The just mans justification: or A letter by way of plea in barre; / written by L. Col. John Lilburne. to the Honrble Justice Reeves, one of the justices of the Common-wealths courts, commonly called Common Pleas wherein the sinister and indirect practises of Col. Edward King against L. Col. Lilburne, are discovered. 1. In getting him cast into prison for maxy [sic] weekes together, without prosecuting any charge against him. 2. In arresting him upon a groundlesse action of two thousand pound in the Court of Common Pleas; thereby to evade and take off L. C. Lilburns testimony to the charge of high treason given in against Col. King, and now depending before the Honourable House of Commons hereunto annexed. In which letter is fully asserted and proved that this cause is only tryable in Parliament, and not in any subordinate court of justice whatsoever.
Author/creator |
Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657 |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Edition | The second edition, with divers additions presented as a necessary apologie by the author, to all the commons of England, but especially to the private soldiers of his Excellency, Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army, August 1647. |
Publication Info | [London : s.n., 1647] |
Description | 28 p. |
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Portion of title | Just mans justification |
Portion of title | Letter by way of plea in barre |
Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
General note | Caption title. |
General note | Place of publication from Wing. |
General note | Variant: has "maxy" corrected to "many". |
General note | Annotation on Thomason copy: "7ber 28. 1647". |
General note | Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
References | Wing (2nd ed.) L2126. |
References | Thomason E.407[26] |
Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 64:E407[26]) |
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