Squinting Jury and the High Sheriff of Old England
A centuries old tale recalls an eccentric High Sheriff in an English borough who delighted in summoning juries of peculiar appearance. He first packed the box with fat men, then with lean, then with barbers, and finally a squinting jury that sparked laughter from Recorder, Mayor, barristers, and spectators alike before the sheriff’s death.
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Old
England
October Court
Perrugaiers
Soner
Executive Clemency and impeachment questions arise
The piece questions a governor’s removal of a chief engineer amid claims of political bias. It criticizes the deadline driven, star chamber style of impeachment and notes a lack of public access due to non printing. The text blends political critique with a local anecdote about perseverance and dumplings.
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General Assembly
Star Chamber
Gooding
Will County ‘Tel
Daily and Weekly Chronotype Prospectus 1848
EMITED BY ELIZUR WRIGHT. Published by White Potter and Wright Boston. Daily one cent. two dollars a year in advance. Five dollars for three copies for one year. Independent of sects and parties. advocates equal rights and abolition of slavery. supports land reform and cheap postage. urges temperance reform and tax relief for temperance men. Reports news from across the country. Exchange List large. offers exchange with country papers. Boston Sept. Ind 1848.
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Elizur Wright
White, Potter and Wright
State Street
Boston
Chronotype
Ind
Sartain's Union Magazine marketing plans and goals
Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art announces removal of the publication office to Philadelphia starting January 1940. It promises two mezzotint steel plates monthly, illustrated by J Sartain, and a family friendly weekly mix of prose and verse by established authors, with careful critical departments and art updates.
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Union Magazine of
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Publicat Gon
Philadelphia
Sartain
Union Magazine of Literature and Art
J. Sartain
Pictorial
Cononno Phares
Warner
Fay Robison
Domistic Usss
Walters
Tucker
Pease
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