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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12)"

: Whether more
oppressions did actually exist under the new institution than under the
old,"--and gave his reasons.
1790, May 4.--Pa. 428.

_Ninth._
_Question._--Whether the letter of the 13th April, 1781, can be given in
evidence by the Managers for the Commons, to prove that the letter of
the 5th of May, 1781, already given in evidence, relative to the
abolition of the Provincial Council and the subsequent appointment of
the Committee of Revenue, was false in any other particular than that
which is charged in the seventh article of charge?
1790, May 20.--Pa. 557.
* * * * *
_Answer._--The Lord Chief-Baron of the Court of Exchequer delivered the
unanimous opinion of the Judges upon the said question,--"That it is not
competent for the Managers on the part of the Commons to give any
evidence on the seventh article of impeachment, to prove that the
letter of the 5th of May, 1781, is false in any other particular than
that wherein it is expressly charged to be false,"--and gave his
reasons.
1790, June 2.--Pa. 634.

_Tenth._
_Question._--Whether it be competent to the Managers for the Commons to
examine the witness to any account of the debate which was had on the
9th day of July, 1778, previous to the written minutes that appear upon
the Consultation of that date?
1794, February 25.


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