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Show 8 CONTENTS. CIIAPTER XIV. EDJ\1UND SAUNDERS. Mo~ives ~f his A:PPO_intmeut~ 2-! . ~~arly l~i::;tory, 2-tS. ~:tll ed to the bar, 250. llis prnctlce 2<>1. !Its 1 ?POrts, 251. 1S ot deE:nrous of pr lermc.1 t, :253. Counsel for tho cr~wn 1 25~. A~:tses a quo warnmto ugain!'t tho city of London, 256. AppoinL<'d chiCf JUflbce, 2nu. l!is conduct in tho London ease, 25 . Judo-men t of the court pr~mouucecl by Justtce Jones, 200. Trial of Lord Grey, 260. §udclcn death 20-1 Ills appearance aud manuers, 264. llis report', :.WCt • ' · CIIAPTER XV. GEORGE JEFFREYS. H' • lS parentage, 267. Sch,o,ol days, 207. ~chcmo of brcominp; n. great lawyer, 208. A student at tho Inner Iemplo, 26 . ABsociates with the popular lc·1cters 27·~ Ex tmva.ga~ce, a.n. .d. poverty: 272. ,_I>rccocity, 272. Admitted to tho lnu·, 27a. Dilll~ultio; ~~1~ e~~~ g1, ?· 3.. l\J[~r.n.ngc, ~~ '*· Pmcthws n t. the Old Hail t•y and London sessions t<>t . ts Oi ellstc abthbes, 2tt>. Common set:JP:mt of tlw city of I~oudon 27u. H i~ con nvance~~to g('t on, 277. Open· n. conunnuicntion \\'ith the court :27 ' Heconler ~{.London, ~19. Hepulliatc. the liberals,~ 0. JJis policv a to the 1\)pi;h Plot ·> 2 rs sentences of death, 2 2. Conduct in n. libel c·t~e ·>s3 :\hue ch · 'f · r' ~ r Chc ·ter, 2 4-. His overhearing- insol ' nee 2. 5 Vi its .his fa1l;<'t: :2 ,.. tc P Jus tel~, o a~ain t him in l)adin.mcnt 2H7 R . ' 1 . · · · · • , • 1. l'llCCCt lll~~ the kino- ~ !) Cl . ' ' . ~sr~ns liS rcconkn;hip, :lt~.' . Complimented hy ~gainst oFitzh.::tni ·l~!fm~_n of the ;\lltldlescx se ,.;ion~. :Z '!l. Counsel tiJr till' crnwu tions 292. R~c h~ u~.~.e~t, .~~~l Collcp:~ 290. 'Fak~·K l!art in o thc•r Com·l pro::;~cu- Bidn~y 2n Cn u fo eo~l'\r!' ~ . Appomtcd clnp[ JUStlcr, 2D "'. Tdal of Al"('l'llon , u · " o o Nr lOffi'lS Annstrou "00 Of ,. \\" · ,.., Charters fall like J criclw 30.) 0·th . t . . 1 7: •> • • • tr tlllam \rilliams, 301. rod ofiron 303 I~ . ? ... . er. r~u s ucforo lmn, :303. Huh'" JJO!Hlnn with a for porjm/, 304: B~;s~;..~nZ~i~lc~~~f Jl~st}F? hy ~~m~es II., 30-t Tria~ of Titus Oatt'' North 310. IIi bl 1 .. ' · 0 10YR ~·1 1. ct.l to the pccrn ~r, 30 . He riralil the bloody M ·i~c "loz( y pa. SlZC,r310· Lady Ln..lt•'H trin.l, au. OthPl' incidt•utK of' dcaux's cas~ 3·)3' vAn. a lolt~c.ecc tng. at Bristol, 319. In ,'omcrsc t ~hirC', :1:~2. Prior Jeffreys.? 3U. ·Made foru~~~t for 1 Jetfrexii, 3:2:3. 'l'utchin'ti ca.-c, lWlt', 3:Z:L ,JanH"'~ Parliament, 320. 8c1Jem of t~cc ~r, 3.:..G: Hangs an alderman, 32,. :JT0eting of judges in favor of the dispcn~:~l~Cll. wg _w~~~ the trst net, 3:30. Opiuion~ of tlu' oflligh Commis ion revh'~!l 3;3:.3 l 0 ": 1 ' • --:· E,~1 ha ~sy to th r pope. 33:t Court .P:oceedings agaiu. t the Jt'cll~ws ~f l\l.vP1•0c,eed~oa:r.;, 33!: ~Lord J>C'lamer•'s trial, :.3:34-. btshop.s, 33. Hivals ofJ<•ffreys 341~ 'il\1.