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A46139 An impartial account of the trial of the Lord Conwallis [sic] Cornwallis of Eye, Charles Cornwallis, Baron, 1655-1698. 1679 (1679) Wing I78; ESTC R7670 12,727 16

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AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL OF THE LORD CONWALLIS LONDON Printed in the Year 1679. AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL OF THE LORD CONWALLIS AFTER my Lord High Steward was ascended to the High Chair of State and sate down therein the Commission was delivered by the Clerk of the Crown in the Chancery to my Lord on his Knees who delivered it to Sir Thomas Fanshaw Clerk of the Crown in the Kings Bench Office and he received it kneeling Then Proclamation was made by the Serjeant at Arms who was Cryer for the day Serjeant O Yes O Yes O Yes My Lord High Steward of England strictly chargeth and commandeth all manner of Persons here present upon pain of Imprisonment to keep silence and give Ear to his Majesties Commission To my Lord High Steward of England to his Grace directed The Clerk of the Crown with his Face to my Lord High Steward Reads it thus Clerk of the Crown Charles Rex Carolus Secundus c. All which time my Lord and the Peers stood up bare Serjeant God save the King Cl. Cr. Make Proclamation Serjeant O Yes The King at Arms and the Usher of the Black Rod on their Knees deliver the White Staff to my Lord who re-delivered it to the Usher of the Black Rod who held it up all the time before him Cl. Cr. Make Proclamation Serjeant O Yes My Lord High Steward of England strictly chargeth and commandeth all Justices and Commissioners and all and every person and persons to whom any Writ or Precept have been directed for the certifying of any Indictment or of any other Record before my Lord High Steward of England to certifie and bring the same immediately according to the Tenor of the said Writs and Precepts unto them or any of them directed on Pain and Peril as shall fall thereon The Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench return'd his Certiorari and the Record of the Indictment by the Grand Jury of Middlesex which was read by the Clerk of the Crown in haec verba Cl. Cr. Virtute c. L. H. Stew. Call the Constable of the Tower to return his Precept and his Prisoner Cl. Cr. Make Proclamation Serjeant O Yes Constable of the Tower of London return the Precept to thee directed and bring forth the Prisoner Charles Lord Conwallis on Pain and Peril as will fall thereon The Lord Lieutenant of the Tower brought in the Prisoner on his left Hand with the Axe before him born by the Deputy Lieutenant which he held with the Edge from him and returned his Precept in haec verba Cl. Cr. Virtute c. L. H. Stew. Call the Serjeant at Arms to return his Precept Cl. Cr. Make Proclamation Serjeant O Yes Roger Harfnet Esq Serjeant at Arms to our Soveraign Lord the King return the Precept to thee directed with the Names of all the Lords and Noblemen of this Realm Peers of Charles Lord Conwallis by thee summoned to be heard this day on pain and peril as will fall thereon He delivered his Precept return'd with a Schedule annexed thus Cl. Cr. Virtute c. Make Proclamation Serjeant O Yes All Marquesses Earls Vicounts and Barons of this Realm of England Peers of Charles Lord Conwallis which by Commandment of the Lord High Steward of England are summoned to appear this day and to be present in Court and to answer to your Names as you are called every one upon pain and peril as will fall thereon Then the Panel was called over the number of Peers summoned were 35. in order as followeth Thomas Earl of Danby Lord High Treasurer of England c. All that appeared answered to the call standing up bare Then my Lord High Steward made a Speech to the Prisoner at the Bar thus Lord High Steward My Lord Conwallis The violation of the Kings Peace in the chief Sanctuary of it his own Royal Palace and in so high a manner as by the Death of one of his Subjects is a matter that must be accounted for And that it may be so It hath pleased the King to command this High and Honourable Court to Assemble in order to a strict and impartial Enquiry The Wisdom of the Law hath therefore styled it the Kings Peace because it is his Authority that commands it it is his Justice that secures it it is he on whom Men do rely for the safety of their Liberties and their Lives in him they trust that a severe Account shall be taken of all the Violences and Injuries that are offered to them and they that trust in the King can never be deceived It is your Lordships great unhappiness at this time to stand Prisoner at the Bar under the weight of no less a Charge than an Indictment of Murder and it is not to be wondred at if so great a misfortune as this be attended with some kind of confusion of Face when a Man sees himself become a spectacle of Misery in so great a presence and before so Noble and so Illustrious an Assembly But be not yet dismay'd my Lord for all this let not the Fears and Terrors of Justice so amaze and surprise you so as to betray those succours that your reason would afford you or to disarm you of those helps which good discretion may Administer and which are now extreamly necessary It is indeed a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of Justice where the Law is the Rule and a severe and inflexible measure both of Life and Death But yet it ought to be some comfort to your Lordships that you are now to be tried by my Lords your Peers and that now you see the Scales of Justice are held by such Noble hands you may be confident they will put into them all the Grains of allowance either Justice or Honour will bear Hearken therefore to your Indictment with quietness and attention observe what the Witn●sses say against you without interruption and reserve what you have to say for your self till it shall come to your turn to make your defence of which I shall be sure to give you notice and when the time comes assure your self you shall be heard not only with Patience but with Candor too And then what Judgement soever my Lords will give you your self will and all the World be forc'd to acknowledge the Justice and Equity of their Judgment and the Righteousness of all their Lordships Proceedings Read the Indictment Cl. Cr. Charles Lord Conwallis Thou standest Indicted in the County of Middlesex by the Name of c. How sayest thou Charles Lord Conwallis Art thou guilty of this Felony and Murder whereof thou standest Indicted Or not guilty Lord Conw Not Guilty Cl. Cr. How wilt thou be tri'd Ld. Con. By God and my Peers Then my Lord High Steward addressed himself to the Lords thus Ld. H. Stew. My Lords Your Lordships have here a Member before you of your Noble Body exposed to the shame of a publick Arraignment and which to a Man of