Perjury

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Members of a parliamentary committee sit round an oblong table; above are upper tiers where the chairman and clerk sit 'framing' a report on the fraudster, Christopher Atkinson. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1782.
James GillrayDate: Aug 12 1782Reference: 585049i
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A proposal for a free and unexpensive election of Parliament men. Humbly submitted to The Consideration of the Legislature, and of all the Freeholders of England. To which is subjoined, the freeholder's warning piece, with Archbishop Wake's kind caution against false swearing. Being A needful Premonition to the sincere and honest hearted, before the approaching general Election of Parliament Men all the Kingdom over. Also the qualifications of such, as seem fittest to be the people's representatives, are humbly proposed. Under which Head is discussed The great Case of inclosing Parishes, with good and sufficient Remedies to the impending Mischiefs thereof, according to God's Law. By an impartial hand.
Allen, Thomas, 1681-1755.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]
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The great wickedness of perjury, and of the present rebellion . A sermon Preach'd at the Cathedral-Church of Canterbury, On Sunday, Nov. 20. 1715. By Tho. Greene, D. D. Archdeacon and Prebendary of Canterbury, Master of Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty.
Greene, Thomas, 1658-1738.Date: 1715
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The religion of an oath . Plain directions how the duty of swearing, may be safely managed, when it is justly demanded. And strong persuasives to avoid the perils of perjury. Concluding with a most solemn explanation of an oath, which the laws of Denmark have provided for the consideration of them, whom an oath is propos'd unto. Published at the desire of some, who apprehend oaths to be too frequently and faultily trifled with.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.Date: 1719
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The Tichbourne trial : the summing-up by the Lord Chief Justice of England, together with the addresses to the judges, the verdict, and the sentence; the whole accompanied by a history of the case and copious alphabetic index / [By the lord chief justice of England.].
Cockburn, Alexander James Edmund, Sir, 1802-1880.Date: 1874