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... punishment of giving a bribe to Mr. Hastings , by which he was to buy off the fine , and which was consequently a commutation for it . That your lordships may be enabled to judge more fully of the nature of this offence , let us see in ...
... punishment of giving a bribe to Mr. Hastings , by which he was to buy off the fine , and which was consequently a commutation for it . That your lordships may be enabled to judge more fully of the nature of this offence , let us see in ...
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... punishment . I say , my lords , that Mr. Hastings , as a magistrate , was bound to proceed against the Rajah either by English law , by Mahomedan law , or by the Gentoo law ; and that by all or any of these laws he was bound to make the ...
... punishment . I say , my lords , that Mr. Hastings , as a magistrate , was bound to proceed against the Rajah either by English law , by Mahomedan law , or by the Gentoo law ; and that by all or any of these laws he was bound to make the ...
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... punish him ? No ; not a word . Did he , my lords , at the eve of his departure from Calcutta , when he communicated his intention of taking £ 500,000 , which he calls a fine or pe- nalty , from the Rajah , did he inform Mr. Wheler of it ...
... punish him ? No ; not a word . Did he , my lords , at the eve of his departure from Calcutta , when he communicated his intention of taking £ 500,000 , which he calls a fine or pe- nalty , from the Rajah , did he inform Mr. Wheler of it ...
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... punishment , that his former ill conduct deserved , subservient to the exigencies of the state , by a large fine , I did not believe him guilty of that premeditated project for driving the English out of India , with which I afterwards ...
... punishment , that his former ill conduct deserved , subservient to the exigencies of the state , by a large fine , I did not believe him guilty of that premeditated project for driving the English out of India , with which I afterwards ...
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... punishment and for binding him . to future good behaviour . " Here , my lords , the secret comes out . He declares it was not for a rebellion or a suspicion of rebellion that he resolved , over and above all his exorbitant demands , to ...
... punishment and for binding him . to future good behaviour . " Here , my lords , the secret comes out . He declares it was not for a rebellion or a suspicion of rebellion that he resolved , over and above all his exorbitant demands , to ...
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