 On the 17th, it was resolved, that John Wilkes, Esq. having been in this session of parliament expelled the House, was, and is, incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament.  Junius - Page 149by Junius - 1797Full view - About this book
 | Tracts - 1836 - 506 pages
...for a breach of trust in the execution of his office, and notorious corruption when secretary at war, was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament.'* Such an expulsion would for ever have bolted him out of any society but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...February, chose him again. On the 17th, it was resolved, "that John "Wilkes, Esq. having been in this session of parliament expelled the House, was, and...is, incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament." As there was no other candidate, it was resolved at the same time, that the... | |
 | William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...1769, it was resolved, that "John Wilkes, Esq. having been in this session of parliament expelled this house, was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament ;" and the election was declared void, and a new writ ordered. He was a second... | |
 | William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.) - 1839 - 570 pages
...follows : Unsolved, that John Wilkes, esq., having been in this session of parliament expelled this house, was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament. And whereas on the same day the said House of Commons farther resolved as... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1840 - 1046 pages
...resolved, on the 17th February, ' that having been in this session of parliament expelled this house, he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament.' The election was declared void, but Mr. Wilkes was again elected, and his... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1840 - 522 pages
...resolved, on the 1 7th February, ' that having been in this session of parliament expelled this house, he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament.' The election was declared void, but Mr. Wilkes •was again elected, and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1841 - 834 pages
...moved in the Commons, " That John Wilkes, Esq., having been in this session of parliament expelled this House, was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament." Mr. Dowdeswell, the ex-chancellor of the exchequer, spoke strongly against... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 pages
...February, chose him again. On the 17th, it was resolved, "that Job» Willie?, Esq. having been in this amuel eerve in this present parliament." As there was no other candidate, it was resolved at ihe sunn: time,... | |
 | Thomas Robert Keppel - Admirals - 1842 - 456 pages
...member, of whatever * " That John Wilkes, Esq., having been, in this session of Parliament, expelled this House, was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present Parliament." party, seeming in a manner to vie with each other in that sense of joy with... | |
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