Chapter 44

Lord Cochrane's Speech on application for a new Trial 554 Affidavit of Lord Cochrane 563 Affidavit of The Hon. William Erskine Cochrane 568 Statement of Major The Hon. William Cochrane's Complaint 569 Charles Random De Berenger's Affidavit 571 Mr. Butt's Speech 573 Mr. Park's Speech 575 Mr. Richardson's Speech 577 Mr. Serjeant Pell's Speech 577 Mr. C. F. Williams's Speech 581 Mr. Denman's Speech 581 Mr. Gurney's Speech 582

_Tuesday, 21 June 1814._

Mr. Justice Le Blanc's Speech in pronouncing Sentence 588

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Transcriber's Notes:

As this text is a transcription of a trial, there are inconsistencies in spelling and punctuation. They have been left as in the original except for proper names, which have been corrected to match the spelling of the title and the list of Counsel.

Words in italics in the original are surrounded by _underscores_.

The following words used an oe ligature in the original.

manoeuvres Phoenix subpoena, subpoenas, subpoenaed

Superscripts in the original have been ignored. The letters after the carat symbol were superscripted in the original:

Alex^r (for Alexander) Gab^l (for Gabriel) Hon^ble (for Honorable) J^s (for Joseph)