Excerpt from State Trials of Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Captain William Kidd: Condensed and Copied From the State Trials of Francis Hargrave, London, 1776, and of T. B, Howell London, 1816, With Explanatory Notes The first edition of the "State Trials," contained in four volumes folio, was published in 1719. The compiler was Mr. Salmon. It began with the trial of William Thorp for heresy, in the eighth year of the reign of Henry IV., and ended with that of Dr. Sacheverell, near the end of Queen Anne's reign. A second edition appeared in 1730. New matter was added which increased the size to six volumes. The editor was Mr. Emlyn. Tho preface to this edition is remarkable. Extracts from it, commenting on the language of Sir Edward Coke, will be found in notes in the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh in this volume. Mr. Emlyn was the editor of Sir Matthew Hale's "History of the Pleas of the Crown." In 1742 a third edition was issued. In 1766 two additional volumes appeared which brought the date of the State Trials to the year 1700. The fourth edition, edited by Francis Hargrave, Esquiro, contained ten volumes. It was issued in 1775. The eleventh or supplemental volume to this fourth edition by Mr. Hargrave was published in 1781. A complete collection of "State Trials and proceedings for high treason and other crimes and misdemeanors from the earliest period to the year 1783," compiled by T. B. Howell, Esquire, F. R. S., F. S. A., including the matter contained in the folio edition of Mr. Hargrave, was issued in twenty-one volumes in 1810. This collection is of inestimable value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.