The necessity of disinterment, under existing circumstances, being an apology, &c., in a letter to the Mayor of Exeter / by William Cooke, Surgeon.

  • Cooke, William, 1802-1834.
Date:
1827
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The necessity of disinterment, under existing circumstances, being an apology, &c., in a letter to the Mayor of Exeter / by William Cooke, Surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN APOLOGY, &c. sir; Actuated by a respectful deference to the chief magistrate of the city of Exeter, I venture to ad¬ dress that individual, who so ably occupies the place and station, at the present moment. After the remarks which fell from Mr. Justice Park upon the subject of local jurisdiction at the late city assize,—remarks which no one in court, and least of all yourself, can possibly have forgotten,— there can be no occasion for my referring to the subject, for the sake of any explanation of my conduct, in procuring the removal of my past cause into an adjoining county. You know, I presume to think, Sir, that it is difficult for men even of enlarged minds to divest themselves of opinions once formed,—perhaps publicly declared.-—Rumour has a thousand tongues, and prejudice catches every whisper ;—- is it fair then, that I, or any one else should be tried by a jury who could by any possibility pre¬ judge the question? Otherwise, the amount of evidence adduced, would be but too frequently a