Memories of Westminster Hall: A Collection of Interesting Incidents, Anecdotes and Historical Sketches, Relating to Westminster Hall, Its Famous Judges and Lawyers and Its Great Trials, Volym 1J. Cockcroft, 1874 |
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... ' Retiring Room . 8. Judges ' Retiring Room . Common Pleas . 11. Bail Court . 12. The Lord Chancellor's Entrance . 9 Attendants ' Waiting 10. Baron's Waiting Room . Room . Grand Luquest Jury Room . Le Library of the Masters in Chancer D.
... ' Retiring Room . 8. Judges ' Retiring Room . Common Pleas . 11. Bail Court . 12. The Lord Chancellor's Entrance . 9 Attendants ' Waiting 10. Baron's Waiting Room . Room . Grand Luquest Jury Room . Le Library of the Masters in Chancer D.
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... - ious liberties of their fellow - countrymen , as well as the crowded thousands who filled the Hall , presented one of the most imposing scenes of which we can form any no- tion . After sitting up all night , the jury 60 MEMORIES OF.
... - ious liberties of their fellow - countrymen , as well as the crowded thousands who filled the Hall , presented one of the most imposing scenes of which we can form any no- tion . After sitting up all night , the jury 60 MEMORIES OF.
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... jury made their re- appearance in the Hall before the anxious and excited audience . The wished - for verdict of " Not guilty " was returned , when the roof of the old Hall rang with such a universal shout of joy as had not often been ...
... jury made their re- appearance in the Hall before the anxious and excited audience . The wished - for verdict of " Not guilty " was returned , when the roof of the old Hall rang with such a universal shout of joy as had not often been ...
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... jury , the counsel , the attorneys , and the reporters , with little accommodation for by - standers . " But though the Scotch student was disappointed by the meanness of the hall , he was greatly impressed and pleased by the appearance ...
... jury , the counsel , the attorneys , and the reporters , with little accommodation for by - standers . " But though the Scotch student was disappointed by the meanness of the hall , he was greatly impressed and pleased by the appearance ...
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... certain nature , involving points of law , are tried by the judges alone ; and out of term time , issues bearing on questions of fact are tried , with the assistance of either a special or common jury . The defendant has 104 MEMORIES OF.
... certain nature , involving points of law , are tried by the judges alone ; and out of term time , issues bearing on questions of fact are tried , with the assistance of either a special or common jury . The defendant has 104 MEMORIES OF.
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Sida 79 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Sida 32 - Now mark me how I will undo myself: I give this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, The pride of kingly sway from out my heart; With mine own tears I wash away my balm, With mine own hands I give away my crown, With mine own tongue deny my sacred state, With mine own breath release all duteous oaths; All pomp and majesty I do forswear; My manors, rents, revenues, I forgo; My acts, decrees, and statutes, I deny.
Sida 81 - ... bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man.
Sida 51 - My lords, I have now troubled your lordships a great deal longer than I should have done. Were it not for the interest of these pledges, which a saint in heaven left me, I should be loth...
Sida 77 - There was a great deal of ceremony, a great deal of splendour, and a great deal of nonsense ; they adjourned upon the most foolish pretences imaginable, and did nothing with such an air of business as was truly ridiculous. I forgot to tell you the Duchess was taken ill, but performed it badly.
Sida 135 - House, as Keeper of the Great Seal, as Guardian of his Majesty's Conscience, as Lord High Chancellor of England ; nay, even in that character alone in which the noble Duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Sida 69 - I really feel for the prisoners!" old Issachar replied, "Feel for them! pray, if they had succeeded, what would have become of all us?" When my Lady Townshend heard her husband vote, she said, "I always knew my Lord was guilty, but I never thought he would own it upon his honour.
Sida 80 - ... as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of an orator. There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous empire, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art. There were seated round the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick.
Sida 219 - That he shall never sit in Parliament, nor come within the verge of the Court.
Sida 81 - Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. The sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was, indeed, not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes.