Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-11-20

Still the poor man, scaEed out Of lis sen.
css, remained mute, and again JefFfeys
bnrst forth II hope, gentlemen Of the july
that you iakO notice Of the carriage of this
fellow. How can one help abhOring both
these men and their religion A Turk is
a saint 10 such fellow as this. A pagan
would be ashamed Of such viIlany. Oh.
blessed Jesus What n generation of vi
pers we do live anIOng!' IS cannot tell
you what to say, my lord" filtered Dune,
The judge again broke forth into voIley
Of oaths. Twas there ever" he cried,
such an impudent rascal? Hold candle
to him, that we may see his brazen face.
You, gentlemen, that are of counsel for the
crown, sec that an information for perjury
be preferred against this fellow" After
the witnesses had been thus handled, the
Lady Alice was called on for her defence,
She began by saying, what may possibly
have been true. that though she knew
Hickes to be in trouble when she took him
in. she did not know or suspect that he had
been concerned in tile rebellion. He was
divine, a man Of peace. 1t had, there's
fore, aeVer occurred to her that he could
have borne arms against the government :
conceal himself because warrants were out
against him for field preaching. The chief
justice began to storm. But will tell
you There is not one of those " ing. sni-
yelling, canting Presby terians but, one way
or another, hal hand in the rebellion
Presbytery has all manner Of vilIany in it..
Nothing but Presbytery could have made
Dunno such rogue. Show me Presby-
terrain, and will show thee a lying knave.' -
| He summed up in the same style declaim
ed, during an hour against Wings and Dis
senters, and reminded the jury that the pri-
: soner's husband had borne part in the
! death Of Charles the First. fact which
was not proved by any testimony. and
which, If it had been proved, would have
been utterly irrelevant to the issue. The
| Jury retired, and remained long in consuI>
taiion. The judge grew impatient. He
could rot conceive, he said. how in so plain
a case. they should ever have left the box,
He sent a messenger to tell them that, ii
| they did not instantly return, he would ad-
journ the court and lock them up all night.
Thus put 20 the torture, they came, but
came to say they doubted whether the
charge had been made out. Jeffreys OK
l pOStUbutGu Will tuOu4 V0uOubOuIBy3 nuO uNeA
another consultation. they gave reluctant
verdict of Guilty.
On the following morning sentence was
pronounced. Jeareys gave directions that
Alice Lisle should be burned alive that We
1 ry afternoon. This excess of barbarity
moved the pity and indignation even Of that
1 class which was most devoted to the crown.
The clergy Of Winchester Cathedral re-
menstrated with the chief justice, who,
brutal % he was, was not mad enough to
risk q quarrel on such subject with a
body 90 much respected BY the Tory party.
He consented to put off the execution Ave
days. During that time the friends Of the
| prisoner besought James to show her 'ner-
cy. Ladies Of high rank ipierceded for
her. Feversham, whose recent victory had
| increased his influence At court, and who it
| 10 said, had been bribed t. take the compns-
sionate side, spoke in her favor. Clarendon,
the king 5 brolher-in-law, pleaded her cause.
! The utmost that could be obtained was that
her sentence should be c0tnmuted from burn
ing to beheading. She was put to death on
q scaffold in the market place'of Winches-
Ter. and underwent her fate with serene