Beheaded Dr. John Hewytts ghost pleading, yea crying for exemplarie justice against the arbitrary, un-exampled injustice of his late judges and executioners in the new High-Commission, or Court of Justice, sitting in Westminster-Hall. Conteining his legal plea, demurrer, and exceptions to their illegal jurisdiction, proceedings, and bloody sentence against him; drawn up by counsel, and left behinde him ready ingrossed; the substance whereof he pleaded before them by word of mouth, and would have tendred them in writing in due form of law, had he not discerned thei peremptory resolution to reject and over-rule, before they heard them read.

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  • Beheaded Dr. John Hewytts ghost pleading, yea crying for exemplarie justice against the arbitrary, un-exampled injustice of his late judges and executioners in the new High-Commission, or Court of Justice, sitting in Westminster-Hall. Conteining his legal plea, demurrer, and exceptions to their illegal jurisdiction, proceedings, and bloody sentence against him; drawn up by counsel, and left behinde him ready ingrossed; the substance whereof he pleaded before them by word of mouth, and would have tendred them in writing in due form of law, had he not discerned thei peremptory resolution to reject and over-rule, before they heard them read.
  • Beheaded Dr. John Hewytts ghost pleading, yea crying for exemplarie justice against the arbitrarie, un-exampled injustice of his late judges and executioners in the new High-Commission, or Court of Justice, sitting in Westminster-Hall Plea and demurrer of Doctor Iohn Hewytt, &c Plea and demurrer of Doctor John Hewytt, &c
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Imprint
London: printed by T. Childe and L. Parry, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660.
Publication year
1660-1660
ESTC No.
R203215
Grub Street ID
80348
Description
[2], 18 p. ; 4⁰
Note
Drawn up by William Prynne on Hewit's behalf for his trial.

Most running titles read: The plea and demurrer of Doctor Iohn Hewytt, &c.

A reissue, with cancel title page, of the 1659 edition (Wing P3900).Citation/references Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), P3901