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Excerpt from A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors, Vol. 1 of 21: From the Earliest Period to the Year 1783; With Notes and Other Illustrations; 9 Hen; II. To 43 Eliz;, 1163-1600
And as the Union of theo kingdoms of England. And Scotland is so near com pleated, and there remains little else to distinguish us at present but the municipal laws of the respective kingdoms, it has been thought advisable to add some remarkable Scots Trials: in which (to do that nation right) are discovered reat learning, elo quenco, and strong reasoning. And indeed as the Civil Law prevai 3 very much there, they have at least as large a field to exercise their arts and learning as our more Southern orators, who are so unalterably attach'd to eir Common Law and it must be admitted, that the Party accus'd has in Scotland all the fair play imaginable he has what Counsel he thinks fit; he has a Copy of his Charge in his own language his Counsel are permitted to inspect the very Depositions against him before he is brought to Trial and they are so_ little in haste to dispatch a state-prisoner, that the. Trial often lasts some months. This 3 cimen of Scots Trials, as it will at present be acceptable to, the curious so as we ave one Senate, and one Legislature, it may hereafter give birth to the introducing such Methods of Trial in each kingdom, as in either shall a pear to be tbunded on the greatest reason and justice.
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Excerpt from A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors, Vol. 1 of 21: From the Earliest Period to the Year 1783; With Notes and Other Illustrations; 9 Hen; II. To 43 Eliz;, 1163-1600
And as the Union of theo kingdoms of England. And Scotland is so near com pleated, and there remains little else to distinguish us at present but the municipal laws of the respective kingdoms, it has been thought advisable to add some remarkable Scots Trials: in which (to do that nation right) are discovered reat learning, elo quenco, and strong reasoning. And indeed as the Civil Law prevai 3 very much there, they have at least as large a field to exercise their arts and learning as our more Southern orators, who are so unalterably attach'd to eir Common Law and it must be admitted, that the Party accus'd has in Scotland all the fair play imaginable he has what Counsel he thinks fit; he has a Copy of his Charge in his own language his Counsel are permitted to inspect the very Depositions against him before he is brought to Trial and they are so_ little in haste to dispatch a state-prisoner, that the. Trial often lasts some months. This 3 cimen of Scots Trials, as it will at present be acceptable to, the curious so as we ave one Senate, and one Legislature, it may hereafter give birth to the introducing such Methods of Trial in each kingdom, as in either shall a pear to be tbunded on the greatest reason and justice.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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