Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-28
FAMOUS TRIALS
TRIAL OF THE REeIcrDEs.

The trial of the regicides is one of
 the most famous trials of that period
 in English history. when the people
 were beginning to take the law into
 cides" is given to those persons who
 were most active in, bringing about
 the death of Charles l.. leading among
 which were those members of the
 High Court of Justice. sixty-seven in
 number, who. on Jan: 27. 164s, voted
 for his execution. F1fty-e eight of this
 number ultimately signed the death
 warrant. These regicides were all
 tried separately. with the exception of
 nineteen, who were kept in prison un-
 til their death without having received
 chance to prove their innocence.
 |. Ten of the regicides were executed
 immediately, and three others were
 caught in Holland, brought to England
 and executed. Many lived in exile the
 rest of their lives. including three in
 connecticut-Gone. Whaaley and Dix
 well. a
 The trial of the regicides took place on Oct. 10. 1860. at the Old Bailey. Col. Thomas Harrison was the first to be brought to trial. He pleaded Not guilty" The kings counsel produced i've witnesses who deposed that Thomas Harrison sat as one of the kings judges in the pretended High Court of Justice, and particularly on the 27th of January, 164s, when the sentence WAS TS0Q, anu lI1dl Uc SlOOu up with the rest to express his assent | to it. It was also proved that Har- rison had commanded the party that had brought the king from Hurst cas- l tie te- LGndon.
 The prisoner said in his defense that | the matter was not done in a corner; | the sound of it had reached most na- 1 tions; and he believed the hearts ol some had felt the terrors of the pres enee of God that was with His ser wants in those days. The second tc | be brought to the bar was Adrian Y High Court of Justice was erected by | the parliament, which was then the | supreme power of the nation. and gen. I erally submitted to. and what he had | done was in obedience to that author | ity.
 The Lord Chief Baron replied thai what he had offered in his defense | tended rather to aggravate than ex- | tenuate his crime: that he. as we'll al | others, was mistaken in the word | "parliament," and that there was no' 1 one precedent of any other house oi | commons assuming legislative power or making an act to erect a court oi justice for the trial of their king. The third to be brought to the bal | was John Carew. He seemed mucf 1 dictment he had not the fear of God I before his eyes, but was moved by tho devil to murder the king. and averret | that what he had done was in ths l fear of the Lord and in obedience tc 1 His holy and righteous laws.
 The next to be brought was Thoma, | Scott, and he was followed by one l after the other until all the members | of the high court who had been ar. l rested were disposed of, and they were followed by a trial of every on, | who was in any way connected will
 the execution. even those who served | at the final moment.
 The last accused was William Hay 1 ingham, and when his trial was finish l ed the jury withdrew, but remained I only short time. when they brough ! in a verdict of guilty against eigh l persons beyond any doubt, judgmen 1 to be passed on the other later. Tn ten regfcides who were executed wer l Harrison, Carew, Cook, Peters, Scott | Clement, Scroop. Jones. Hacker anl | Axtei, and as to Hulet, who wa charged with cutting of the king 1 head, the evidence was held deficient Harrison cried out as he vas goinl