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Rh or contempt of that house, ought to be, by any writ of Habeas Corpus, made to appear in any other place, or before any other judicature, during that session of parliament wherein such person was so committed."

2. " the Serjeant at Arms, attending this house, do make no return of, or yield any obedience to, the said writs of Habeas Corpus; and for such his refusal, that he have the protection of the house of commons".

Ellis, what say you? Is this the law of parliament, or is it not? I am a plain man, sir, and cannot follow you through the phlegmatic forms of an oration.