A Letter concerning the tryal at Oxford of Stephen College, August 17. 1681

A Letter concerning the tryal at Oxford of Stephen College, August 17. 1681

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A LETTER concerning the TRYAL at Oxford of STEPHEN COLLEGE, Auguſt 17. 1681.

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A LETTER concerning the TRYAL at Oxford of STEPHEN COLLEGE, Auguſt 17. 1681.

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SIR,

THis is to Anſwer your Command in the beſt account I can gain of the Proceedings here againſt Mr. College. He was brought this Morning to his Tryal upon a Special Commiſſion, and upon his Arraignment, he did at firſt Refuſe to Plead; but upon Second Thoughts, and better Advice, he Pleaded Not Guilty. His ſuggeſtions were, That as a Free-man of London he ought not to be Tryed any where elſe for Treaſon: And he inſiſted further upon the Reſtoring ſome Writings to him that had been taken from him, without which he would not Plead.

Now for your better underſtanding of this Paſſage, ſome of his Friends obtained leave from the Judges (as I am informed) to go to Viſit him, where it is ſaid that one Aaron Smith was obſerved to put ſome Papers into his hand, which were preſently ſeized and carried to the Attorny-General; and theſe were the Papers that he demanded back again. The Court told him, that what was fit for him to have ſhould be delivered him, and ſo they gave him back one of them, which was a Note of his Witneſſes Names. There was a Second, which they ſay was a Speech intended for him to make uſe of at his Tryal, and that was denied him as a Libellous Paper. There was a Third alſo, which was matter of Direction what to Plead, and how to mannage his Defence: and this they told him was Equivalent to Councel, which was not to be allowed in caſe of Treaſon, unleſs matter of Law appeared upon Pleading. but all this notwithſtanding, the Court did ſo far Indulge the Priſoner in all warrantable Favours, that his Paper of Inſtructions was delivered him alſo, and only the Libellous Paper detained: And thereupon his two Friends, Mr. [...] Starkey, and Mr. Aaron Smith being with him at the Delivery of theſe Papers, were both of them called upon and obliged to enter into Recognizance to appear when the Court ſhould require it: they denying to anſwer the Court, being Interrogated about the Delivery of thoſe Papers, inſiſting upon it, That no man was obliged to Confeſs anything to his own Prejudice. Mr. College would needs perſuade the Court that all the Proteſtants of England were concerned in the Conſequence of his Caſe, and Mr. Smith they ſay ſpake ſome words reflecting upon the Dignity of the Court, which ſome would have had to be Recorded; but I do not hear that any further notice was taken thereof.

It was a long Tryal, and could not be otherwiſe, Mr. College having between Forty and Fifty Evidences there, which were heard at large, with all the Fairneſs and Patience imaginable. Two of the Witneſſes were a Divine (as I take it) and a Drawer. About Three of the Clock in the Morning, Auguſt 18. after half an hours Conſideration, the Jury brought him in Guilty, with a great Shout upon the Verdict: The Sentence being deferred till Seven the next Morning. The High Sheriff was ſo Candid and Generous, as upon hearing that one of the Jury had declared himſelf diſaffected to the Priſoner, he cauſed him to be ſtruck out. There were but Six Witneſſes for the King, One Iriſh-man, and the other Five Engliſh.

This is all the Trouble you ſhall receive upon this Occaſion from

SIR, Your moſt Humble Servant,

&c,

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LONDON: Printed for W. Davies. 1681.

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A Letter concerning the tryal at Oxford of Stephen College, August 17. 1681

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1681

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