mob law

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It hardly need be said, that without exception, the current of English thought deprecates the rule of mob law, and the conscience of England is shocked by the revelation made during the present crusade.

From The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

The State then set about ascertaining privately in how far the victim of mob law had been guilty of the mischief which by general acclamation was imputed to him.

From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William

"With mills and mill-hands," her ladyship announced to Mr. Laurence, the mill-owner, when chance first threw them together, "with mills and mill-hands come murder, massacre, and mob law."

From A Fair Barbarian by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

One cannot expect mob law to be tolerant or to understand the myriad issues and influences which go to make up any given event.

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell

"It is hard to believe that they would yield up their country to mob law."

From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.