 | 1709 - 578 страници
...he sat until his death, at Gloucester, on his return from Bath, June 14, 1713. He was never married. Jane Wenham was tried for witchcraft before him ;...adversaries swore she could fly; "Prisoner, can you fly?" " Ye*, my lord." " Well then you may ; there is no law against flying." She lost her character, bnt... | |
 | Mark Noble - 1806 - 428 страници
...sat until his death, at Gloucester, on his return from Bath, June J 4, 1/13. He was never married. Jane Wenham was tried for witchcraft before him ;...her character, but saved her life, for he would not convict even by confession. The effects of faith in witchcraft have been horrid beyond compare. A martyrology... | |
 | Mark Noble - 1806 - 426 страници
...until his death, at Gloucester, on his return from Bath, June 14, 1713, He ,-.„ was never married. Jane Wenham was tried for witchcraft before him ;...my > " lord." " Well then you may ; there is no law . fc against flying." She lost her character, but - ; isaved her life, for he would not convict even... | |
 | 1807 - 588 страници
...anecdote by another of Sir John Powel, who was also a judge in the fascinating days of witchcraft. ' Jane Wenham was tried for witchcraft before him ;...her character, but saved her life, for he would not convict even by confession.' p. 168 Mr. N is very favourable to the memory of queen Anne ; we believe... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 страници
...« to attend her majesty to the gallows !" which stood a mile out of town. HUMANITY OF JUDGE POWELL. Jane Wenham was tried for witchcraft before him; her...her character, but saved her life; for he would not convict even by confession. PASQUALI, THE MUSICIAN. Pasquali, who is, we think, exhibited by Hogarth,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 страници
...was tried before him, and her adversaries swore that she could fly : " Prisoner," said our judge, " can you fly ?" " Yes, my lord." " Well then you may ; there is no law against flying." ' POWELL (WILLIAM SAMUEL), an English divine of good abilities, was born at Colchester, Sept. .27,... | |
 | James Sargant Storer - 1816 - 392 страници
...swore she could fly : — " Prisoner, can you fly f" — " Yes, my lord." — *( Well, then, you may j there is no law against flying."— She lost her character but saved her life, for he would not convict even on confession. (P) on the 9th of Feb. 1554-5. At the accession of Elizabeth a new order... | |
 | Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith - 1856 - 592 страници
...her adversaries swore that she could fly. ' * Prisoner, " said our Judge, ' ' can you fly ?" ' : Ves, my Lord. " * Well, then you may ; there is no law against flying EXCESSIVE PoLTTEiress.— A California poet gives the following lesson on politeness to the juveniles... | |
 | James Paterson - 1882 - 546 страници
...for the prosecution swore that she could fly. The judge thought it best to ask the prisoner : '•' Prisoner, can you fly ? " " Yes, my lord." " Well,...no law against flying." She lost her character, but the judge would not allow the jury to find her guilty, even by her own confession. AN IRISHMAN CHABC.ED... | |
 | James Paterson - 1899 - 808 страници
...prosecution swore that she could fly. The judge thought it best to ask the prisoner: '• Prisoner, can y.>u fly ? " " Yes, my lord." " Well, then, you may ; there...no law against flying." She lost her character, but the judge would not allow the jury to find her guilty, even by her own confession. AN IRISHMAN CHAROED... | |
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Jane Wenham was tried for witchcraft before him ; her adversaries swore she could fly : " Prisoner, can you fly ?" " Yes, my • " lord." " Well then you may ; there is no law -' 