Warren HastingsChautauqua Press, 1886 - 183 pages |
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Page 264
... charge , and to acquit on the Benares charge . Had the Benares charge appeared to us in the same light in which it appears to Mr. Pitt , we should , with- out hesitation , have voted for acquittal on that charge . The one course which ...
... charge , and to acquit on the Benares charge . Had the Benares charge appeared to us in the same light in which it appears to Mr. Pitt , we should , with- out hesitation , have voted for acquittal on that charge . The one course which ...
Page 267
... charge . When the debate was resumed , the tide ran so strongly against the accused that his friends were coughed and scraped down . Pitt de- clared himself for Sheridan's motion ; and the question was carried by a hundred and seventy ...
... charge . When the debate was resumed , the tide ran so strongly against the accused that his friends were coughed and scraped down . Pitt de- clared himself for Sheridan's motion ; and the question was carried by a hundred and seventy ...
Page 275
... charge before the second was opened . The wish of Hastings and of his counsel was that the managers should open all the charges , and produce all the evidence for the prosecution , before the defence began . The Lords retired to their ...
... charge before the second was opened . The wish of Hastings and of his counsel was that the managers should open all the charges , and produce all the evidence for the prosecution , before the defence began . The Lords retired to their ...
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