Caermarthen, who, as Lord President, took precedence of all the nobility, was appointed Lord High Steward.

A full report of the proceedings has come down to us.

No person, who carefully examines that report, and attends to the opinion unanimously given by the judges in answer to a question which Nottingham drew up, and in which the facts brought out by the evidence are stated with perfect fairness, can doubt that the crime of murder was fully brought home to the prisoner.

Such was the opinion of the King who was present during the trial; and such was the almost unanimous opinion of the public.

Had the issue been tried by Holt and twelve plain men at the Old Bailey, there can be no doubt that a verdict of Guilty would have been returned.