Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 50
... judges , should be established at Cal- cutta . This court was made independent of the Governor - General and Council , and was intrusted with a civil and criminal jurisdiction of immense and , at the same time , of undefined extent ...
... judges , should be established at Cal- cutta . This court was made independent of the Governor - General and Council , and was intrusted with a civil and criminal jurisdiction of immense and , at the same time , of undefined extent ...
Page 55
... Judges of the Supreme Court . The Chief Justice was Sir Elijah Impey . He was an old acquaintance of Hastings ; and it is probable that the Governor- General , if he had searched through all the inns of court , could not have found an ...
... Judges of the Supreme Court . The Chief Justice was Sir Elijah Impey . He was an old acquaintance of Hastings ; and it is probable that the Governor- General , if he had searched through all the inns of court , could not have found an ...
Page 59
... judges ; and that he could not , without betraying the dignity of his post , submit to be confronted with such a man as Nuncomar . The majority , however , resolved to go into the charges . Hastings rose , declared the sitting at an end ...
... judges ; and that he could not , without betraying the dignity of his post , submit to be confronted with such a man as Nuncomar . The majority , however , resolved to go into the charges . Hastings rose , declared the sitting at an end ...
Page 62
... judges , especially the Chief Justice , were hostile to the majority of the Council . The time had now come for ... Judges , demanding that Nuncomar should be admitted to bail . The Judges returned haughty and resolute answers . All that ...
... judges , especially the Chief Justice , were hostile to the majority of the Council . The time had now come for ... Judges , demanding that Nuncomar should be admitted to bail . The Judges returned haughty and resolute answers . All that ...
Page 63
... seal was , in their estimation , a common act of swindling ; nor had it ever crossed their minds that it was to be punished as severely as gang - robbery or assassina- tion . A just judge would , beyond all doubt WARREN HASTINGS . 63.
... seal was , in their estimation , a common act of swindling ; nor had it ever crossed their minds that it was to be punished as severely as gang - robbery or assassina- tion . A just judge would , beyond all doubt WARREN HASTINGS . 63.
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