A Letter from a Member of Parliament to One of His Constituents, on the Late Proceedings of the House of Commons in the Middlesex Elections: With a Postscript, Containing Some Observations on a Pamphlet Entitled, "the Case of the Late Election for the Cou
Excerpt from A Letter From a Member of Parliament to One of His Constituents, on the Late Proceedings of the House of Commons in the Middlesex Elections: With a Postscript, Containing Some Observations on a Pamphlet Entitled, "the Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex Considered" It was urged on the other hand, That the very Principles of our Government did not admit of two Puniihments for the fame Crime: That Mr. Wilkes had ai ready bccn expelled for one of thefe Crimes That for another he was condemned by ...
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Excerpt from A Letter From a Member of Parliament to One of His Constituents, on the Late Proceedings of the House of Commons in the Middlesex Elections: With a Postscript, Containing Some Observations on a Pamphlet Entitled, "the Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex Considered" It was urged on the other hand, That the very Principles of our Government did not admit of two Puniihments for the fame Crime: That Mr. Wilkes had ai ready bccn expelled for one of thefe Crimes That for another he was condemned by the known Laws of the Land to fu 'er Imprifonment: That the third being a Libel upon one Mini er only, it might be of dangerous Confequence to make a Prece dent of Expulfion from that aftembly for having too. Freely cenfured the otlicial Con du�t of a tingle Mini er; and, above all, it was infifted upon, That a Charge of an ac cumulative Nature was new, and unjuft, as it might fo happen, that though* a Majo rity might acquit him upon each of thole Crimes, yet accumulated Minorities might make a Majority upon the Whole to con demn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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