Sir William Erskine

Thomas Erskine and Trial by Jury

• Author(s): John Hostettler

• Categories: Biography & Autobiography

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2010-06-24
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• Publisher: Waterside Press

Thomas Erskine (1750-1823) was one of the greatest advocates ever to appear in an English court of law. As King’s Counsel he was involved in many celebrated trials, including the prosecution of John Horne Took for seditious libel and of Queen Caroline for adultery. His other notable achievements include the successful defence of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, which cost him the post of Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales. Erskine also served as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth and for just one year as Lord Chancellor. Latterly the First Baron Erskine, this book covers his controversial career and rise to high office. An ideal companion to Sir William Garrow (Waterside Press 2010). Re...

In the House of Lords. In Error. Between George James, Robert James and James Utten Eason (plaintiffs in Error) : and the Honourable William Erskine Cochrane and William Lynn Smart (defendants in Error). Case of the Plaintiffs in Error

• Categories: Coal mines and mining

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1853
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing

• Author(s): Edmund Lodge

• Categories: Baronetage

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1860
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Lay of the Last Minstrel

• Author(s): Walter Scott

• Categories: Scottish poetry

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1805
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• Publisher: Unknown

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In the House of Lords. Mr. Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, ... Appellant. Sir William Erskine of Torry, and the Other Creditors of Hugh Seton of Touch, and Gideon Gray, Factor on the Sequestrated Estate, Real and Personal, of the Said Hugh Seton, ... Respondents. The Appellant's Case

• Author(s): Walter Scott

• Categories: Trials

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1789
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• Publisher: Unknown

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