLICITOR stat statute swear sworn thing Thomas Kirwan tion towns corporate Traverser trial unlawful assemblies want of freehold witness word pretence
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Página 106 - To this end the sheriff of every county Is bound to return to every session of the peace, and every commission of oyer and terminer, and of general gaol-delivery, twenty-four good and lawful men of the county, some out of every hundred, to inquire, present, do, and execute all those things which on the part of our lord the king shall then and there be commanded them.
Página 215 - Whereas various acts of parliament have been passed, imposing on his majesty's subjects professing the popish or Roman catholic religion many restraints and disabilities, to which other subjects of this realm are not liable, and from the peaceful and loyal demeanour of his majesty's popish or Roman catholic subjects, it is fit that such restraints and disabilities shall be discontinued...
Página 133 - ... petitions, complaints, remonstrances, and declarations, and other addresses to the king, or to both or either houses of parliament, for alteration of matters established by law, or redress of alleged grievances in church...
Página 216 - Here we find, perhaps, the origin of the Catholic rent. Several Catholics in Cork and in Dublin raised a subscription to defray the expense of opposing the Bill, and an apostate priest gave information of this conspiracy (for so it was called) to bring in the Pope and the Pretender. The transaction was referred to a Committee of the House of Commons, who . actually reported that five pounds had been collected, and resolved
Página 28 - Because that now of the late inquests were taken at Westminster of persons named to the justices, without due return of the sheriff, of which persons some were outlawed before the said justices of record, and some fled to sanctuary for treason, and some for felony, there to have refuge, by whom as well many offenders were indicted, as other lawful liege people of our lord the king, not guilty...
Página 133 - Act were clear and explicit: it was there expressly enacted, " that all assemblies, committees, or other bodies of persons elected, or in any other manner constituted or appointed to represent, or assuming or exercising a right or authority to represent, the people of...
Página 277 - Composed of every thing t^ie mo t honourable, gallant, venerable and patriotic in that kingdom ; called together for the noblest and the purest purposes, the Nobility and the Prelacy, united with the representatives of the people, and the three estates promised the regeneration of the country ; What was the result ? The wise, and the good, and the virtuous were put down, or brought over by the upstart, and the factious, and the demagogue ; they knew not the lengths they were going^; they...
Página 274 - ... or appointed to represent, or assuming or exercising a right or authority to represent the people of this Realm, or any number or description of the people of the same, or the people of any province, county, city, town, or other district, within the same, under pretence of petitioning for, or in any other manner procuring an alteration of matters established by law in Church or State...
Página 267 - You are called upon rashly to disbe-. lieve what they will not controvert ; to impute, by your verdict, perjury to those witnesses for the crown; and to declare on your oaths that you do not believe that which they will not deny. Gentlemen, I am at a loss, in discharging this duty, to discover what I am to reply to : one counsel asserts his client's innocence, in point of fact — the other glories in his crime in point of law; — nay, the one half of each counsel's speech is an answer to the other...
Página 201 - ... you did not seek the exclusion, the total exclusion of any Roman Catholic — you, no doubt, would anxiously desire an intermixture of some of those enlightened Roman Catholics whom the AttorneyGeneral declared he was certain he could convince, but whom he has not ventured to address in that box. The painful responsibility cast upon you is not of your own wishing, and I persuade myself you will, on due reflection, feel more indisposed to those who court and influence your prejudices, and would...