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Trials of the Seven Bishops at Westminster Hall
From White-Hall on June 28 the Duke and Dutchess of Hamilton arrived from Scotland to Leicester Field. The Seven Bishops trial occupied the day at the Kings Bench Bar with long yet inconclusive proceedings. Jurors could not agree, were kept overnight, and returned Not Guilty next morning. The city’s authorities paid compliments to the Prince of Wales, and public disturbances followed in Brafoft street as crowds pressed around the case. Reports also note conference remarks on religion, Conventicles, and a royal reaction to the birth of the Prince, with other notices and advertisements interspersed.
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