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 ApprenticeshipJ. C. Chappell, 1837 - 282 Seiten |
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Seite 266 - forward to, AND I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true. And by virtue of the provisions of an Act, made and passed in the fifth and sixth years of his present Majesty, William the Fourth, entitled ''An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parliament,
Seite 266 - an Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations, tahen and made in various departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and exlra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits, and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
Seite 236 - goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till nature herself shall change. No tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron—with thee to smile upon him as
Seite 125 - judgment still remains in full force and effect, not in the least reserved or made void ; and this the said Roger, Frederic and Robert are ready to verify by the said record, wherefore they pray judgment, if the said plaintiff ought to have or maintain his aforesaid action thereof against them.
Seite 163 - without any lawful authority, or reasonable or probable cause whatsoever, and against the will of the said plaintiff, and also, for that the said defendant, on the day and year aforesaid, at the parish and county last aforesaid and on divers other days and times between that day and the commencement of this suit,
Seite 11 - be charged with felony, or on suspicion of felony, and the evidence given in support of the charge shall, in their opinion, not be such as to raise a strong presumption of the guilt of the person charged, and to require his or her committal, or such evidence shall be adduced on behalf of the person charged as shall
Seite 11 - the presumption of his or her guilt, but there shall notwithstanding appear to them in either of such cases., to be sufficient ground for judicial inquiry into his or her guilt, the person charged shall be admitted to bail by such two justices in the manner hereinafter mentioned.
Seite 62 - dealt with according to law; and be you then there to certify what you shall have done in the premises. Herein fail not. Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of January, 1835. ROBERT BAUGH, LS To any lawful Constable of the Parish of St. George. True Copy ROBERT DUNBAR DCP Which having read, I observed to the Court; Why
Seite 11 - relaxed, so as to insure the punishment of the guilty, without depriving the accused of any just means of defence; and the administration of justice in this Island might in other respects, be rendered more effectual:
Seite 236 - this fair goddess as my companion, and shower down thy mitres, if it seems good unto thy divine providence, upon those heads which are aching for them."—Sterne's