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plied Preston. "I see it well enough that your lordship would not." "Whatever my fate may be/' said Ashton, "I cannot but own that I have had a fair trial for my life." The evidence was clear, however, and the prison ers were convicted.

the government was informed before the plot was ripe, and all the leading conspirators were apprehended. One by one they were brought to trial before Chief Justice Holt, convicted and executed. (12 St. Tr. 1378; 13 ib. i, 406.) The treasonable and murderous

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Soon after the death of the queen the As sassination Plot was planned by Robert Charnock and his associates. This conspir acy involved not only the assassination of the king, but an open insurrection to be supported by a foreign army. Fortunately

conspiracy was fully proved, and the justice of their condemnation cannot be gainsaid. One feature of these trials is, however, worthy of mention. Charnock, the foremost conspirator, together with King and Keys, were put on trial March n, 1706, and Freind