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The trial of John Magee, for printing and publishing a slanderous and defamatory libel, against Richard Daly, Esq. Held before the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Clonmel, by a special jury of the city of Dublin. At the sittings by nisi prius of the Court of King's Bench. after Trinity term, viz. on Monday, June 28, 1790.
Magee, John, -1809.Date: 1790- Books
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Observations on the rights and duty of juries, in trials for libels: together with remarks on the origin and nature of the law of libels. By Joseph Towers, L.L.D.
Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The trial of Lieutenant Charles Bourne, upon the prosecution of Sir James Wallace, Knt. for an assault: also the law pleadings, the arguments of counsel, and the speech of Mr. Justice Willes upon passing judgment. Taken in short-hand by Mr. Blanchard. To which are added the whole of the affidavits on both sides; the additional Affidavits offered to the Court by the Defendant's Counsel, and the Resolutions of the Marine Corps on his Conduct. With notes by Mr. Bourne.
Bourne, Charles.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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The trial of Lieutenant Charles Bourne, upon the prosecution of Sir James Wallace, Knt. for an assault: also the law pleadings, the arguments of counsel, and the speech of Mr. Justice Willes upon passing judgment. Taken in short-hand by Mr. Blanchard. To which are added the whole of the affidavits on both sides; the additional Affidavits offered to the Court by the Defendant's Counsel, and the Resolutions of the Marine Corps on his Conduct. With notes by Mr. Bourne.
Bourne, Charles.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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Andrew Millar, Daniel Midwinter, William Innys, John Knapton, Samuel Birt, Daniel Brown, Thomas Longman, Richard Hett, Charles Hitch, John Shuckburgh, Mary Senex, John Rivington, Francis Gosling, and the executors of Isaac Clarke, John Pemberton, and Aaron Ward, of London, booksellers, - - - - - - - - - appellants. Alexander Kincaid, Gavin Hamilton, John Balfour, John Paton, William Drummond, John Traile, William Sands, Gideon Crawfurd, Lauchlan Hunter, Janet Brown, relict of William Brown, the executors of Alexander Symers, Alexander Brymer, William Hamilton, William Millar, Alexander Dunning, John Yare, Andrew Beveridge, the executors of Gavin Drummond, and John Aitkin, booksellers in Edinburgh; John Barrie, Andrew Stalker, Alexander Carlisle, and Robert Fowlis, booksellers in Glasgow; - - - - - - - respondents. The case of the respondents.
Kincaid, Alexander, 1710 or 1711-1777.Date: 1751]