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i . ir T T : . t - f -cy H E attent on of tue puDiit - - bc. engaged with feVeal writers on-Ae fab . jca ' of t he6 comn.iir.on. of Oyer ud . Term oer lately iiTued.m this province. As 1 think a is . a fub ea of the,gre?te confequenceto; out .liber- ty and venire, i man u ;; , - , - j. , guments which have been urged in fupport -;h?. ; whatever pain it may coll me to condemn a uxcjh eh has proceeded to fuch fatal lengths, ,f trutkand ". 1 regard to our excellent conftitution ttUleomoel me to. SoJg. .iwillno.fl.rinkfro To iavc mylcll and me reaaci ui - " r, ... , ugumenisubd on thisoccafion together, without afcnb ng to : each particular gentleman his particular r - i:. f iViIc rnmmilTion bv coniuitig roe enquiry mio inc icny T V v r ni.,cA iJTiall firll authority of the profelTion frrm whofc ina tuteJl ! V l r .KIr-t this controvert. The pa- " text in any! book, much left in one of un im peach authority, toaratify our cbnaruftion of one equivocal exPrelQon , , ,?iiy obferyation on the Cecood a,V that V rfituittw will not adiit of.a JtricVadherence'to the : Slmrcife!bfWPercfeattVo:in England, hat prerogative Ikur direfts the dea at accretion, 1""' "" "r"1 , pofW conftitution, which io&ra every novice that tKa, tive cnfeLently wherever the parlUment.interferes wuh IhTecS any prerogative whatever,, fa Faf that mtert, ncc hes the rule is ahfolute and cannot be deDarteJ; Tfrom; and the common law beingthe .onkinurtc from.vW; the kiPoV prerogative is derived, the reanatons -it mjofes , me Kin 54 q . , itd to the benefit of!als of area part of; n. It wo .are . m, . 1 , .. r 1 ! ' i l ui !.!,. U irfiT it riirit oc rVii; or none . -it , 1 "Tnr I fct''nf. lllatUcrsand lcrmmci V it v ' .i r lt T.i:tnT tK. nne bench or tho otheil on th "C"IC JUU "7a, Wrrt and horribletiWalTcs of T..ft; Frrnt. and that tot creat anu.uoiuuivv 1 . 1 the king's efpecial grace &c." ; . , . ! l2dlv. That comraiiRons arc like to the king sf I - i -11 j ,.,t,.vu liavc warrant oflaw an 1 nuir mva arc'e allowed which h allowance in courts, ot juitice-tor an .u.uw. allowance in yu j have; allowance by inveniion arc aci. ... . . , 1 ad of parliament. 1 Commiir.ons .olT.ovel ,nq nr,c5 c clared'to be voidfo M a. commiffion .s a. delegation b-. ' wa.rant of an aft of parliament, ':$m'ZZ . whereby jurirdiaioo, ;p?wer :or autlnirity c anfer ed . on others. . In the reir.n of, ndvv. 3, the juJUccs were. to(. careful that no innovation (hould creep ir, "rn.ng convj millions of Over and Terminer, mat eea -'J : 4 ti iniiuiw vi ; . . t .t k - tr hart it hi - tHeir authority by writ, where incy ouS., - "r Vt VE; commiffion, fhougn it wereif the to and "$ 1 ,1 ..mJWrtnhnr.Kt to be. lohn Knivet ihietjultice tJi vwVa.r.M. ;X(Mvrd- that the laid writ bv the advice or au uit uutw t . r ... was con?ra legem, andw.heli djversjud.ments.were before , : 'enZnd ,5iinft-J. S. th fame and allrhat ;lfonep : . the colour of'that writ was aamned,' :I ,hJ?S f in my lord Coke's treatife or this fubjeft that will lerve to ! e.ucide n"i,.auiry, I novi difne to make a few remarks "TlVhrefp;ato- tne firft; iU" which U accoVdin to .the ; i RZuof&. U cap. ca ieonccWp. no w ords more , o6 to prove .he. neceffit M,", .here mentioned being appoimcu u..u-. ."uiUi i.n In the obrirvations which 1 have recited .ni in all ths 1 rea : w..ich iie in that chapter, ther.s;n d.ft.na.miraade he- , iweea general &. fpecial commimons,: as o thele, for thf: ea.on If them,.--l thertbre car, f?e no foundation for iHawkW. opinion-all lawyeHknow J . ful ooiriidn of any man, even of: my lojd Coke himrell, 1 I cpiniontf MrHawkins who never w?sfconf,ared an au- r 'hPority, but a mere laborious compiler, arid of noj h.Her d,g : nitviri a lawyer's office than Giles Jacob-and the rcaion he I gves in .Sinion; alluded id ii'eeit; not wel; found, , ; la. ficekufc my lord Coke is well "fg iafions rather more prolix than concife, and tlieiclore it is ! iot probable to7uppo?e that he would have' om.ttedention-, ing rmat eaaUdiSinftion, if fuch a t 1 i fdlv Becaufc the words of my lord- Coke are tooexpreis ' io admit ofany fuclt diftinaion.