. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . a knighthood and became Solicitor-General to the Duke of Yorkin 1677. His violence against those accused by Titus Oatesgained him the Chief-Justiceship of Chester in 1680, where hewas reputed to behave more like a jack-pudding than withthat gravity which beseems a judge. In accordance with hisjudicious motto, A Deo rex: a rege lex, he became a zealousAbhorrer, and was reprimanded by the Commons. He was activein pressing the Quo Warranto writ against the City corporation, andprosecuted Lord Russell with his usual vehemence of invectiv
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . a knighthood and became Solicitor-General to the Duke of Yorkin 1677. His violence against those accused by Titus Oatesgained him the Chief-Justiceship of Chester in 1680, where hewas reputed to behave more like a jack-pudding than withthat gravity which beseems a judge. In accordance with hisjudicious motto, A Deo rex: a rege lex, he became a zealousAbhorrer, and was reprimanded by the Commons. He was activein pressing the Quo Warranto writ against the City corporation, andprosecuted Lord Russell with his usual vehemence of invective,for which services he was made Lord Chief Justice (Sept. 1683), inspite of Charless distaste for his truculent impudence. He becameLord Chief Justice in 1683 and condemned Algernon Sidney forhigh treason, after conducting the trial with a complete disregard forfairness. He displayed his wonted coarseness in his trial of it would be difficult to prove that he violated, though he un-doubtedly strained the law in many cases which came before JAMES GRAHAM, FIRST MARQUIS OFMONTROSE From the miniature by Samuel Cooper belonging to tbc Duke of Buccleuch i enlarged from original)
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