THE
TRYAL
AND
CONDEMNATION
,
Together
with
thee
EXECUTION
OF
C
Apt.
ASHTOUN
FOR
HIGH-TREASON
,
In
Conspiring
the
Dethroning
of
Their
Majesties
,
and
the
Landing
of
a
French
Army
in
England
.
Trayed
January
the
19.
THe
unsatisfied
World
being
now
Curious
to
be
Informed
of
the
Truth
of
the
Plot
,
(
wherein
they
have
doubted
of
for
some
time
)
let
them
but
peruse
this
small
Scheme
of
this
Persons
Tryal
,
and
consider
the
few
Quotations
,
con●ained
in
the
Letters
found
about
his
Person
at
the
time
of
his
Seasure
.
Cnd
then
they
need
not
any
longer
doubt
the
Truth
of
of
the
Conspiracy
against
the
Peace
and
Tranquillity
of
Their
Majesties
Government
in
these
Kingdoms
,
whom
God
hath
appointed
Them
to
Rule
over
.
The
Prisoner
being
brought
to
the
Bar
,
and
the
Jury
being
Impanelled
,
the
Court
proceeded
to
have
the
Indictment
read
,
which
were
words
much
to
the
Effect
following
,
viz.
THat
the
Prisoner
not
having
the
Fear
of
God
before
his
Eyes
,
did
in
and
between
the
last
September
,
most
Traiterously
and
Maliciously
Conspire
the
Dethroning
Their
Majesties
,
the
Subversion
of
the
Government
,
and
the
Total
overthrowing
of
the
Protestant
Religion
;
by
keeping
Correspondence
by
Lerters
frequently
with
the
late
King
James
:
And
the
Introducing
of
a
French
Army
to
be
Landed
in
England
and
Scotland
;
together
with
his
wicked
Advice
expressed
in
Letters
of
his
own
Hand
Writing
to
the
French
Court
,
for
the
Destruction
of
our
Fleet
in
our
own
Channel
.
The
Prisoner
being
desired
to
plead
to
his
Indictment
,
he
pleaded
not
Guilty
;
and
so
the
Court
went
on
to
the
proof
of
it
.
The
Attorney
General
opened
the
Case
very
clearly
,
in
order
to
the
Courts
going
on
in
the
Tryal
.
The
next
who
spoke
was
one
of
the
Kings
Learned
Council
in
the
Law
,
laying
the
matter
of
Fact
fully
home
to
the
Prisoner
at
the
Bar
,
in
all
its
several
Branches
,
accord-to
the
Nature
of
the
Crime
.
The
first
thing
which
was
produced
against
him
in
Court
,
were
Letters
of
his
o●●
Hand-Writing
;
which
were
taken
on
him
when
he
was
apprehended
by
Captain
●lups
and
committed
to
Prison
.
Cap●●in
Billups
being
called
into
Court
and
Examined
,
whether
these
were
the
L●ters
that
he
took
on
the
Prisoner
when
he
seazed
him
,
who
gave
the
Court
a
great
d●
of
satisfaction
as
to
the
Truth
of
the
matter
,
that
they
were
the
very
Letters
.
Whereupon
they
proceeded
to
the
reading
of
them
in
open
Court
,
wherein
w●
contained
these
Treasons
among
others
.
-
1st
.
That
it
would
be
convenient
for
the
French
Fleet
to
come
into
our
Channel
,
●●
prevent
the
Dutch
Fleet
from
joyning
ours
.
-
2dly
.
That
the
late
Kings
Friends
Encreased
,
and
had
Advanced
a
considera●●
sum
of
Money
to
pay
his
Army
when
raised
.
-
3dly
.
That
the
City
of
London
was
not
so
much
for
his
Interest
as
might
be
wis●●
they
were
.
-
4thly
.
That
it
would
be
necessary
to
send
6000
Men
into
Scotland
,
to
keep
the●
busie
.
There
was
a
great
deal
of
more
Evidence
produced
in
Court
,
too
long
here
to
be
●serted
,
this
being
sufficient
to
satisfie
any
reasonable
person
as
to
the
justness
of
his
Se●tence
,
and
the
Legality
of
the
Tryal
.
Then
the
Lord
Chief
Justice
gave
the
Charge
to
the
Jury
,
in
a
Discourse
touchi●
Nature
of
the
Treasons
laid
to
the
Prisoners
charge
,
as
to
the
evil
that
might
have
e●sued
,
if
his
Designs
had
taken
effect
.
The
Jury
withdrew
for
some
time
,
and
then
returning
,
brought
in
the
Prisoner
G●●ty
of
High-Treason
.
After
some
few
questions
ask'd
the
Prisoner
,
who
gave
no
satisfactory
answer
t●
what
was
demanded
of
him
.
The
Court
w●nt
on
to
give
Sentence
,
which
was
acco●●ingly
done
in
the
words
following
.
That
you
shall
return
to
the
place
from
whence
you
came
,
from
thence
to
be
draw●
upon
a
Hurdle
to
the
place
of
Execution
,
and
there
to
be
Hanged
up
by
the
Neck
,
an●
to
be
cut
down
Alive
,
and
your
Privy-Members
to
be
cut
off
and
Burnt
before
yo●
Face
;
and
your
Quarters
to
be
Disposed
of
as
Their
Majesties
shall
think
fit
,
and
th●
Lord
have
Mercy
on
your
Soul
.
On
January
the
28.
Captain
Ashtoun
was
drawn
upon
a
Hurdle
to
the
place
●●
Execution
,
and
there
Hanged
,
his
Friends
having
beged
his
Body
in
order
to
its
I●terment
,