-He Crft glVe a.definit.od of , ItnerTl commHuons aiid the form of one-He then menuo.n he begins ' ebneerning commiffions ; of Oyerf and leimtncr, i Tenconciun to be obferved &c'( -and theje ten are all .; ' hemak.s"the whole chapterO. Antf inftruftion arid is content to take his authors meaning as lie findst wCuld neceflirily fappofe tbefe general wpidi includ, Si bo JhT "n bptJi, elpecSly when t""' 8W. W ! dlatelv from that! which is faid to" be the fuhjeft of this cb- frrvatW to that which is laid to be Nor so, and upon tb,s jaft exnVeflfpeaks. Hef.des,. if this particular claufe relates :i,nlv fowifl commiffions, :ii imay with . as much propriety :tcra;da,uheV "YdlvTlf fuch1; method of interpretation'!, admitted a preV c' edenfis formed for difcovering ver icrpeaable, in the annotations of.a critick, who has the i lacitv to fipdlieimeans thedirea contrary of whatheiays- lagacuy m ilu":' , j eat or horrible trefpaf- i9weozatoh'iS .f that time fes,:lapPrehend-.s r.oj i-n did V,ot ii(rue lo ' perhaps commiffions of Oyer andi f . . much of cburfe as they now do : I cahnot fneak ft this ccr talnly from?h iaorv, but it is much moreauly reconc.leable ;tainiy irom niuo , . , fo temalkl,ble for his 'Srr4uStv'ttoaMhVe' omitted a" diainftion oMuch great , particulanty, uioum 11 a ,ne.' However ' !Wlhe real meaning of alwhblt cqaV th.; executive power mine iicumu,. ur; ' ..r.-.:.nit nf frpeoeou t. With reipCtttO tlv obSoSeh ,;ibieU;cTy with a new country the laws 'of the parent -ftate to be M fed in itun fencT L c that thif ts only applicable to thofe wha fettle ah bmnhabited country though aPP :v - : 1:' j wi-Vprtainlv never Should allow, a r. ? . '.i - . vide a feem ingocca ion ior irij i...- - - rr-v in tliitif -anv part ofojur fituation jhk tt necelfdry in or tion. thatit .any part or 'iVrmmer-here Ithat thai der to'intraduce coi&uj v.i,- ----- r ,.r r le4l reftriaionsof 'theii-appointment ffiould be at aH(d.W- Sl.hiil Beral'WVoS!nS. the! the cafe,: above -cited by.; IIU'I '-."' O i S lig.fo'ftrjftly were thefe jeommif. laiawjw 0 m,h mnrev inuft -aoDOintmentJr IrtheVfeindonilTiege-m, which deftroy the very, to. gf pay.i.6?t,etion LrrTi.x?ls olns finfe-the fiom- whicli t-hlve. now ex,raa?d. thp! ' dotlrine or therri.!.S f.v-;4V--f 'fV'S 4;t;--J : ;clij': ' l e:inelmed.to'tkkn;dvot..of.y manj den,. iS-givert nieone good opportunity todo-fo,- but truth, obliges,: : SefoxbrifeTs, that juuices of Oyer & Terminer are not men-. Itioned n"the aft'oriy Hen. 8, to rb.eta he refers, and from; which he fo elab-jratly. though weakly ?rguesi-How he; j could make a miltaae lo.uino.i""""- .. r rr . 1 authorUed by the quotation which he cues) I cannot poflibly, ; conleLve but by f..pPofmg he had a mind.to dtfoUyhe great!. ingenultyithVhh he'conld argue in the moft different ,. : f or,;wich:however in-he prefent cafe hh giyen , , f ry uhfuccefsfulprpoN-tprwnatUuuc uw.v , WT; 1 v . . . i .j;n' nr nft trivial ob.ettionN -to J ole the vueinoiy, uypiwvm...&- j- - .- j - uic ,uw , y r a.ir-r,,- nf an important ouw-. f rm. meant, to cnapEc wy . i (1 4 ?.IOrcan there be a more irrationa conclufion than to in- s or cr Ti M V vt,- ,r,. ,-,tWl ? Had It related, to lubftancs. tend tnis iroiiL t.ii-i , , , . r i . . f t r t i Lltead of form it would not even then haye ferved his pur- ; V'r". . -s .:,t3 ,V. Viricr is never included. I ;te. in br ivxatincw -T, , I nd as follows,: that the jUlticcs or wye. -u. -ir" criminal caufes cannot be by writ wi mtii uc ur tur under ! the Great5 Seal ; otherwife their proceedings are void., S Affis. 1, alfo in foL-ak. by? the ftatute of "Edw. ; 4M lufticesoFOyer and Terminer Jail Delivery and, . -klute Va?e to lend their records and procefses determined &; , Cut in execution io the Exchequer at Michaelmas once. every year uridet their Scalj to be kept by the . treafurer and cham- . beilains, but are to takeout their; eareatfirlt. Ml :.j ' I would by nd means attempt to impofe upon the public by refeiiing to booki of no authority This is a circumOanccrlij- r: i c-u-I , ? online A the Gentleman without a name t leave joi pcwi- v&"""' - t i' iih-j'".'- ! ifi tht VoVth-GaVolina Gazette to do.. My quotations are, therefore, in a great conftitutional point from that able rown , lawyer, Sir Matthew Hale, one of the firft charaflten in the. law England ever produced. I; therefore now. offer to the ood pelple of this country the matter of law above cited; IrhereHn ihe reader Will obferve in the fiPTJ miflion of Oyer & Terminer can illue but under the GREAT. .i,- - -"ij -.a nrTAn T Tinltimei wilL' i haveiiriffeniiitv enough to cUfcovcr is mcttho.Grtat Seal of Noah-Caroli-, ( " f t . 5 -
The Cape-Fear Mercury (Wilmington, N.C.)
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