Letter from the Chief clerk to myself informing
me that the jurors may be encouraged to break the oaths that they had taken.
The oath that they'd taken was this. [quote] "I sincerely swear by almighty
God that i will faithfully try the defendant according to the evidence."
[Unquote] The oath could not be broken after the jury had discharged their
duty by delivering their verdicts. The letter was, apparently, designed
to deceive the jurors
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Evidence of Mrs. West's Perjury
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