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  • The men and women hanged by the Court of Oyer & Terminer 1692:

    Kathleen Kent - An interview with author 2010

  • Edward, attended by his former servant Alick Polwarth, who had reentered his service at Edinburgh, reached Carlisle while the commission of Oyer and Terminer on his unfortunate associates was yet sitting.

    Waverley 2004

  • The Commission of Oyer and Terminer literally meant to hear and determine; it was originally the royal writ that empowered the King's Judges and Serjeants to sit in judgement on treason and felonies.

    A Place of Execution McDermid, Val 1999

  • Now the clerk of the assize would be calling all those who had business before his Lady the Queen's Justices of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery for the Jurisdiction of the High Court to draw near and give their attention.

    A Place of Execution McDermid, Val 1999

  • In addition to holding the office of Burgess and that of Warden of Truro Parish, he was appointed in September a Justice of the County Court of Fairfax and a member of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the County.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • In addition to holding the office of Burgess and that of Warden of Truro Parish, he was appointed in September a Justice of the County Court of Fairfax and a member of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the County.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • In addition to holding the office of Burgess and that of Warden of Truro Parish, he was appointed in September a Justice of the County Court of Fairfax and a member of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the County.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • In addition to holding the office of Burgess and that of Warden of Truro Parish, he was appointed in September a Justice of the County Court of Fairfax and a member of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the County.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • He was, therefore, recommitted to prison to await the Court of Oyer and Terminer and

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

  • It was not until the 21st of the following month, at the Commission of Oyer and Terminer that he was brought up for sentence.

    Speeches from the Dock, Part I Various

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