The Trial of Edward Marcus Despard, Esquire

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Grand Jury. The Right Hon. George William Evelyn Leslie, commonly called Lord Leslie. The Right Hon. Thomas Onslow, commonly called Viscount Cranley. The Right Hon. William Russel, commonly called Lord William Russell. The Hon. Chappel Norton. Sir Mark Parsons, Bart. Sir John Frederick, Bart. Sir...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Grand Jury. The Right Hon. George William Evelyn Leslie, commonly called Lord Leslie. The Right Hon. Thomas Onslow, commonly called Viscount Cranley. The Right Hon. William Russel, commonly called Lord William Russell. The Hon. Chappel Norton. Sir Mark Parsons, Bart. Sir John Frederick, Bart. Sir George Glynn, Bart, Sir Thomas Turton, Bart. Sir Robert Burnett, Knt. Robert Hankcy, Esq. James Trotter, Esq. Joseph Alcock, Esq. John Pooley Kensington, Esq. Joseph Bradney, Esq. Henry Thornton, Esq, Henry Peters, Esq. Thomas Page, Esq. John Whitmore, Esq. Thomas Langley, Esq. William Borrada.le, Esq. Thomas Gaitskell, Esq. Richard Wyatt, Esq. John Webb Weston, Esq. Lord Eli.enborough. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, We are assembled on this occasion, under the au. thority of his Majesty's Commission, issued for the trial of certain persons, charged with all, or some of the offences therein specified. Those offences are high treasons, and misprisions of high treason; offences against an Act made in the thirty-sixth year of his Majesty's reign, for the safety and preservation of his Majesty's person and government, against treasonable and seditious practices and attempts; and against another Act made in the thirty-seventh year of his reign, for the better prevention and punishment of attempts to seduce persons serving in his majesty's forces by sea or land, from their duty and allegiance to his Majesty, or to incite them to mutiny or disobedience; and lastly, against another Act also made in the same thirty-seventh year, for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of unvful oaths. Many of these, you will observe, are of that species of offence, which, from its peculiarly malignant effect upon the peace, happiness, and s...