A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, holden, by adjournment, at Ipswich on Friday, January 18, 1793

John Lord Chedworth

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A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, holden, by adjournment, at Ipswich on Friday, January 18, 1793

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John Lord Chedworth

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Gentlemen of the Grand jury, YOU are now called upon to exercise one of the highest Privileges that can be enjoyed by the Citizens of a free State, that of assisting in the Administration of the criminal Justice of your Country. It is your Duty, in Virtue of the Office which You have now taken upon You, not only to decide on the Truth of all such Bills of Indictment as shall be laid before You, but likewise to present all Offences against the Public Peace, Convenience, and good Order which You know of from your own Knowledge.

Type: Research Article
Information: Camden Fourth Series , Volume 43: Charges to the Grandjury 1689–1803 , July 1992 , pp. 485 - 498

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068690500001859 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1992

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^{page 490 note 1} Address to the United States of America, read in the National Assembly of France, Dec. 22. 1792.

^{page 490 note 2} Finch's Law, B. 2. c. 1. p. 85.

^{page 490 note 3} Dr. Thorpe's Sermon at Cambridge.

^{page 490 note 4} Paley's Moral and Polit. Philosophy, B. 5. c. 6.

^{page 491 note 1} 2 Blackst. Com. 25.

^{page 491 note 2} 1 Cor. ix. 14.

^{page 491 note 3} 2 B. C. 25.

^{page 491 note 4} Shakesp. 1st Pt. of H. 4th. Act 5.

^{page 492 note 1} Plowden's Jura Anglorum.

^{page 492 note 2} 4 B. C. 151.

^{page 493 note 1} II St. Trials, 264.

^{page 493 note 2} 9 St. Trials, 682.

^{page 494 note 1} A.D. 1709.

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^{page 496 note 2} Letter from Irenopolis.

^{page 496 note 3} Lopez de Vega.

^{page 497 note 1} Sturge's 16th Discourse.

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A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, holden, by adjournment, at Ipswich on Friday, January 18, 1793

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