5/9 It made no difference, said Otis, whether Parliament had said that the writs were legal. For Parliament could not make an act of tyranny legal. To do that was beyond the power even of Parliament. _Eggleston_, 162.] [Sidenote: His speech in the Parson's Cause, 1763.] 105. The Parson's Cause, 1763 .-- The next important case arose in Virginia and came about in this way. |