Remember Remember
the Fifth of November Nursery Rhyme & History
[i]Remember, remember the fifth of November
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, twas his intent
To blow up king and parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below
To prove old England’s overthrow.
By God’s mercy he was catched
With a dark lantern and lighted match.
Holler boys, holler boys, let the bells ring
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the King.
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Some images of Bonfire or Guy Fawkes night celebrations.
Errr… no. He was aware via the sacrament of Confession, and accordingly could not reveal that he knew. In much the same way, in modern times conversations between a lawyer and client are priveleged - and the lawyer cannot be forced to divulge the contents of the conversation (indeed, if they do so they can end up in very deep trouble).
Sorry, but, yes. He was a Catholic and his Roman Catholic code of ethics didn’t wash in a protestant England.
If he new of a plot to blow up the King and his protestant parliament, then he was guilty of treason for not revealing what he knew, by default, as the courts did not recognise the sanctity of the sacrament. I would wager that the prosecution would argue that he didn’t reveal his knowledge of the plot because he hoped the plot would be successful in removing the protestants from power and be replaced by Roman Catholics.
But, hey, lighten up, old chap - I was being more than a little tongue-in-cheek.
Sorry, as a member of the aforementioned persecuted minority (the Act of Settlement is still valid, and only applies to “Papists”) it isn’t something I have much of a sense of humour about.
LOL… I knew I could depend on your sense of humor to have fun with this post, thanks RS the above post made me laugh. Now that your ruled out…I wonder if it could be??? Huummm
I am amused by the miscreant’s name, seems he lacked none to be in that business. Similar occurrances have have happened here in the States, one wonders what new and ever more foolish fate may befall a victim in the coming years. An aside, most insurance co.'s usually ask if a vehicle having been stolen was locked, same with property theft claims, and some even make it hard to collect if all due care is not taken. (locking the doors etc.)
Actually, one of the issues for decision in Garnet’s case was whether the communication was made in confession or in another conversation which could not attract privilege. I’d post the relevant excerpt here but this site http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/pubfiles/adt-MU20070831.94056/02Whole.pdf prevents copying text, so look at pp. 79-80 in the link on that issue and at pp.76-81 for the wider privilege issues in Garnet’s trial.
Conversations between a client and his or her lawyer are not automatically privileged. They have to fall into certain categories, essentially related to the proper client-lawyer relationship rather than, for an extreme but not unknown example, a lawyer instructing a client on how to commit crimes.
More and more, the important rights that are associated with our role as lawyers are under attack. This may come in different forms.
One is the incursion into legal professional privilege. There seem to be an ever-increasing number of exceptions to the basic principle that communications between solicitor and client are protected by this privilege. One is forever hearing the call for the abrogation of privilege in the context of investigative powers. Indeed, there are now circumstances in which the right is lost as a result of both federal and state legislation. Similarly, the privilege is under attack as a result of the strictness of the application of the context in which it might arise. Was the lawyer holding a current practising certificate at the time, or did the foreign jurisdiction have a regime in which the privilege applied?
We are now in the position where in certain circumstances a lawyer who, observing the long established professional requirements which still applied when I started practising 30 years ago, refuses to divulge information about a client will be in serious trouble.
The Star Chamber is creeping back in various bodies here which can compel witnesses to give evidence and require them to maintain secrecy about even the fact that the modern Star Chamber requires them to give evidence and that they have given evidence. It’s a poor situation when you can go to gaol for telling your wife that you had to give evidence in one of these Star Chambers.
That lovely inflatable lover cost me big bucks, and a lot more emotionally.
There was nothing to laugh about when my wife found my insatiable lady love balloon (and me with it, due to the loud squeaky noises sweaty skin makes on plastic in the spare bedroom, but I’d rather not go into that). My wife, rather foolishly, said: “Either the plastic bitch goes, or I go.”
Well, you can’t look a gift horse in the mouth, can you?
The plastic bitch and I are very happy. She’s everything my wife wasn’t: available whenever I want; undemanding; silent; costs nothing to run; doesn’t mind spending most of the day folded up in a closet when I don’t want her around; and lets me have the TV remote control all the time. :mrgreen:
A short time ago, due to a degree of over-enthusiasm and excessive penetration due to excessive length, I punctured the plastic bitch.
It would have turned out alright, except the window was open and, like any pumped up balloon let go without being tied up, she flew away in a flurry of blurty noises. Rather like me on waking, except I don’t fly away. Or open the window, because I like to savour my flavour.
Seven years after the theft of 400 cigarettes a thief in Bristol showed remorse. He sent a letter of apology and 100 pounds as a compensation. He remarked that he had led a chaotic life by then and was addicted to drugs.
Now he is striving to lead a decent life, the thief wrote furtheron. The keeper of the aggrieved store now wants to donate the money to a charity for drug addicts.
With Feet of Lead, a British Dance Show Favorite Stomps His Way to Stardom
The 64-year-old Mr. Sergeant, formerly the BBC’s chief political correspondent, achieved his Walter Mitty moment at a “retirement” news conference at the BBC studios on Wednesday that was packed with many of Britain’s best-known reporters. For weeks, his fitness for his job had been front-page news in the country’s leading newspapers, and the topic of editorials in just about every paper from the upmarket Times of London to the down-market mass-circulation tabloid The Sun.
There is something seriously wrong with a bloke who commits himself ‘legally’ to two wives.
Given a choice between being outed and punished as a pretend hero with all my medals (and they’re always SAS or similar types) and having two wives, it’s a no-brainer.
I’d go for the SAS, and accept their punishment for being an impostor.
The SAS are only trained killers.
A wife really knows how to hurt you, and make it last.
An Englishman was arrested on the day when Diego Armando Maradona made his official debut as the coach of Argentina against Scotland, after planning to decapitate the Argentine football legend.
The aggressor was identified as Ian Wellworth, a 43-year-old, who was detained when found in the possession of a machete outside Hampden Park Stadium.
It has been claimed that he was hoping to enact revenge on Maradona for his controversial “Hand of God” goal against England back in the 1986 World Cup.
Wellworth, who resides in Middlesbrough, made a bet on the game, and had borrowed money, but lost everything because of the result, including his wife, who left him.
The amount of money in question was €600, but if England had won the World Cup he would have earned five times the amount.
“I bet £500 that England would win the World Cup in Mexico, and I would have claimed five times the amount if successful,” declared Wellworth.
“I borrowed the money from a loan shark, and in the end I had to pay back £125,000 (€148,000).”
The aggressor added that he wanted to cut off Maradona’s “little head and to make him pay”. He also called the 48-year-old an “Argentine cheat.”
According to reports, the detained person is currently unemployed and suffers from psychiatric problems.
Wellworth’s detention was only made public almost one week after the incident took place. He faces up to five years in jail
It must be noted that there have been no reports on these events in the British press yet.
I knew I could depend on your sense of humor to have fun with this post, thanks RS the above post made me laugh. Now that your ruled out…I wonder if it could be??? Huummm
