The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

LETTERS, TRACTS, t^C. 417felTors protefled, that as there was no fama clamofain the city, thofe who moved for the inquiry fhould.be held as the informers, which had made th'em flopor proceed flov/ly for fome time.—A great number ofthe moft wealthy inhabitants of Clutha had engagedto fupport the ftudent to the utmoft length—Comaloand Fuorgo had appeared in his defence—the re6torhad, in very ftrong terms, declared himfelf againft theprofecution—it v/as evident, from the air and behaviourof the fpe£lators,that they believed the profecutionto be ill founded, ridiculous, and opprefliv^—and, except the depofitions of the four judges, theproof had come out very fliort of what they had expe6led.When, therefore, the prefes put the queflion,the profefibr or judge who fpoke firft, faid. That as itwas the firft ofl-ence given by the offender, and asthere were many circumftances proved which alleviatedthe ofl^enfivenefs of the exprefTions libelled, itwas his opinion, that the defender fhould be rebukedand admoniOied ; and to this motion the other threejudges agreed. Then the prefes dictated the fentence,which v/as faid to have been agreed upon in privatebefore the court met, and which run in thefe terms," That the fludent fhould be rebuked for difrefpe