Note 798 — Chapter XII · (continued 2)

See this business well discussed by the acute and indefatigable Ralph, p. 722, and by Lord John Russell, p. 253. See also State Trials, ix. 358 et post. There appears no cause for doubting the reality of what is called the Ryehouse plot. The case against Walcot (Id. 519) was pretty well proved; but his own confession completely hanged him and his friends too. His attainder was reversed after the revolution, but only on account of some technical errors, not essential to the merits of the case.