. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. ly cheered him astheir saviour. With the aid of a set of subornedruffians, only one degree less foul than himself,convictions of his victims were readily obtained,22 judges and juries vying with each other in theirunquestioning reception in evidence of the grossestand most manifest perjuries; and many innocentRoman Catholic gentlemen died the death of traitorsat the block. Over the space of two years, the basesuccess of O. was signalised by a series of judicialmurders. Naturally, however, as reason resumedits sway,
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. ly cheered him astheir saviour. With the aid of a set of subornedruffians, only one degree less foul than himself,convictions of his victims were readily obtained,22 judges and juries vying with each other in theirunquestioning reception in evidence of the grossestand most manifest perjuries; and many innocentRoman Catholic gentlemen died the death of traitorsat the block. Over the space of two years, the basesuccess of O. was signalised by a series of judicialmurders. Naturally, however, as reason resumedits sway, doubts began to be felt; and on theexecution of a venerable and respected nobleman,Viscount Stafford, with a strong shock of pity andremorse, public suspicion awoke, and a violentreaction set in. It was only, however, on the acces-sion of James II. in 1685 that retribution overtookthe malefactor. Active steps against hira were thentaken. He was tried before the Court of KingsBench, convicted of perjury, and sentenced to bepilloried, whipped at the carts tail, and afterwanls. Gates in the Pillory.—From a Contemporary Print. imprisoned for life. We might wonder a little atthe leniency of the sentence, were it not thus tobe explained: it was intended that the severity ofthe first two items of punishment should renderthe last one superfluous, and that the wretchshould die under the lash of the executioner. Butthe hide of O. was beyond calculation tough;and horribly lacerated, yet living, his carcass wasconveyed to the prison, from which it was meantnever more to issne. Very strangely, however, thenext turn of the political wheel brought back themonster to the light of day and to the revolution of 1688 placed William on thethrone, the Protestant influence triumphed once OATH. more. In the outburst of enthusiasm which ensued,what more natural than tiiat 0. sliould be glorifiedas a Protestant martyr? Parliameut solenmlydeclared his trial an illegal one; he was pardon
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