Cl. of Ct. God send thee a good deliverance.
L. C. J. Why, how is this? Here has been a great to-do that you should not be tried at Exeter by your country, but be brought here to London, and now you ask to be tried by your country. Must we send you to Exeter again?
Pris. My lord, I understood it was the form.
L. C. J. So it is, man: we spoke only in the way of pleasantness. Well, go on and swear the jury.
So they were sworn. I omit the names.
There was no challenging on the prisoner’s
part, for, as he said, he did not know any
of the persons called. Thereupon the prisoner
asked for the use of pen, ink, and paper,
to which the L. C. J. replied: “Ay, ay, in
God’s name let him have it.” Then the
usual charge was delivered to the jury, and
the case opened by the junior counsel for
the King, Mr. Dolben.
The Attorney-General followed :—
