carriage and demeanour changed, and it was said of him that he seemed a troubled man. And here I come to a passage to which I should not dare to ask your attention, but that it appears to me to be founded in truth, and is supported by testimony deserving of credit. And, gentlemen, to my judgment it doth afford a great instance of God’s revenge against murder, and that He will require the blood of the innocent.
[Here Mr. Attorney made a pause, and
shifted with his papers: and it was thought
remarkable by me and others, because he
was a man not easily dashed.]
L. C. J. Well, Mr. Attorney, what is your
instance?
Att. My lord, it is a strange one, and the truth is that, of all the cases I have been concerned in, I cannot call to mind the like of it. But to be short, gentlemen, we shall bring you testimony that Ann Clark was seen after this 15th of May, and that, at such time