Some trialls and motions ap[u]d bancho regis termino hill[ary] Jan: 29th 166/7 [sic], [1677-1678].

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Some trialls and motions ap[u]d bancho regis termino hill[ary] Jan: 29th 166/7 [sic], [1677-1678].

Some trialls and motions ap[u]d bancho regis termino hill[ary] Jan: 29th 166/7 [sic], [1677-1678].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702174914

Manuscript on paper, in a single cursive hand, of notes on some cases heard in the Court of King's Bench in 1677 and 1678. Many of the notes concern the trials involving Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, including his suit for slander against Lord Digby, the habeas corpus issued for him, and his own trial in King's Bench. The notes include summaries of the arguments made by Shaftesbury's and Digby's representatives and the debate concerning the "prorogation" or "adjournment" of Parliament. Other cases selected by this reporter include the trial for blasphemy of John Taylor of Guilfoord, Essex, for stating "that Christ was a Whoremaster, That Religion was a Cheat, & that he neither feared God, Man nor the Devil...;" a March 1678 action brought by a "dancing mistris" against a man who claimed that "she hath got a woman & she is an Hermaphrodite;" and several cases of unfulfilled contracts and disputed inheritances.

1 v. (56 p., many blanks) ; 15 x 10 cm.

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