قراءة كتاب Atrocious Judges : Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression

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Atrocious Judges : Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression

Atrocious Judges : Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression

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  CHAPTER XVI. ROBERT WRIGHT. His parentage, youth, vices, and marriage, 364. His practice, 365. His pecuniary embarrassments and frauds, 365. Becomes a favorite of Jeffreys, 366. Who makes him a judge, 368. Attends Jeffreys in his bloody assize, 368. Made chief justice, 369. Orders an illegal execution, 370. Aids in forcing Catholic fellows on Magdalen

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