The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . ^ It seems that theprisoners who were first arraigned did not sever in their challenges, andwere consequently tried together. Williams examined, or rather cross-examined, his own witnesses with a severity which confused crowd which filled the court laughed and clamoured. Lunt inparticular became completely bewildered, mistook one person for another,and did not recover himself till the Judges took him out of the handsof the counsel for the Crown. For some of the prisoners an alibi up. Evidence was also produced to
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . ^ It seems that theprisoners who were first arraigned did not sever in their challenges, andwere consequently tried together. Williams examined, or rather cross-examined, his own witnesses with a severity which confused crowd which filled the court laughed and clamoured. Lunt inparticular became completely bewildered, mistook one person for another,and did not recover himself till the Judges took him out of the handsof the counsel for the Crown. For some of the prisoners an alibi up. Evidence was also produced to show, what was undoubtedlytrue, that Lunt was a man of abandoned character. The result howeverseemed doubtful till, to the dismay of the prosecutors, Taaffe enteredthe box. He swore with unblushing forehead that the whole story of The Whig narrative is Kingstons ; the Jacobite narrative, by an anonymous author, haslately been printed by the Chetham Society. See also a Letter out of Lancashire to a Friend inLondon, giving some Account of the late Trials, 11 3 il M* X T3 s u S V I • Ml O c/: n I 2462 HISTORY OK ENGLAND ckap. xx the plot was a circumstantial lie dexised by himself and Lunt. Williamsthrew down his brief; and, in truth, a more honest advocate might wellhave done the same. The prisoners who were at the bar were instantlyacquitted : those who had not yet been tried were set at liberty: thewitnesses for the prosecution were pelted out of Manchester : the Clerkof the Crown narrowly escaped with life ; and the Judges took theirdeparture amidst hisses and execrations. A few days after the close of the trials at Manchester Williamreturned to England. On the twelfth of November, onl} forty eightMeeting of ^^^^^^ after his arrival at Kensington, the Houses met. Hethe Pariia- congratulated them on the improved aspect of affairs. Bothb}- land and by sea the events of the year which was aboutto close had been, on the whole, favourable to the allies : the Frencharmies
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