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irwell
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:06 am
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Assist with tailor fittings.
Be a member of an art exhibition committee.
Suffer with haemorrhoids,
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:08 am
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On 25 Nov 2004, irwell wrote
| Quote: | Assist with tailor fittings.
Be a member of an art exhibition committee.
Suffer with haemorrhoids,
Or ?
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It -- and he -- depends.
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van) |
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Mickwick
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:09 am
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In alt.usage.english, irwell wrote:
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A hanging judge is loop-loopy.
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Mickwick
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Null Portal
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:11 am
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:10:43 -0800, irwell <hook@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Be a member of an art exhibition committee.
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A "hanging judge" is a judge in a court of law who is likely to
impose a sentence of death when that is available, as opposed to one
who is more lenient. It can also imply lack of caution or
judiciousness sometimes. The most famous "hanging judge" of the
latter sort would probably be 19th Century US Judge Roy Bean, "Law
West of the Pecos". Though a duly appointed judge for that area, he
acted more like a sovereign despot and imposed hangings so frequently
and so promptly after trial that it is usually supposed erroneous
hangings must have been included in the body count. |
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Alan Jones
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:12 am
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"Null Portal" <nullportal@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ddacq0106qe46fked5d18fk9orh461fs1o@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:10:43 -0800, irwell <hook@yahoo.com> wrote:
Assist with tailor fittings.
Be a member of an art exhibition committee.
Suffer with haemorrhoids,
Or ?
A "hanging judge" is a judge in a court of law who is likely to
impose a sentence of death when that is available, as opposed to one
who is more lenient. It can also imply lack of caution or
judiciousness sometimes. The most famous "hanging judge" of the
latter sort would probably be 19th Century US Judge Roy Bean, "Law
West of the Pecos". Though a duly appointed judge for that area, he
acted more like a sovereign despot and imposed hangings so frequently
and so promptly after trial that it is usually supposed erroneous
hangings must have been included in the body count.
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In British tradition, the most notorious "hanging judge" was Judge Jeffreys,
who dealt with those involved in Monmouth's 1685 rebellion against the new
(and Catholic) King James II. I found this account, by his contemporary
Gilbert Burnet:
"His behaviour was beyond anything that was ever heard of in a civilized
nation. He was perpetually either drunk or in a rage, liker a fury that the
zeal of a judge. He required the prisoners to plead guilty. And in that case
he gave them some hope of favour, if they gave him no trouble; otherwise he
told them, he would execute the letter of the law upon them in its utmost
severity.
This made many plead guilty, who had a great defence in law. But he shewed
no mercy. He ordered a great many to be hanged up immediately without
allowing them a minute's time to say their prayers. He hanged, in several
places, about six hundred persons. The greatest part of these were of the
meanest sort, and no distinction. The impieties with which he treated them,
and his behaviour towards some of the nobility and gentry that were well
affected, but came and pleaded in favour of some prisoners, would have
amazed one, if done by a bashaw in Turkey. England had never known anything
like it."
Alan Jones |
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don groves
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:09 pm
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In article <Xns95ACB0642A57Cwhhvans@194.168.222.123>, Harvey Van
Sickle at harvey.news@ntlworld.com exposited:
| Quote: | On 25 Nov 2004, irwell wrote
Assist with tailor fittings.
Be a member of an art exhibition committee.
Suffer with haemorrhoids,
Or ?
It -- and he -- depends.
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He's incontinent then?
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dg (domain=ccwebster) |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:10 am
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:10:43 -0800, irwell <hook@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Assist with tailor fittings.
Be a member of an art exhibition committee.
Suffer with haemorrhoids,
Or ?
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I've wondered about the source of:-
"Henry Kissinger should be bloody-well hung!"
"I hear he bloody-well is."
Mr K soi-meme quite possibly.
'Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac'? In your dreams, fat boy.
DC |
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Jim Ward
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:10 am
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:10:43 -0800, irwell <hook@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Assist with tailor fittings.
Be a member of an art exhibition committee.
Suffer with haemorrhoids,
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arrange the drapery?
hang out at the mall? |
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