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    Review^—Prosecniio tittgajtnM Mr. Stone....

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    Art. Ill, —A'Letter To Theliev. Dr. Beil...

    _affairs . The charge against him was for impugning , or preaching against certain of the Thirty-nine

    Articles ; and it was brought by a _Sir . Bishop _^ the king * s proctor general . It does not appear that this Mr . Bishop heard the sermon delivered ; it is not known whether

    he has instituted the prosecution on his own account , or on _the account of certain persons behind the curtain , who pay his _expenses in this very extraordinary prosecution _.

    In consequence , however , of the citation , Mr . Stone took advice of his proctor what he was to do , and , following that advice , left the answer to him ; and the proctor appeared for his client ; and the cause has been carried

    on , from that moment to this , according to the forms of the ecclesiastical court . The vexation and expense to which . Mr . Stone has been put may be easily conceived by all who know any thing of the ecclesiastical courts . Mr .

    Bishop brought in a variety of charges , under the name of articles , and during the last summer was emoloyed in examining witnesses

    upon them . This last term , it was expected that the cause would have been finished by the prose - cutor , when , instead of this taking place _^ he begged leave to introduce a new article * This of course

    was resisted by Ms . Stone ' s council , but , after H'little debate on . the subject , the judge decided that the new article should be brought in :

    find it was a sight , we are informed , which struck one of the spectators with horror to see Mr . Bishop , the prosecutor , rise very coolly from his seat at the bottom of the

    table , walk up to the judge , and there discuss with him in what mariner the articles should be re-

    Art. Ill, —A'Letter To Theliev. Dr. Beil...

    formed , and this new article _admitted . Such a correspondence between a judge and a prosecutor would appear very odd in our criminal law courts ! But be it

    as it may , the new article being admitted , Mr . Bishop , the prosecutor * examined his witnesses on the new charge , and the term ended in that state , when the prosecutor had still the business in his own

    hands ; and it was expected that he would finish what he had to do and bring in his proofs in the beginning of the next term . It should be observed that , in all this transaction Mr . Stone , oh

    his part , has left Mr . _Bisljpp very much to himself . Mr . Stone pro * tested against the citation before Sir William Scott , Doctor 6 f Laws , because he was called to

    appear before an improper tribunal , one incompetent to judge the merits of the case . The judge , however , decided against him . He resisted also the introduction

    of a new article , because he conceived , that when a person _was put on his trial upon any charges , ft was not just , pr equitable , or lawful , to introduce new charges , and to interweave them with the

    original charges . But in this also the judge was against him- In all other respects , Mr . Stone has left Mr . Bishop to do what he pleases , and to examine what witnesses he

    pleases . Mr . Stone has not crossexamined any of them . The witnesses are chiefly booksellers , or their servants . One witness is ' 3 , Doctor of Divinity , the Reverend John _JSymonds _Breedon , but to what point his evidence _extemja we know toot .

    This is a short history of thu prosecution ; but in this publication Mr . Stone has kept a dignified silence oil this head * . He does nat

    Review^—Prosecniio Tittgajtnm Mr. Stone....

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1807, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121807/page/35/