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Title	A record of the extraordinary proceedings of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland : in the arrest and imprisonment of Edward Kielley... and subsequent arrest of the Honorable Judge Lilly and the High-Sherriff (B.G.) Garrett, Esq.) for, (as the House has it!) "breach of privilege!!"
Publisher	J.W. McCoubrey
Place of Publication	St. John's, Nfld.
Date	1838
Description	This is a record of events which were of immense importance to the British Empire, as they clearly defined the limitation of the power held by British colonial Assemblies. In 1838, Newfoundland House of Assembly member John Kent accused Dr. Edward Kielley of violating Kent's rights as a member of the House of Assembly by threatening him and calling him a liar during an argument between the two. Kielley was brought before the House, and having used language offensive to the House and Kent in trying to explain his actions, was illegally jailed without trial. Keilley was released from jail several days later, and upon hearing of this, the House then had both the judge and high sheriff responsible for his release arrested. Governor Henry Prescott stepped in to diffuse the situation by temporarily proroguing the House, with the final result being that in 1843, the Privy Council in Great Britain denied colonial Assemblies the right to commit citizens for contempt of House privileges.
Subject	Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government--1763-1855 Newfoundland. House of Assembly Denial of justice--Newfoundland and Labrador
Physical Description	73 p.
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references.
Local Call Number	JL 554 P7 R4 1838 Rare
Type	Text
Resource Type	Book
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Record Number	CNS-B0568
Collection	Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Language	Eng
Source	Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
PDF File	(11.32MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/ArrestofKielley1838.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	122663.cpd