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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 36: (search)
perceived the greatness of the result. When the Attorney and Solicitor-General of England were called upon to find traces of high treason in what had been done, De Grey as well as Dunning declared, none Opinion of De Grey and Dunning on the Papers submitted to them, Nov. 1768. had been committed. Look into the papers, said DeDe Grey and Dunning on the Papers submitted to them, Nov. 1768. had been committed. Look into the papers, said De Grey, and see how well these Americans are versed in the crown law; I doubt whether they have been guilty of an overt act of treason, but I am sure they have come within a hair's breadth of it. The Attorney General in the Debate of 26 Jan. 1769; Cavendish, i. 196. m, Nov. 1768. had been committed. Look into the papers, said De Grey, and see how well these Americans are versed in the crown law; I doubt whether they have been guilty of an overt act of treason, but I am sure they have come within a hair's breadth of it. The Attorney General in the Debate of 26 Jan. 1769; Cavendish, i. 196.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 38: (search)
ise, there were scarcely more than five or six in both Houses, who defended the Americans from principle. Every body expected that Boston would meet with chastisement. But now came the difficulty. There were on the tenth of November more than four regiments in Boston; what could be given them to do? They had been sent over to bring to justice those, whom Barrington called rioters, whom the King had solemnly described as turbulent and mischievous persons. But after long consideration, De Grey and Dunning, the Attorney and Solicitor General, joined in the opinion, Attorney and Solicitor Gen. to Hillsborough, 25 Nov. 1768. that the Statute of the Thirty-fifth of Henry the Eighth, was the only one by which criminals could be tried in England for offences committed in America; that its provisions extended only to trea- Chap. XXXVIII} 1768. Nov. sons; and that there was no sufficient ground to fix the charge of high treason upon any persons named in the papers laid before them.