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" Not Guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant did not choose to submit to this trial, and abandoned his proceedings. "
The Romance of Duelling in All Times and Countries - Page 19
by Andrew Steinmetz - 1868
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The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Volume 1

Richard Burn - 1820 - 894 pages
...water where the body was very recently found. The appellee upon being called upon to plead, plended " not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body:" and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant afterwards...
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A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and ..., Volume 1

Charles Petersdorff - 1829 - 564 pages
...thrown her into a pit of water, where the body was found. The appellee, upon being called upon to plead, pleaded " Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body;" and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of (he court. The appellant afterwards...
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The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, Volume 1

Richard Burn - 1830 - 1086 pages
...pit of water where the body was very recently found. The appellee, upon being called upon to plead, all be sooner paid, as any such magistrate or justice shall think f ;"' and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw i; upon the floor of the court. The appellant afterwards...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 9

1830 - 430 pages
...devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, pleaded as follows : ' Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body ; and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court.' Ashford replied that...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 9

1830 - 414 pages
...devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, pleaded as follows : ' Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body ; and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court.' Ashford replied that...
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The Works of Wm. Ellery Channing, Volume 1

William Ellery Channing - 1835 - 484 pages
...law devolved that extraordinary right. Thornton being put to answer the appeal, pleaded as follows: " Not guilty; and I am ready to defend the same by my body;" and thereupon taking his glove off, he threw it upon the floor of the court. Ashford replied that Thornton...
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The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace

1845 - 620 pages
...Hall. Abraham Thornton, on appeal against him for murder, when brought into court, pleaded as follows: "Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and, thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant, not...
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The True Grandeur of Nations: an Oration Delivered Before the Authorities of ...

Charles Sumner - 1845 - 108 pages
...Abraham Thornton, on appeal against him for murder, when brought into court, pleaded as follows ; " Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant did not...
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The Friend, Volume 19

Robert Smith - 1846 - 434 pages
...Abraham Thornton, on appeal against him for murder, when brought into court, pleaded as follows ; " Not Guilty, and I am ready to defend the same by my body ;" and thereupon taking off his glove, he threw it upon the floor of the court. The appellant did not...
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Historia Placitorum Coronae: The History of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume 1

Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 774 pages
...in court, the count was read over to him, and he was called upon to plead. He pleaded as follows : ' Not guilty ; and I am ready to defend the same by my body.' And thereupon taking hit glove off, he threw it upon the Jloor of the Court." The pleadings are fully...
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