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Excerpt from Englands Alarm! On the Prevailing Doctrine of Libels, as Laid Down by the Earl of Mansfield: In a Letter to His Lordship, by a Country Gentleman; To Which Is Added by Way of Appendix, the Celebrated Dialogue Between a Gentleman and a Farmer, Written by Sir William Jones
Your Lordihip has always {hewn a fondnefs for curbing the power of juries in the cafe of a libel; and, imitating the conduct of fome former Princes to wards their Parliaments, you do not ex pound and advife, but command and oven awc. When I have often beheld the dic tatorial manner in which a Judge has treated juries, it reminded me of the 13rd James, of pious memory, who ufed to tell his Parlia ments they had no right to think, but to fupply, and do as he directed. When that Monarch could not account for his right to reign arbitrarily by any record on earth, he piouily pretended he had it from heaven. 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.
