Proceedings in an Action for Debt, Between the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, Plaintiff, and John Horne Tooke, Esq. DefendantJ. Johnson, 1792 - 85 páginas Tooke lost the 1790 election for Westminster to Fox; his petition to H of C regarding the election was found to be "frivolous & vexatious," making him, according to a new law, responsible for the costs incurred, for which Fox brought this action against him; heard before Lord Kenyon, Westminster-Hall, April 30, 1792; determined for the plaintiff |
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... petitioner alone- amounted to upwards of 14,000l . mons . Gentlemen , that the ftruggle was really between the factions , was notorious ; because the factions bore the expence on both fides . In the course of a short time , in little ...
... petitioner alone- amounted to upwards of 14,000l . mons . Gentlemen , that the ftruggle was really between the factions , was notorious ; because the factions bore the expence on both fides . In the course of a short time , in little ...
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... Petitioners having refused to withdraw their refpective Petitions , the Proceedings of the Committee continued till the 6th of July , 1789 , when a very small comparative Progrefs having been made , the Petitioners , from a Conviction ...
... Petitioners having refused to withdraw their refpective Petitions , the Proceedings of the Committee continued till the 6th of July , 1789 , when a very small comparative Progrefs having been made , the Petitioners , from a Conviction ...
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... Petitioner declined demanding a Scrutiny be- fore the Returning Officer , fo is he compel- led to disclaim all Scrutiny before a Committee of the House of Commons , for although that Act ( the 10th of George the Third ) by which the ...
... Petitioner declined demanding a Scrutiny be- fore the Returning Officer , fo is he compel- led to disclaim all Scrutiny before a Committee of the House of Commons , for although that Act ( the 10th of George the Third ) by which the ...
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... Petitioner complains ( as he hereby does ) of the undue Election and Return of Lord Hood and the Right Honour- able Charles James Fox , to this present Par- liament for the City and Liberty of Weft- minfter , yet is the Petitioner , by ...
... Petitioner complains ( as he hereby does ) of the undue Election and Return of Lord Hood and the Right Honour- able Charles James Fox , to this present Par- liament for the City and Liberty of Weft- minfter , yet is the Petitioner , by ...
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... Petitioner . tleman , and one gentleman only , to fay fomething in my favour ; but the Speaker for your everlasting fawners know , when it is their intereft , to be imperious- abruptly forbad him to proceed . However at laft the ...
... Petitioner . tleman , and one gentleman only , to fay fomething in my favour ; but the Speaker for your everlasting fawners know , when it is their intereft , to be imperious- abruptly forbad him to proceed . However at laft the ...
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