Speeches Delivered By Hon Edward Blake PDF Download

Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Edward Blake, M. P: Delivered Before the First National Convention, United Irish League of America, Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass., October 20-21, 1902 As to the form of the charge. The clear and precise and plain statement of the crime is no longer necessary. It is a summary proceeding; and the have held that the same particularity and precision which the law de in the ordinary course is not required in the case of a summons under the Crimes Acts. Secondly the juries are abolished for the reason that I have mentioned, that even with all 0 their care and the use of Stand by, a ury may sometimes contain a dissentient. And the facts, instead of being tri by a jury of the land, of those people who are supposed to make and to sufier under the law, the facts are tried by magistrates. If such a thing were done in Eng land as to have the facts tried by judges instead of by juries, there would be such a disturbance as would drive out the government. Yet not only the law but the facts are tried by those same magistrates. I have told you that the fate of the accused is in the hands, instead of a jury and of a high independent judge, the fate of the accused is in the hands of we call removeable magistrates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.