The tryall and plea of James Earle of Derby, prisoner of war, before a court martiall at Chester, Octob. 1. 1651 : the articles were severall particulars of treason, by his invading England, raising forces, &c. The answer is a confession of the fact. The plea is a plea of quarter, which he conceives to be a good bar to a tryall for life, by court martiall or councell of war, though not against a meer civill judicature. His plea was over-ruled by the court upon this account, that the court martiall was directed by Parliament. So that the court proceeded to sentence, only gave him a fortnights time from the first of October. From this sentence he appealeth to his Excellency the Lord Generall.

The tryall and plea of James Earle of Derby, prisoner of war, before a court martiall at Chester, Octob. 1. 1651 : the articles were severall particulars of treason, by his invading England, raising forces, &c. The answer is a confession of the fact. The plea is a plea of quarter, which he conceives to be a good bar to a tryall for life, by court martiall or councell of war, though not against a meer civill judicature. His plea was over-ruled by the court upon this account, that the court martiall was directed by Parliament. So that the court proceeded to sentence, only gave him a fortnights time from the first of October. From this sentence he appealeth to his Excellency the Lord Generall.

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Author / Creator:Derby, James Stanley, Earl of, 1607-1651.
Imprint:London : [publisher not identified], printed in the yeare, 1651.
Description:1 online resource ([2], 8 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Trials (Treason) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Trials (Treason)
England.
Early works.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11512798
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Varying Form of Title:Caption title on p. 1: Charge and articles of high treason against the Earl of Derby, with the tryal, examination, and confession, on Tuesday and Wednesday, before a court-marshal at Chester
Notes:Wing (2nd ed., 1994) T2169A
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