The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-11
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 Quick, excited whispers passed from mouth to mouth as now and then fa- miliar face detached itself from the scrowd of all these awesonae person. ages. and was recognized by the peo- pie. That's my Lord Huntingdon" said an elderly merchant, pointing to rray.bearded lord. who had just taken his seat T mind him we'll when first he bought pair of spurs in my fath- er's shop"
 ~Aye, and there's Lord Northamp- ton,' commented another. land nightly thenkful he should be not to be stand. ing at the bar himself for high trea- ..That,s Mir. GiIbert Gerard. the At. forney- General. quoth one who knew. ~s"Shi sht si1t" came in excited whis- pers all around;, ''here comes the Lord High Steward himself and all the judges"
 The procession awed the popuiace, for every new consequently appar- reled though he was--wore a grave and saddened mien. The crowd who had come for a days pageant, frolic not unlike the happy doings at East Mole sey Fair, felt suddenly silenced and oppressed. Some of the women shiv- cred beneath their thin kerchiefs. the devout ones made quick sign of the cross. as if prayers were about to be. gin.
 If was all so solemn and so grand. in this dim winters light. wherein the shadows seemed to hover all around. hiding the remote corners of the hall and dwelling mysteriousiy on that tall scaffold whereon one by one these reverend personages took their allot- ted seats.
 The Queen's sergeant carried the white rod and escorted my Lord High with a gorgeous cloth. which dominat- sd the entire hall. To the right and left of him sat the twenty-four peers with their ermine-decked cloaks over their shoulders.
 Below them sat the Lord Chief Jus tice of England. the Lord Chief Jus tee of Common Hieas and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. and also the rest of the minor judges. The Clerk of the Crown in black gown and yell tow hose had been busy some time eonverBing with his secondary. Next so the judges sat several gentlemen of the Queen's household. their silken doublakH of rich though sombre hues adding a crisp note of contrasting color to the harmonies in scarlet and dull oak which filled in the background of 1HG 0AGNuf0
 sir walter Midway. Chancellor of Che Exehequer, sat close by with six of ahe Queens Privy Councillors, also on Ghair left the Master of Requests and ether persons of note. rmmediates 1y facing the bar was the Queens Ser. keant, the Aftorney-General, the So- hcikoP- General and the Attorney-Gen- eral of the Court of Wards The Re- coraer of London had been given spe- cial seat, also Mir. Thomas Norton, the Queens printer, who wrote out the his- toricaI account of the trial, which has been preserved amongst the State pa- pers.
 Then my Lord High Steward stood up
 s'aaded, holding the white rod in
 Id, and the SePgeant-at-Arms
 forward into the immediate
 bf the hall facing the crowd and
 1t the proclamation as follows:
 Lords Grace, the Queens Maj Commissioner High Steward of
 commanded every man to keep
 on pain of imprisonment and
 the Queens Commission read.
 was followed by the reading of Ieen's Commission by the Clerk
 Crown, after which--still stand
 e read the indictment in a loud
 so that all might hear.
 ereas, Robert D'Esc1ade, fifth