Constitutional history -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- History -- 1689-1714 -- Sources; Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688 -- Sources
X. Provided always ... That it shall and may be lawful to and for any
prisoner or prisoners as aforesaid to move and obtain his or their
_Habeas Corpus_ as well out of the high court of chancery or court of
exchequer, as out of the courts of king's bench or common pleas, or
either of them; and if the said Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, or any
judge ... of any of the courts aforesaid, in the vacation time, upon
view of the copy or copies of the warrant or warrants of commitment or
detainer, or upon oath made that such copy or copies were denied as
aforesaid, shall deny any writ of _Habeas Corpus_ by this act required
to be granted, being moved for as aforesaid, they shall severally
forfeit to the prisoner or party grieved the sum of five hundred pounds.
XI. And be it ... enacted ... That an _Habeas Corpus_ ... may be
directed and run into any county palatine, the cinque ports, or other
privileged places within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or
town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey, any
law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
XII. And for preventing illegal imprisonments ... beyond the seas, be it
... enacted ... That no subject of this realm that now is, or hereafter
shall be an inhabitant or resident of this kingdom ... shall or may be
sent prisoner into Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, Tangier, or into
parts, garrisons, islands, or places beyond the sea; and That every such
imprisonment is hereby ... adjudged to be illegal.
[10] A judicial commission to hear and determine cases of treason,
felony, and misdemeanours.
THE POPISH TERROR (1678-1681).
+Source.+--Burnet's _History of His Own Times_. Pp. 156-164. Abridged
edition, 1841.
On Michaelmas-eve Oates was brought before the Council, and entertained
them with a long relation of many discourses he had heard among the
Jesuits, and of their design to kill the King. He named persons, places,
and times, almost without number. He said many Jesuits had disguised
themselves, and were gone into Scotland, and held field conventicles
there to distract the Government; that he was sent to St. Omer's, thence
to Paris, and from thence to Spain; that there was a great meeting at
St. Clement's; and that the result of their consultation was a
resolution to kill the King by shooting, stabbing or poisoning him, and
that Coleman was privy to the whole design. This was the substance of
what he declared the first day; whereupon many Jesuits were seized that
night and next day, and their papers sealed up.
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