Note 628 — Chapter III
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Ibid. 117, 118. Sergeant Baldwin produced the letter, saying, “We do conceive a letter from one of that party, bearing date about the same time, concerning Mr. Whitebread’s summons, who was then master of the company, is very good evidence against them.”
The prosecution was forced to retract, and Mr. Finch, the junior, was made to eat his leader’s words: “My Lord, it can affect no particular person, but we only use it in general.”