amazed, but could give no account of the reason.
Att. My lord, we have done with our
evidence for the King.
Then the Lord Chief Justice called upon the
prisoner to make his defence; which he did,
though at no great length, and in a very
halting way, saying that he hoped the jury
would not go about to take his life on the
evidence of a parcel of country people and
children that would believe any idle tale; and
that he had been very much prejudiced in his
trial; at which the L. C. J. interrupted him,
saying that he had had singular favour shown
to him in having his trial removed from Exeter,
which the prisoner acknowledging, said that he
meant rather that since he was brought to
London there had not been care taken to keep
him secured from interruption and disturbance.
Upon which the L. C. J. ordered the Marshal
to be called, and questioned him about the safe
keeping of the prisoner, but could find nothing:
except the Marshal said that he had been
