The Privilege of Religious Confessions in English Courts of Justice Considered, in a Letter to a Friend (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Privilege of Religious Confessions in English Courts of Justice Considered, in a Letter to a Friend (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Badeley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Privilege of Religious Confessions in English Courts of Justice Considered, in a Letter to a Friend My Dear Sir, As the question whether a Catholic Priest, or a Protestant Clergyman, may refuse to give evidence in a Court of Justice, respecting matters which have been revealed to him in a religious confession, has lately been raised in Parliament, and elsewhere, I think it right to state my reasons for the opinion which I gave you some time ago, that he may and ought to do so. I feel most sensibly the disadvantages under which I must fulfil my task, after the strong declarations of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chelmsford, made on the 13th of May last, in the House of Lords, in answer to a question put by Lord Westmeath, at variance with my opinion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.