Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Sir John Holt
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Standard Name: Holt, Sir John,, 1642 - 1710
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October 1689: Habeas Corpus was suspended until late the...
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October 1689
Habeas Corpus was suspended until late the following year. When the suspension ended, a court (that ofJustice Holt
) began reconsidering cases of those imprisoned for crimes against the state, and released 80 percent of them.
Bingham, Tom. “’This in no wise omit’”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 19, 7 Oct. 2010, pp. 17-19.
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18 March 1709: At the trial of three men accused of murdering...
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18 March 1709
At the trial of three men accused of murdering a constable who had tried to arrest a prostitute, the Lord Chief Justice asserted, a light Woman hath a right of Liberty as well as another...
