The Trial of Lieutenant Renshaw, of the U. S. Navy, Indicted for Challenging Joseph Strong, Esq., Attorney at Law, to Fight a Duel: With the Speeches of the Learned Counsel, Colden, Hoffman, and Emmet |
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Page 6 - Andrew' aforesaid feloniously willfully and wrongfully inflict grievous bodily harm upon the said Herman Tunnygate, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the People of the State of New York and their dignity.
Page 102 - ... interlined before execution.) (Signed) WC NICOLL. STATE o^1 NEW YORK, County of New York, ss : Be it known that, on the 24th day of March, 1864; before me, WC Nicoll, a public notary in and for the State of New York, duly commissioned and sworn, dwelling in the city of New Yo'rk, personally came...
Page 6 - City and County of New York ss: The Jurors of the People of the State of New York in and for the Body of the city and County of New York...
Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 6 - And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present, that the said...
Page 6 - And the Jurors aforesaid on their oath aforesaid do further present that the said Benjamin Duveen, Henry J.
Page 102 - By this public instrument of protest be it known and made manifest to all whom it doth or may concern, that on this 8th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1862, before me, Joseph P.
Page 6 - ... county the same hath happened, or shall happen, shall henceforth be inquired of, heard, adjudged, and determined, before the Justices of the Supreme Court, or the Justices of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery to be...
Page 3 - ... generosity of youth. In this error we see a capital violation of the most obvious rules of policy and prudence. We trace it, however, to an original bias in your education, and are ready to allow for your inexperience. To the same early influence we attribute it that you have...
Page 3 - ... utility to himself. On one side, he might learn to dread the undisguised resentment of a generous people, who dare openly assert their rights, and who in a just cause are ready to meet their sovereign in the field. On the other side, he would be taught to apprehend something far more formidable; a fawning treachery, against which no prudence can guard, no courage can defend. The insidious smile upon the cheek would warn him of the canker in the heart.