~1~ 0 ~oii'P~~' .~,3t. r.ro~ccuf!~H~ of tb<.> t:H',·cn ht11ds m England, 3+.'3. ,James :~Lt t r 1 o1 ~l!c ! L<'t.~nd r, .H2. \\ tlhaul of Oran)!e .Tames. flies, 3-!7. 'J'error of Jell't~~~ 83~ccon~JlJ~tton, ·)~ .. Ach n.nce o~ William, ;{I ;). Commttted to tho Tower 35.., J Y ' · ' rm ch fot hnn, 3JD. H1s arrf'~t. :.lii 1. by the press, 356. Pre 'rnt~~l w~~es S<>oks to ~l:<~ke l,lin.l .a scaprgon.t, :355. Assaill'<l deat_h, 358. Domestic life 350 u· a d:aUcr, :3:Jb. 1_ ctit10n <Lgainst bim, :357. His Ments as a civil J'udge 3Go' Ch·· 1 ~ e. ccndants, 3o0. Per. ou :md manners 3.'>0. · 1 ' · ,mcmy r eforms :3Ul [(' · · ' mg counse to priSOil{)r 3G·) li' . · f'-. ·' • lS Opl1110ll in favor of aHow- ' "'· 1s w amy u~ser \ e<l, 3G~~. CIIAPTER XVI. . ROBERT \VRIGI-rl,. !Irs parentage. youth, vices, and marri e 3(' . . ba.r ra sments and frnud" "t': J> a.g' >~. ITts practice, 305. IIi.- l)C'cuni ·1 ry em- 1 .,. •J J.J. >CC(Jme · a 1an ··t r 1 -- ' n. JUCge, 3G . Attends Jt>ffrf'ys in hi ·1 1 1 nt ~ o • etlrcyR, 366. \Vho mal«-. him Orders an illegal execntion 3~0 A. 1' .. J 00' Y. R'l.'t7.('. :3m~. .)lauE> chief ju->tiC'l', ;Hi!). lege, 371. Sits in the Court o'f ·11. 1H sCm fot:cl~lg tttholic fi:llows on l\l c:wdal en Col - o . . · 1<" l On1111JRR 0 ''~:3 \' t'! .P,1nton m ~avor of tho Dcclarat io~ or l ndn l·; ~ n, v.', · olunte<•r an extrajuditi11l Iectd at erJeanL's Inn Chapel 37-:1: 'J' .· 1 f r..ence, ._,74-. Att1>mpts to force it to l.Jt· leste~ after William of Orang~ lan~ls 3~~ o A tl.le seven IJisl.Hlp~, :.374. At first unmoprofhgacy, 387. Necessity o fexposi~g w·· 1 dn~sted, and cltes 10 Newgate, 3 G. His ' tc {e Judges, 3 7. APPE~DIX.- CASE OF PASSMORE n~ n ILLIAMSOX, . . . . . . . . . . 389-432 INTRODUCTION. IluME observes, in his IIistory of England, that "among a people who lived in so si1nple a manner as the Anglo-Saxons, the judicial power is always of greater importance than the legislative." The same comparison will holu good even in communities far more advanced in civilization than the AngloSaxon . It has inJced been well aid that the great end of the complicated machinery of the existing Driti h government is to get twelve men into a jury box. It might even be laid down as a general principle that the freedom or servitude of a people will mainly depend upon the ort of admiui ~ tration of justice which they have - especially of criminal justice. 'fhe whole course of British history will serve to ju tify this ob crvation, since it has not been so much by the aid of mercenary soldier·, as by the assistance of lawyers and judges, that tyranny ha sought to introduce itself into that country. It i · in the hitStory of the l~nglitSh courts, still more than in the hi tory or the Engli~h Parliament, that ·we are to trace the origin and growth of tho e popular right and of that idea of public liberty, propagated from England to An1erica, (9) |
