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But the evidence which was led on behalf of the Crown was conclusive, and a verdict was returned declaring the documents to be forgeries; but finding it "Not Proven" that the prisoner knew that they were fictitious, or uttered them with any malicious intention. He was therefore set at liberty, and retired into private life.
That forgeries bearing the names of Christ, and of the apostles, and of the early Fathers, were very common in the primitive Church. b. That there is nothing to distinguish the canonical from the apocryphal writings. c. That it is not known where, when, by whom, the canonical writings were selected. d. That before about A.D. 180 there is no trace of four Gospels among the Christians. e.
One of Washington's last acts, on March 3, 1797, was to file in the State Department a solemn declaration that these letters, then republished by an American political party, were base forgeries, of English origin in a time of war. But that is no stumbling-block with the editors of these papers and their supporters."
The "Times" Forgeries Commission, though got up to do deadly damage to the Irish Cause, had not, even before the final collapse of the conspiracy, had that effect, as bye-election after bye-election proved.
"I am Miss Hallam." "Take a seat, Miss Hallam." "You hold two notes of my brothers, one purporting to be drawn by Lord Eltham for L9,000; the other by Squire Francis Horton for L9,600." "Yes; why 'purporting?" "They are forgeries." "My ! Miss Hallam, do you know what you are saying?" "I do. My brother has left England. He is ruined." Elizabeth colored painfully, and Mr.
"'And did it never strike you, asked the magistrate with a smile, 'that the letters you received might be forgeries? "'How could they be? she replied decisively; no one knew of my marriage to the Comte de la Tremouille, no one in England certainly.
This agitation they have maintained by orations, harangues, and seditious speeches at public meetings by publications through a licentious press by exaggerations by forgeries and by all other means which it is in the power of that description of persons to use, in order to excite the multitude; and then, when they are excited, to make them appear in large bodies to terrify and over-awe the people.
The annexation of Bosnia in 1908 completed the operation begun in 1878 and called for the completion of the policy of prevention. The mysteries connected with the forgeries and this chain of events will remain a fertile field for detectives and psychologists and, after that, for historians.
Froude asserts that Philip had heard from his confessor, and he from the wife of Perez, that the letters were still secreted and could be produced. If so, Perez would be safe, and the King's character would be lost. What was Philip's aim and motive? Would he declare the letters to be forgeries? He must have had some loophole, or he would never have pressed Perez to bear witness to his own crime.
Bigelow, Higginson, & Co. have informed me that there are parties now in communication with them who can prove how, when, where, and by whom the forgeries were executed." "It's a d d infernal lie!" roared Potts, in a fresh burst of anger. "I only repeat what they state. The man has already written out a statement in full, and is only waiting for my return to sign it before a magistrate.
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