ABSTRACT
MayitpleaseyourLordship,andyouGentlementhataresworn,Iam ofcounselfortheKinginthisCause,anditisuponanIndictmentby whichtheGentlemenattheBarstandaccusedofoneofthefoulestand mostwickedCrimesalmostthatanyAgecanremember:Ibelievein yourCountyyouneverknewaFactofthisNature;forhereisayoung GentlewomanofthisCountystrangledandmurderedintheNighttime. TheThingwasdoneintheDark,thereforetheEvidencecannotbeso plainasotherwisemightbe.
