The Trial of Alexander Addison, Esq: President of the Courts of Common Pleas, in the Circuit Consisting of the Counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Allegheny, on an Impeachment, by the House of Representatives, Before the Senate of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaGeorge Helmbold, junior, 1803 - 191 pages |
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... nature , and of the facredness of the obligations be stands under with refpect to his God and his country , never omits ta fcrutinize into his heart and difpel from it , all noxious paffions that may have crept in , and restore himself ...
... nature , and of the facredness of the obligations be stands under with refpect to his God and his country , never omits ta fcrutinize into his heart and difpel from it , all noxious paffions that may have crept in , and restore himself ...
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... nature , and never ought to go to the length of rancor and illiberality . I confefs that I have read very little of Barruel's history of the jacobins and illuminees ; nay , I do not wish to read more of it ; I know too well that ...
... nature , and never ought to go to the length of rancor and illiberality . I confefs that I have read very little of Barruel's history of the jacobins and illuminees ; nay , I do not wish to read more of it ; I know too well that ...
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... nature of fuch offences , may not unfuitably engage the au- thority of the highest court , and the wifdom of the fageft affembly . The commons , therefore , as the grand inqueft of the nation , became fuitors for penal juftice ; and ...
... nature of fuch offences , may not unfuitably engage the au- thority of the highest court , and the wifdom of the fageft affembly . The commons , therefore , as the grand inqueft of the nation , became fuitors for penal juftice ; and ...
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... natural justice , that when men are to decide upon an offence , they ought to come forward for the first time , and not have pledged themfelves by a previous decifion . I am not dispos ed to cavil or be litigious ; I merely made the ...
... natural justice , that when men are to decide upon an offence , they ought to come forward for the first time , and not have pledged themfelves by a previous decifion . I am not dispos ed to cavil or be litigious ; I merely made the ...
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... general principle that all oppreffions in office are crimes of a public nature ; oppreffive and tyrannical conduct in judges is confidered as of deep malignity . Offences under colour of office , especially , committed in [ 30 ]
... general principle that all oppreffions in office are crimes of a public nature ; oppreffive and tyrannical conduct in judges is confidered as of deep malignity . Offences under colour of office , especially , committed in [ 30 ]
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accufation Addifon addrefs the jury adjourned adminiſtration affert affociate judge againſt ALEXANDER ADDISON alfo Allegheny county alſo anſwer aſked becauſe bench cafe caufe cauſe charge common pleas conduct confequences confideration confidered conftitution counfel court of common Dallas decifion defendant delivered diſcharge duty eſtabliſhed evidence evil intention excufe exercife exprefs faid fame fecond feffions fenate fhall fhew fhould filence fituation fome ftate fubject fuch fupport fupreme court fworn gentleman grand jury guilty himſelf Houfe Houſe of Repreſentatives indictment John B. C. Lucas John Lucas judge Addiſon judge Lucas judge M'Dowell judgment judicial juftice lefs ment miſdemeanor muſt myſelf neceffary obferved occafion offence opinion paffions Pennſylvania perfonal petit jury prefent prefiding judge prefume profecution puniſhment purpoſe queſtion reafon recollect refpect Reprefentatives ſaid Samuel Maclay ſay Senate ſhall ſpeak ſtate teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion trial ufual unlawful act uſeful wiſh witneffes witneſs
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Page 4 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Page 142 - I wish popularity, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after. It is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.
Page 141 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Page 143 - Experience might inform them that many, who have been saluted with the huzzas of a crowd one day, have received their execrations the next ; and many, who by the popularity of their times, have been held up as spotless patriots, have, nevertheless, appeared upon the historian's page, when truth has triumphed over delusion, the assassins of liberty.
Page 84 - But for any reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, the governor may remove any of them on the address of two-thirds of each branch of the legislature.
Page 142 - Lord to point out a single action in my life where the popularity of the times ever had the smallest influence on my determinations. I thank God I have a more permanent and steady rule for my conduct — the dictates of my own breast.
Page 85 - ... the judges of the supreme court, or any of them, shall be sitting in the same county. The party accused, as well as the commonwealth, may, under such regulations...
Page 143 - I sincerely pity; I pity them still more, if their vanity leads them to mistake the shouts of a mob for the trumpet of fame.
Page 86 - The Judges of the Court of Common Pleas shall, within their respective counties, have the same powers with the Judges of the Supreme Court, to issue writs of certiorari to the Justices of the Peace, and to cause their proceedings to be brought before them, and the like right and justice to be done.