A letter to ******* ***** [William Lewis], M.D. heretofore of ****** ****** [Christ Church] College in the University of O-*-*-*-*-d [Oxford] / [George Wilmot].

  • Wilmot, George.
Date:
1752
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Credit: A letter to ******* ***** [William Lewis], M.D. heretofore of ****** ****** [Christ Church] College in the University of O-*-*-*-*-d [Oxford] / [George Wilmot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Propofitiofr which only happens to be in oft un¬ doubtedly falfe. It is well known to every Boy amongft You, whole Law-Labours have fallen ftiort of £C Hawkins's Pleas of the Crown \_pag* 33.] and who has only look'd into Your own Statutes De judiciis that an Appeal lies from this fupreme Court of Appeal, to the King’s Ma~ jefty in his more fupreme Court of Chancery, Fourthly, It is by this aftonifhlng Genius af¬ firmed, that the Houfe of Lords, with all it’s Authority, lays no Claim to Original Jurifdic- tion of (poffibly that learned Gentleman might intend to fay in) the 1110ft minute Caufe in the firft Inilance. [/>, 27,]—Here again I mu ft take Leave to obferve, that either the mojl minute Caufe, by an uncommon Fhrafeology, mu ft ftand for Civil Caufe, (which allowed, the Affertion is true) or that the Rebel Lords, who lately loft their Heads in pur fa a nee of a juft Profecution begun and ended in That Houfe, were coram non judice; fince in their Criminal Caufes That moft refpedtable Tribunal de Jure aftumed, and in Fad: exercifed an Original Jurifditdion: And the venerable Houfe of Convocation in 0———d hath, from it’s Inftitution uniformly exerted the like Authority in Criminal Caufes, without any Complaints of €* having added without a due <c Foundation in Law,” [pag> 28.] until the Year 1751. But, Sir, fince Your Panick was fuch at the Apprehenfion of a Convocation Inquiry, if I am not led into an Error by Accounts from 0——dy