The tryal of Mr. Daniel Sutton, for the high crime of preserving the lives of His Majesty's liege subjects, by means of inoculationSutton, Daniel
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The tryal of Mr. Daniel Sutton, for the high crime of preserving the lives of His Majesty's liege subjects, by means of inoculation
Sutton, Daniel
Smallpox -- Vaccination -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800; Sutton, Daniel, 1735-1819
This, gentlemen of the jury, I conceive to be a true picture of the
present state of inoculation in these kingdoms. You will now lay your
heads together, and weigh well the evidence you have heard. If you are
of opinion that the articles of the indictment have been sufficiently
proved; that the Prisoner hath in an especial manner preserved the
lives of his Majesty’s liege subjects, by secret medicines and modes
of practice unknown to all other practitioners, you will then find him
guilty. If on the contrary, you think that these things are not true,
and that this is a malicious prosecution, you will in that case acquit
him.
_The jury having laid their heads together, without going out of Court,
were called over, and answered to their names._
_Cl. of the Cr._ Gentlemen of the jury, are you agreed in your verdict?
_Jury._ Yes.
_Cl. of the Cr._ Who shall say for you?
_Jury._ Our foreman.
_Cl. of the Cr._ Daniel Sutton, hold up your hand. You of the jury,
look upon the Prisoner. How say you? Is Daniel Sutton guilty of the
high crimes and misdemeanors of which he stands indicted, or not guilty?
_Jury._ NOT GUILTY.
The Prisoner was acquitted, and discharged accordingly.
FINIS.
Transcriber’s Notes
A few minor errors in punctuation were fixed.
A few minor inconsistencies in the treatment of speaker names were
fixed.
Page 8: “extreamly full” changed to “extremely full”
Page 16: The missing catchword “the” from the previous page was added
before “colour of Madeira wine”.
Page 22: “he ingredients” changed to “the ingredients”
Page 26: “gentletlemen” changed to “gentlemen”
Page 39 & 69: “administred” changed to “administered”
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