 Not Guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant did not choose to submit to this trial, and abandoned his proceedings.  Notes and Queries - Page 3411867Full view - About this book
 | Charles Sumner - 1871 - 360 pages
...proceeded against by the ancient process of appeal, pleaded, when brought into court, as follows : " Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body " : and thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor. The appellant, not choosing to... | |
 | William Otter Woodall - 1873 - 350 pages
...READER immediately put a paper into Thornton's hand, on which were written the following words :—" Not Guilty; and I am ready to defend the same by my body." Thornton read out these words to the court, but rather inaudibly. He then took from his counsel, Mr.... | |
 | John Proffatt - 1876 - 624 pages
...brought into court, and when the count was read over to him, he was called upon to plead. He said, " Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body." And therenpon taking his glove off he threw it upon the floor of the court. After argument on this... | |
 | 1880 - 698 pages
...Abraham Thornton, on appeal against him for murder, when brought into court, pleaded as follows : " Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant did not... | |
 | James Robinson Newhall - 1880 - 538 pages
...case came on, Thornton astonished not only the court and bar, but the whole nation, by the plea : " Not Guilty. And I am ready to defend the same by my body." Then he threw his glove upon the floor. The next proceeding was for each party to present in regular... | |
 | Cushman Kellogg Davis - 1883 - 314 pages
...in court,) the count was read over to him, and he was called upon to plead. He pleaded as follows: "Not guilty; and I am ready to defend the same by my body." And thereupon, taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The right of battle was... | |
 | William Page Wood Baron Hatherley - 1883 - 334 pages
...single combat with the next of kin to the murdered person. Thornton therefore pleaded on the appeal ' Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body.' The right to this wager of battle was argued before Lord Ellenborough and others. The case naturally... | |
 | Richard Robert Cherry - 1890 - 144 pages
...court and placed at the bar, claimed by his plea the right of trial by battle. He pleaded as follows. " Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body." And thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant (Ashford)... | |
 | George Neilson - 1890 - 374 pages
...prisoner appeared before Lord Ellenborough and three other judges. When asked to plead, he replied ' Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body.1 Then he threw down a gauntlet without either ringers or thumbs, made of white tanned skin, ornamented... | |
 | George Neilson - 1891 - 378 pages
...prisoner appeared before Lord Ellenborough and three other judges. When asked to plead, he replied ' Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body.' Then he threw down a gauntlet without either fingers or thumbs, made of white tanned skin, ornamented... | |
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