Jefferies
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Judge Jefferies
in the texts
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
An English judge named as an example of a magistrate fond of severe, bloody sentencing.
There have been some judges who were passionately fond of spilling human blood;
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
Historical judge (George Jeffreys) invoked as a simile for how outward form or title can falsely confer legitimacy on a corrupt substance.
By baptizing this bad principle with the goodly name of “an encouragement of manufactures,” avarice is supposed to be turned into patriotism, as Jefferies was made an upright judge, by clothing him in ermine;