autograph letter signed sir william de thomas clark (1 résultats)

3pp., 8vo. 72 lines. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Clark is writing again 'at the instigation of Friends', and hopes that 'in a Case of such vast public as well as private Importance, involving the Rights the Liberty & the Property of the Subject, you will extend to me your generous & powerful aid, at the Bar, or in the Senate'. His petition to the king (regarding 'Slotts Well'), certified by Horne, was suppressed, and he 'applied to Lord Eldon to present a Petition for me to the House of Peers'. Lord Eldon '(who well knows the Case & had declared that no body could more strongly than himself think it was an extremely hard one) condescended to speak to the Chancellor; & I felt encouraged to Petition the King, A fresh Petition was accordingly prepared, referring to the former one', and the Chancellor appointed a hearing of one counsel on each side. Clark continues to discuss the case, alleging evasion on the part of the opposite party. After quoting Blackstone he declares: 'Under the heaviest responsibility that man can lay himself I am prepared to Impeach Sir John Nicholl upon these grounds in his Judgment in Dern & Clark. I deiberately & fearlessly & not unadvisedly charge him with a Wilfully Partial & therefore Corrupt Decision.' An addition to the letter states 'That none of the Witnesses impugning the Well had any Communication with Testator for 12 months prior to its execution!!!'.