On the record
Comparing the proceedings on that trial, and the doctrines from the bench, with the doctrines we have heard from the woolsack, your Committee cannot comprehend how they can be reconciled.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke expresses confusion over the inconsistencies between trial proceedings and judicial doctrines.
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