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were not shared by the Council when it wanted to act,
Councillor George Kendall was condemned by a jury and shot
in 1608 merely on the suspicion of spying for Spain, and
it is not clear that he was convicted according to the
common law requirement of two witnesses, The ohly accuser
of whom ve have record is James Read, the artisans who
had insulted Wingfield, and who at es moment he made the
accusation was Sy ndine on the gallows awaiting execution,

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in 1608 merely on the suspicion of spying for Spain, and
it is not clear that he was convicted according to the
common law requirement of two witnesses, The ohly accuser
of whom ve have record is James Read, the artisan, who
had insulted Wingfield, and who at the moment he made the
accusation was standing on the gallows awaiting execution.

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