Beheaded Dr. John Hewytts ghost pleading, yea crying for exemplarie justice against the arbitrarie, un-exampled injustice of his late judges and executioners in the new High-Commission, or Court of Justice, sitting in Westminster-Hall. : Conteining his legal plea, demurrer, and exceptions to their illegal jurisdiction, proceedings, and bloody sentence against him; drawn up by counsel, and left behinde him ready ingrossed; the substance whereof he pleaded before them by word of mouth, and would have tendred them in writing in due form of law, had he not discerned their peremptory resolution to reject and over-rule, before they heard them read.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prynne, William, 1600-1669.

Contributor:

Hewit, John, 1614-1658.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hewit, John, 1614-1658--Early works to 1800.

Hewit, John.

Hewit, John, 1614-1658.

Due process of law--England--Early works to 1800.

Due process of law.

Trials (Treason)--England--Early works to 1800.

Trials (Treason).

Executions and executioners--England--Early works to 1800.

Executions and executioners.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, 18 pages)

Other Title:

Plea and demurrer of Doctor John Hewytt, &c.

Plea and demurrer of Doctor Iohn Hewytt, &c.

Place of Publication:

London : [publisher not identified], printed in the year of our Lord, 1659.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Drawn up by William Prynne on Hewit's behalf for his trial.

Running title reads: The plea and demurrer of Doctor Iohn Hewytt, andc.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "March 27"; "27".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 145:E974[2]) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition) P3900.

Thomason E.974[2].

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.