Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-16

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Lord ELLrxBonoucH fumned up near
" as follows - Gentlemen OF the jury,
the evidence on both fdes, and the argu-
ments of council being concluded, II only
now renlais for me 70 diichasge my duty.
An ifkfome duty itceftainly is, but con-
Adering with what minds you come pre-. /
pared, forI have obferved your deep ar
ten,ion to all parts Of the caofe. il will IA
cilitate my means of doing it. Thoie
means are by faithful detail of the
evidence, and fuch faithful observations
upon il, as / am bef able TO make. Gen
siemen, the prifoner aands charged with
nigh trcaion, of three forts. not very dit
feren, in their nature 1T, For compafing
shc death of the king idly, For com
pafiny to fsize his perion and 5dly, For
sonfpiring TO depole him. The hTA Of
thefe is treaion, BY the fatu:e of Edward
IT,; the two laH, by recent fasu te OF
the prefent reign. Eight diiFiad overt
aSss are ffated as evidence OF this inten-
zion. 1t is not necsfary 10 do more than
TO Gate the fubiiance Of them. Gentlemen,
the overt acts are the holding converla-
tions for efc6iing thofe mahgoant pnrpo
le. of heart. Before fate The evidence
of the over at, / think ds TO fay word
or two on the topics urged rejecting the
nature of the proof. Iris faid, by the de-
fsndant's council, TO coniiN only OF words,
aud that il cannot be treafon. It It con-
6fcd only of loofe words, the ebuliition
of an irritated or crazy mind, it would not
be treaion, becauie il would be too much
TO infef iuch purpofe as The dei}retsion
of the king from words 70 fpoken. But
when words are ipoken at "a pubic meet
ins, and addreGed 10 Others, exciting and
periuading them TO that purpofe, i, never
was doubted by any ere Engllih lawyer |;
1t never will be douhfed but that they
amour, to trealon. Another iubjed up
on which with to f4y few words is,
the nature of evidence by accomplices.
That he is competent witneis, upon
whole tef;nony you may found aconciu-
Gon, cannot be doubted. If il were not
70, il would be a dsreliaion of duly in
The judges fitting here, and thole who
have formerly iet in courts OF juitice not
to have repealed fuch witneiles from the
oath, and have told the jury thar they
were moi fl to be credited. BUT they
are always received and although fnliled
with, the contamination of the crime whicn
they impute TO Others, they are credible,
though their teitimony mutt be receiv-
ed.wi,h cantion and attention. They
may be confirmed by various cironmitsn-
ces, by the clcsrneis OF their own nayratioo,
OF by tie nara,lon OF Others. They may
be confirmed by the coincidence of exier-
nal circunaRance, and broken in upon by
no oue fsf of sdyerie Circumstance. In
the cafe before US, when 20 macy ieencs
are laid, all OF which if untrue, may be
faieGed, and isis faiifed in no onein,
iance if peIfon 70 ii;uated IS not 10 &C
believed, il would form a cafe by which
confp;racies would always be Pro;cttea.
becauie corfpiracies can never be kno~n
bur through iome who were taF'ieifa oIs
in the crime. But The cafe wonld ee 0
sherwife as it regarded iome who arc no.
frialy acccmplices. Such as ] take II,
is the cafe Of Windfor. l do TOT Think
f.rietly test he can be called an accomplish,
through, without qaehion, great de-
gree Of blame attaches 10 him tcr his con-