April 12, 2024
1696 Transcript "Trial & Condemnation of Sir John Friend, Knight" ENGLISH LAW
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A Rare Find! The Original ( not a reprint ) March 23, 1696 transcript of trial of Sir John Friend: "THE ARRAIGNMENT, TRYAL, AND CONDEMNATION, OF SIR JOHN FRIEND, KNIGHT, FOR HIGH TREASON":Please see photos for additional information.Sir John Friend/Freind was charged with high treason for his role in the 1696 Jacobite assassination plot, one of a series of Jacobite plots to reverse the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689. Friend's trial was the penultimate instance under English law in which a defendant was tried for treason without benefit of counsel. Together with Sir William Parkyns, Friend was executed at Tyburn April 3, 1696. The Treason Act of 1695, which allowed counsel in cases of treason, went into effect two days later. This is an original transcript of that trial.This is a very rare find!
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