THE TRYAL OF Mr. DANIEL SUTTON, FOR THE HIGH CRIME OF PRESERVING THE LIVES OF His Majesty’s liege Subjects, BY MEANS OF INOCULATION. THE SECOND EDITION. LONDON: Printed for S. BLADON, at Nᵒ. 28. Pater-noster-Row. M.DCC.LXVII. THE TRYAL OF Mr. DANIEL SUTTON. Begun in the College on Monday, June 1, 1767. This day Daniel Sutton was brought to the bar of the Court upon a _Habeas Corpus_, in order to be arraigned on an indictment for preserving the lives of the King’s subjects, found by the grand jury for the county of Essex. _Counsel for the Cr._ Mr. President, there is an indictment for high crimes, and misdemeanors, found against Mr. Daniel Sutton, which hath been removed into this Court by _certiorari_; the _certiorari_ and return thereof hath been filed, and the Prisoner is now brought into Court in order to be arraigned. _President._ Read the indictment. _Cl. of the Cr._ Daniel Sutton, hold up your hand. You stand indicted by the name of Daniel Sutton, late of the town of Ingatestone, in the county of Essex, for that you by inoculating, and causing to be inoculated, and by means of certain secret medicines and modes of practice, unknown to this College and to all other practitioners, not having the fear of the College in your heart, do presume to preserve the lives of his Majesty’s liege subjects; and that more especially during the three years last past, you have inoculated, or caused to be inoculated, twenty thousand persons, without the loss of one single patient by inoculation, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided. Then the twelve jurors were sworn and counted. _Cl. of the Cr._ Cryer, make proclamation. _Cryer._ O yes! If any one can inform, &c. _Cl. of the Cr._ Daniel Sutton, hold up your hand. Gentlemen of the jury, look upon the prisoner and hearken to his cause. _Couns. for the Cr._ Mr. President, and gentlemen of the jury, this indictment is for the high crime of preserving the lives of his Majesty’s subjects by means of inoculation, and particularly by modes of practice and the exhibition of certain medicines unknown to this College, and to all others who practise the art of healing. Gentlemen, with regard to the first part of this charge, namely, that of preserving the lives of the King’s liege subjects, we shall prove, beyond all possibility of doubt, that in twenty thousand, whom the Prisoner hath inoculated, not one single patient hath died, whose death could be fairly attributed to inoculation. We shall then shew, that he constantly enjoins a certain unusual regimen to be observed by all his patients, previous to, and during the time of, inoculation; and lastly, we shall convince you, by unquestionable evidence, that he administers to his patients diverse medicines, the composition of which is an intire secret to this College, and to the whole faculty.