The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-09-06
THE STAR CHAMBER
CONDENSED HISTORY OF A FAMOUS
SCHEME or OPPRESSION.

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rngoouS Penalties.
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Iarge. undc,incd class of or,cnsos many
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vith,ut tho restraint of iury and
subject to mo- revision by appcnI
This was artcrward known as the
court of the star chamber. so called
| because the ceiling of the room n
| which il met was studded with star,
| or because in this arartmcnt prior 10
the time of Edward |. the contracts
of the Jews. called stars. were de-
| posted i'm boxes or chests.
This scheme had good results nj first.
| Wealthy landowners who had op-
pressed their ncighbors with inpuuity
were brought before this court. whore
neither fear nor favor could avail. and
| tried for their ofcuscs. The greatest
merit of the court was that it was not
! dcpcudcut on iurv. for iurics were
| unnblc ar unwilling ,o render Il verdict
| I'm kccriu, with thcir couScicuccS.
| ono said "a court thus constituted.
with rovvcrs so rroad and a discrrtinn
u,Iir,it.J hy nr,.crihed rulcs thorph
called info ryistrpcr for wise and ..lu-
tarv purposcs. was i'm the end like in
vnl.inr th, snIr,t or mischief ,N;fh,ut
IL c,rr,-,,rd,u,, r,yyar IN reserve Il,
law IL ar rhpr,, ifs ryrcsscs if inclined
To ubusc lis lutnority."
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drrv, tn it.nlr NOW clements of strpprth
ord cnI,rr,J fine oytcpt Of its iuri.,lic.
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mi,i.tr,ti,ps upInr thn hands of ann
Litinrs lcpd,r. such os nnurishcd in
IA, ti,nn or Horny VIII Elizabeth and
u,c tv, stu,rts q most notnnt engine
~ d,sn,tic ruIn and intolerance Tor
t,.., irti,ptd,tinp and nthcr dnyicrs
,yrrc usrl to comncl the accused 10 in
crip,ipot, IimscIr
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