Identifier: hermajestystower02dixo (find matches)
Title: Her Majesty's Tower
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879
Subjects: Tower of London (London, England)
Publisher: London, Paris, New York : Cassell and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the fees of a noble lord. Morley lay twelve months in the Lieutenants housebefore he could be put on his defence. Nice points oflaw were said to be involved in this offence : — thenature of justifiable homicide; the line which separatesmurder from manslaughter; the composition of aLord High Stewards court; a prisoners right tochallenge any of his triers ; the right of any peer whowas a trier to consult the judge. Debates were heldon every point; and time was gained for public feelingto subside. The King, the Duke of York, and almostevery member of the House of Lords, were anxiousthat an English peer should not be hung. The time of Morley s trouble was the time of plagueand fire. The sickness round the Tower was evenmore deadly than in Tothill Fields and Drury Lane.In autumn, when the pest was highest, Robinson wasauthorised by the Council to allow his prisoner toremove (a warder going with him, and security beinggiven) to his country house, until the time of sicknessshould be past.
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oh UJ 0 Q o- KILLING NOT MURDER. 277 A full year after Hastings died of his wounds inDuke Street, Charles gave orders for the murderer tobe tried. Lord Clarendon was created for the purposeLord High Steward, with twenty-nine peers to assisthim as a court. A canopy was raised in Westminster,with chair of state, and benches for the judges, coun-cillors, and peers. Two private boxes were erectednear the chair of state, from which the King and Queen,the Duke and Duchess, could observe the trial, thoughthey were themselves unseen. Lord Clarendon wasdressed in a mourning gown, and all the peers andjudges wore their solemn robes. At ten oclock theKin<r and Oueen were in their private box. Sir John Robinson received his warrant to bring hisprisoner from the Tower by water, and to spare theprisoner he was landed from his barge in a by-place,near the Court of Exchequer, and so conducted privilyinto the hall. A guard marched with him, and theheadsman strode beside him with the axe. A white st

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