1789, July 2.—­Pa. 1001.

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Answer.—­The Lord Chief-Baron of the Court of Exchequer delivered the unanimous opinion of the Judges upon the said question, in the affirmative,—­and gave his reasons.

    1789, July 7.—­Pa. 1030.

Sixth.

Question.—­Whether it be or be not competent to the Managers for the Commons to give evidence upon the charge in the sixth article, to prove that the rent, at which the defendant, Warren Hastings, let the lands mentioned in the said sixth article of charge to Kelleram, fell into arrear and was deficient,—­and whether, if proof were offered, that the rent fell in arrear immediately after the letting, the evidence would in that case be competent?

    1790, April 22.—­Pa. 364.

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Answer.—­The lord Chief-Baron of the Court of Exchequer delivered the unanimous opinion of the Judges upon the said question,—­“That it is not competent to the Managers for the Commons to give evidence upon the charge in the sixth article, to prove that the rent, at which the defendant, Warren Hastings, let the lands mentioned in the said sixth article of charge to Kelleram, fell into arrear and was deficient,”—­and gave his reasons.

    1790, April 27.—­Pa. 388.

Seventh.

Question.—­Whether it be competent for the Managers for the Commons to put the following question to the witness, upon the sixth article of charge, viz.:  “What impression the letting of the lands to Kelleram and Cullian Sing made on the minds of the inhabitants of that country”?

    1790, April 27.—­Pa. 391.

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Answer.—­The Lord Chief-Baron of the Court of Exchequer delivered the unanimous opinion of the Judges upon the said question,—­“That it is not competent to the Managers for the Commons to put the following question to the witness, upon the sixth article of charge, viz.:  What impression, the letting of the lands to Kelleram and Cullian Sing made on the minds of the inhabitants of that country,”—­and gave his reasons.

    1790, April 29.—­Pa. 413.

Eighth.

Question.—­Whether it be competent to the Managers for the Commons to put the following question to the witness, upon the seventh article of charge, viz.:  “Whether more oppressions did actually exist under the new institution than under the old”?

    1790, April 29.—­Pa. 415.

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Answer.—­The Lord Chief-Baron of the Court of Exchequer delivered the unanimous opinion of the Judges upon the said question,—­“That it is not competent to the Managers for the Commons to put the following question to the witness, upon the seventh article of charge, viz.:  Whether more oppressions did actually exist under the new institution than under the old,”—­and gave his reasons.