ABSTRACT
This paragraph is the first jarring note in the smooth progress of the trial. It is unclear precisely how Keeling’s objection was raised. Was it expressed in the open court after Robert Chandler had presented his evidence and before the following witness was to appear? f if the trial occupied several days, as Edward Stephens, Hale’s son-in-law, wrote, was Keeling’s position expressed informally after the trial had recessed and the officials were airing their views?
