State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 2 (of 2)
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State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 2 (of 2)
Trials -- Great Britain
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Was the sword bloody that he had in his hand?
POMFRET--The blade was bloody; but whether it was all over
bloody, I cannot tell; there was besides some blood upon the
shell; it was very near all over bloody, as I remember.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Pray, friend, consider what you swore at the
Coroner's Inquest about the blood upon the sword.
POMFRET--Indeed I cannot say it was bloody all along the blade;
but there was blood upon the shell, and there was blood upon
the inside: it was so, to the best of my remembrance.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--What condition was Mr. French's sword in?
POMFRET--He had a drawn sword in his hand, but I did not
perceive it had any blood upon it; it was a large blade.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--How do you know what sort of sword Mr.
French's was, and in what condition it was?
POMFRET--He desired me to take notice of it next morning, and I
did so; and there was no blood upon it.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--How came you to be desired to take notice of
what passed there about the swords?
POMFRET--My lord, there was three of them the next day, and
one, it was said, was Mr. Coote's, and another of them was my
lord of Warwick's, which I do believe was bloody from the point
upwards, very near; but I cannot directly say but that was
afterwards.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Who brought in that sword that you say was
Mr. Coote's?
POMFRET--To the best of my remembrance, capt. Dockwra brought
it in; it was almost half an hour after my lord Warwick and
capt. French came in to the house, when they came thither.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--They, who do you mean?
POMFRET--Captain James and he.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Were they let in presently?
POMFRET--No, my lord of Warwick had desired that they might be
private there; but when they knocked at the door, my lord of
Warwick desired to know who they were; and when it was
understood that they were Mr. James and Mr. Dockwra, they were
let in by my lord's order.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Pray, which of all the four brought in any
sword in a scabbard?
POMFRET--It was captain Dockwra.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Pray, did they appear to be all of a party?
POMFRET--They were glad to see one another; and they talked a
pretty while together; but indeed I cannot say I heard what
they talked.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Pray, do you remember my lord of Warwick's
sword, and what there was upon it?
POMFRET--It was a steel sword, water-gilt, and as near as I can
remember, there was blood upon it for the most part from the
point upward.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--And what did appear upon Mr. French's sword?
POMFRET--There was water and dirt, but there was no blood at
all.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--How long did they stay there?
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