 | Richard Burn - 1820 - 894 pagini
...water where the body was very recently found. The appellee upon being called upon to plead, plended " 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 afterwards... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - 1829 - 564 pagini
...thrown her into a pit of water, where the body was found. The appellee, upon being called upon to plead, pleaded " 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 (he court. The appellant afterwards... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1830 - 1086 pagini
...pit of water where the body was very recently found. The appellee, upon being called upon to plead, all be sooner paid, as any such magistrate or justice shall think f ;"' and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw i; upon the floor of the court. The appellant afterwards... | |
 | 1830 - 430 pagini
...devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, 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.' Ashford replied that... | |
 | 1830 - 414 pagini
...devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, 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.' Ashford replied that... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1835 - 484 pagini
...law devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, 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. Ashford replied that Thornton... | |
 | 1845 - 620 pagini
...Hall. 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, not... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1845 - 108 pagini
...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... | |
 | Robert Smith - 1846 - 434 pagini
...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... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 774 pagini
...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 hit glove off, he threw it upon the Jloor of the Court." The pleadings are fully... | |
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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. 
