CHAPTER IX.

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State-Trial Ceremonies――Lord Wintoun in Court――Opening of the Trial――The Legal Assailants――The King’s Witnesses――The Rev. Mr. Patten――Patten’s Character of Wintoun――Military Witnesses――The Surrender at Preston――A Prisoner at Bay――Incidents of the Trial――Wintoun Baited by Cowper――The King’s Counsel――The Verdict――Sir Constantine Phipps――A Fight for Life――The Fight grows Furious――The Sentence――Doom Borne Worthily――The Jacobite Lawyer 169