...to Clarendon, neither the judge nor any person present at his trial believed his story, but all saw that he was a poor distracted wretch, weary of his life, and anxious to part with it, yet the jury found him guilty, and the King and the judges, notwithstanding...

...fire of London, " although," adds the historian, " neither the judges nor any one present believed him guilty, but that he was a poor distracted wretch weary of life, and who chose to part with it in that way."(Z) §269. 11. False confessions may be made through...

...examination, p. 824), and, persisting in his story, was condemned and executed. The man was clearly insane. " Neither the " judges, nor any present at the trial,...wretch, weary of his life, and chose to part with "it this way." Clarendon, 333. See also Higgons on Burnet, 215. t The Monument was begun in 1671, and finished...

...thing," and that "he had set the first house on fire." Yet Lord Clarendon strangely remarks, that " neither the judges, nor any present at the trial,...his life, and chose to part with it in this way." This was not credited by Howell, then recorder of London. " Tillotson believed the City was burnt on...

...examination, p. 824), and, persisting in his story, was condemned and executed. The man was clearly insane. " Neither the judges, nor any present at the trial,...wretch, weary of his life, and chose to part with it this way." — Clarendon, 353; see also Higgons on Burnet, 215. * The Monument was begun in 1671, and...

...however, was not the opinion of the judges who tried him. " Neither the judges," says Clarendon, " nor any present at the trial, did believe him guilty,...wretch, weary of his life, and chose to part with it this way." We may attribute the fire with safety to another cause than a Roman conspiracy. We are to...

...however, was not the opinion of the judges who tried him. " Neither the judges," says Clarendon, " nor any present at the trial, did believe him guilty,...wretch, weary of his life, and chose to part with it this way." We may attribute the fire with safety to another cause than a Roman conspiracy. We are to...

...thing," and that "he had set the first house on fire." Yet Lord Clarendon strangely remarks, that " neither the judges, nor any present at the trial, did believe him guilty, but that he was a poor abstracted wretch weary of his life, and chose to part with it in this way." This was not credited...

...examination, p. 824), and, persisting in his story, was condemned and executed. The man was clearly insane. " Neither the " judges, nor any present at the trial, did believe him guilty ; but that he " was a poov distracted wretch, weary of his life, and chose to part with " it this way." Clarendon, 353. See...

...might have saved though he had been guilty, since he was accused only upon his own confession, yet neither the judges nor any present at the trial did...but that he was a poor distracted wretch, weary of life and chose to part with it this way."(y) A very remarkable case of this nature was that of the...