A letter (A second letter) to ... viscount Melbourne ... on the liberty of the subject as affected by the atrocious system of imprisonment for debt, Volumen1 |
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... prison on executions taken out on warrants of attorney , for 207. each . I highly , I confess , approved of the " plan " ; - it was mild , temperate , and in no way injurious to the imme- diate actors in it . Those persons would have ...
... prison on executions taken out on warrants of attorney , for 207. each . I highly , I confess , approved of the " plan " ; - it was mild , temperate , and in no way injurious to the imme- diate actors in it . Those persons would have ...
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... prison , and therefore could at any time , or under any calamity , such as the illness of a wife or child , release themselves from their imprisonment . It had besides , many features to recommend it , in addition to that which I have ...
... prison , and therefore could at any time , or under any calamity , such as the illness of a wife or child , release themselves from their imprisonment . It had besides , many features to recommend it , in addition to that which I have ...
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... prisons , labouring under contagious disease ; but on my pointing out the inhumanity of such a measure , he at once gave up the thought ; he was not , however , long in finding a substitute . An injured man is invariably fertile in ...
... prisons , labouring under contagious disease ; but on my pointing out the inhumanity of such a measure , he at once gave up the thought ; he was not , however , long in finding a substitute . An injured man is invariably fertile in ...
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... prison longer than a few days , still a sufficient effect was produced , to satisfy any rea- sonable man , that had the principle been pushed to the extent of 5,000 , and those 5,000 remain in prison voluntarily , nothing on earth could ...
... prison longer than a few days , still a sufficient effect was produced , to satisfy any rea- sonable man , that had the principle been pushed to the extent of 5,000 , and those 5,000 remain in prison voluntarily , nothing on earth could ...
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... prison , is compelled , by law , to support him . He must pay into the hands of the gaoler every morning , at a stipulated hour , the means of his subsistence for that day , -and he must do so without any reference whatever to whether ...
... prison , is compelled , by law , to support him . He must pay into the hands of the gaoler every morning , at a stipulated hour , the means of his subsistence for that day , -and he must do so without any reference whatever to whether ...
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11th of July arrest atrocious system bail Baron de Bode believe Bill British Constitution Chancellor can recognise character charge claim preferred claimant contractee corrupt Court of Chancery courts of France CRIMINAL deleterious weeds destroy dressing your Lordship Duke of Wellington dungeon duty earliest ages England English Tories execution exist fees fortune French Grace honour of addressing humblest illustrious imprisonment for debt incarceration Insolvent Court Joan of Arc judge justice king king's king's counsel law courts Law Department laws of France letter liberty Lord Ellen Lord Ellenborough Lord John Russell Lord Mel Lord Melbourne Lord Mornington Lordship's speech ment moving the second murderous wrong never noble debtor nobleman oath offence Parliament perishing persons proved relation of trustee remain in prison reported respect robberies second reading suffering Surgeon Neil system of imprisonment tion upwards victims violated VISCOUNT MELBOURNE writs of capias
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Página 34 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Página 34 - or queen, laying his or her hand upon the holy gospels, " shall say, The things which I have here before promised " I will perform and keep : so help me God : and then shall
Página 33 - A freeman shall not be amerced for a small fault, but after the manner of the fault; and for a great crime according to the heinousness of it, saving to him his contenement; and after the same manner a merchant, saving to him his merchandise.
Página 34 - Archbishop or bishop : Will you to your power cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all your judgments ? King or queen : I will.
Página 35 - Another capacity, in which the king is considered in domestic affairs, is as the fountain of justice and general conservator of the peace of the kingdom. By the fountain of justice, the law does not mean the author or original, but only the distributor. Justice is not derived from the king, as from his free gift ; but...
Página 28 - THE LORD CHANCELLOR Keeps the Great Seal, not to judge according to the common law, as other courts do, but to dispense with such parts as seem in some cases to oppress the subject ; and to judge according to equity, conscience, and reason. Wherefore he is said to have two powers; one absolute, the other ordinary; the meaning of which is, he must observe the form of proceeding in other courts; yet, in his absolute power, he is not limited by the written law, but in conscience and equity.
Página 34 - The king," saith Bracton, who wrote under Henry III, "ought not to be subject to man, but to God, and to the law; for the law maketh the king. Let the king therefore render to the law, what the law has invested in him with regard to others; dominion and power for he is not truly king, where will and pleasure rules, and not the law.
Página 5 - O'erwhelming turrets threaten ere they fall ; Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue ; Earth trembles ere her yawning jaws devour ; And smoke betrays the wide-consuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow.
Página 35 - He is not the spring, but the reservoir from whence right and equity are conducted, by a thousand channels, to every individual. The original power of judicature, by the fundamental principles of society, is lodged in the society at large...
Página 22 - We ourselves will hear his accusations with condescension and patience : and if he make good his allegations, we shall be happy and eager to do ourselves and our people justice on the man who shall be found to have thus imposed on ua by specious but deceitful counsels.