Excerpt from The Tryal and Conviction of Sr. Sam; Bernardilton, Bart: For High-Misdemeanor at the Session of Nisi Prius, Holden at Guild-Hall, London, for His Majesties Court of Kings Bench, Before the Right Honorable Sir George Jeffreys, Knight and Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of England, on Thursday, Feb; 14, 1683 Mr.i1'oultney. May it pleafe your Lordihip, and you Gentlemen of the Jury; this Gaufe is beiween the King and Sir Samuel Bernardi/lon', and it is upon an Information exhibited by Mr. Attorney General, wherein he fets forth, That there having been lately a Horrid P10t dikovered (as appears by the Convictions of thofe that have fuffered'juf'c ly for it, and by the Evidence that has been given of it, has been made fo apparent, that I do nor quefiion, but that no man but who either has a hand in it, or elie bears a good will to it, dorh at all fcruple the belief of it Sir Samuel Bernardiflon the Defendant intending to fcandalize and vilifie the Evidence, Wrote aletter wherein are con. 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.