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In the case which drew the argument from Lord Mansfield,
the point he was bound to determine, and which he accordingly
did determine, was that, as matters stood, the power of
taxation, as exercised in Granada by the Crown in Granada
was not legal. Another A point, , which he was being at liberty to speak
to it or not, which he thought fit to speak to, was —
that if matters had been otherwise, such power would have
been legal. If, in humble imitation of such high and
sincerely respected authority, [+] it may be allowable for an obscure
lawyer, on this same ground, to travel, as the phrase is
a little way out of the record, I will venture to state it
as a a matter by no means put out of doubt present <add>question which</add> notwithstanding
any thing that has the opinion so distinctly given
in the affirmative is by no means put out of that by that great Lawyer in the affirmative, remains still quite open, whether
even in the case of conquest, in any Colony acquired
since the Revolution Trinidad for example the right of the thing to legislate
without Parliament — I mean without express authority from
Parliament — would in case of dispute, be found maintainable
in law

legislation

[+] and in precisely the
same view, viz: that of
seeing important constitutional
questions
settled on the broadest
and most solid grounds

Identifier: | JB/116/372/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	372	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d41
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	1800
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1800
Notes public		ID Number	37905
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