PRECEDENT FOR TRIAL OF EXKAISER.
The trial of -the ex-Kaiser will not’ be the first instance in England of such ' a proceeding against an ex-ruler of another relm. On October 14 land 15, E 1586, there was brought to trial in the ‘hall of Fotheringay Castle the fugitive Mary, Queen of Scotts, -before a commission of forty noble-men, pr-ivy councillors, and judges. She was charged with complicity in the Babington conspiracy, and eonducfecl her own defence “without one council'lOl' on her side among so many.” It was -a. masterpiece of indomitable invgenuity, -of courage, and ofAwonlanly dignity. After the second day.‘ of the trial Queen Elizabeth suddenly_deterlnined to adjourn proceedings to _/the Star Chamber in Lonclon,'wh’ere, on October 25, the comnlissio'ners, with one dissentient, found Mary guilty of‘ having “conlpassed -and imagined divers 1118,13-4‘ tors” tending to the destruction of} Eliizabetli. She wils‘belieaded on the‘: morning of Feb'rual'y 8, 1587. I
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3391, 21 January 1920, Page 6
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151PRECEDENT FOR TRIAL OF EXKAISER. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3391, 21 January 1920, Page 6
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