A Statement of Facts: Submitted to the Right Hon. Lord Glenelg, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, Preparatory to an Appeal about to be Made by the Author, to the Commons of Great Britain, Seeking Redress for Grievances of a Most Serious Tendency, Committed Upon Him, Under the Administration of His Excellency, the Marquis of Sligo, the Late Governor, and Sir Joshua Rowe, the Present Lord Chief Justice of the Island of Jamaica, with an Exposure of the Present System of Jamaica Apprenticeship

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J. C. Chappell, 1837 - 282 Seiten
 

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Seite 224 - No tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron ; — with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled.— Gracious Heaven...
Seite 252 - An Act to Repeal an Act of the present Session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire Suppression of voluntary and extrajudicial Oaths and Affidavits,' and to make other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
Seite 153 - What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted ? Thrice is he armed, that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Seite 9 - ... notice of any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed ; provided also that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to give validity to any payment...
Seite 12 - ... shall, in the presence of such accused person, who shall be at liberty to put questions to any witness produced against him, take the statement on oath or affirmation of those who shall know the facts and circumstances of the case...
Seite 127 - And the said plaintiff, as to the said plea of the said defendant, by him...
Seite 12 - That if any Justice or Coroner shall offend in any Thing contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of these Provisions, the Court to whose Officer any such Examination, Information, Evidence, Bailment, Recognizance or Inquisition ought to have been delivered, shall, upon Examination and Proof of the Offence in a summary Manner, set such Fine upon every such Justice or Coroner as the Court shall think meet.
Seite 125 - ... or any part thereof, in manner and form as the said plaintiff hath above thereof complained against him. And of this he the said defendant puts himself upon the country, &C.1 BOSS v.
Seite 11 - WHEREAS it is expedient to define under what circumstances persons may be admitted to bail in cases of felony, and to make better provision for taking...
Seite 12 - ... shall know the facts and circumstances of the case, and shall put the same, or as much thereof as shall be material, into writing, before he shall commit to prison or require bail from the person so charged ; and in every case of bailment shall certify the bailment in writing, and shall have authority to bind all persons by recognizance to appear to prosecute or give evidence against the party accused, in like manner as in cases of felony...

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