Excerpt from Remarks on the Trial of the Earl of Stirling: At Edinburgh, April 29th, 1839, for Forgery That of Crawford.party accused was banished his native country for four teen years, but the documents were, afterward s, shown beyond a doubt to be genuine. It is hardly possible, therefore, to act with too much caution in analyzing the multitude of facts and inferences which present themselves in a case of so much nicety and complica tion as the present; and it is this consideration, princi pally, which has led us to devote some time to an examination of the evidence given upon the trial. An additional motive was supplied by the illegal and unconstitutional conduct of the Crown lawyers, and by what appears to us to be the imperfect and injudicious defence which Lord Stirling' s counsel offered on behalf of his client. It is very possible that the observations which we shall feel called upon to make, will not find a ready echo. The mere fact of a man having been grossly deceived and ill-treated, too often brings down upon his, head additional persecution and contempt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.