 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, George Wilson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1799 - 652 pages
...their own limits ; we are not ^ court of appeal; we do not know certainly the jurifdiftion of the Houfe of Commons ; we cannot judge of the laws and privileges of the houfe, bccaufc II bccaufc we have no knowledge of thofe laws and privileges ; we cannot judge of the... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - Law - 1830 - 702 pages
...contempts against cither house can only be punishable by themselves. We are not a court of appeal. We do not know certainly the jurisdiction of the House of Commons. We cannot judge of the privileges of the House, because we have no knowledge of the laws and privileges by which it is govern*... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1839 - 746 pages
...execution ; and no court can discharge or bail a person that is in execution by the judgment of any other court. We do not know certainly the jurisdiction of...means of knowledge have you ?" Why, when the judges said, that they did not know the law of Parliament, what they said was — that they were judges to... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1840 - 796 pages
...House. The House of Commons only know how to act within their own limits. We are not a court of appeal ; we do not know certainly the jurisdiction of the House...we have no knowledge of those laws and privileges. We cannot judge of the contempts thereof; we cannot judge of the punishment therefore." " Again, if... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Forensic orations - 1842 - 574 pages
...House. The House of Commons only know how to act within their own limits. We are not a Court of Appeal ; we do not know certainly the jurisdiction of the House...we have no knowledge of those laws and Privileges. We cannot judge of the contempts thereof ; we cannot judge of the punishment." "Again, if we could... | |
 | Sir Charles Grant Robertson - Constitutional history - 1919 - 628 pages
...it. The House of Commons only knows how to act within their own limits. We are not a court of appeal. We do not know certainly the jurisdiction of the House...laws and privileges of the House, because we have no knowledgeof those laws and privileges. We cannot judge of the contempts thereof : we cannot judge of... | |
 | Ohio State University - History - 1921 - 224 pages
.... The House of Commons only know how to act within their own limits ; we are not a court of appeal, we do not know certainly the jurisdiction of the House...we have no knowledge of those laws and privileges I wish we had some code of the law of parliament, but till we have such a code, it is impossible we... | |
 | Sir Charles Grant Robertson - Constitutional history - 1904 - 478 pages
...it. The House of Commons only know how to act within their own limits. We are not a court of appeal. We do not know certainly the jurisdiction of the House...we have no knowledge of those laws and privileges. We cannot judge of the contempts thereof : we cannot judge of the punishment thereof. I wish we had... | |
 | E. Neville Williams - 484 pages
...it. The House of Commons only know how to act within their own limits. We are not a court of appeal. We do not know certainly the jurisdiction of the House...we have no knowledge of those laws and privileges. We cannot judge of the contempts thereof: we cannot judge of the punishment thereof. I wish we had... | |
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The House of Commons only know how to act within their own limits. We are not a court of appeal. We do not know certainly the jurisdiction of the House of Commons. We cannot judge of the laws and privileges of the House, because we have no knowledge of... 
