facts through the maze of Irish evidence. Morally, there could
scarcely be a doubt of the case ; yet eyes may be mistaken, and one piece of print may look so like another that it would be diffi- cult to feel any certainty on the subject, if it were not for the col- lateral circumstances. Peeherine himself 1.8 a suspicion ; and, as if to strengthen the cage against the prisoner, Archbishop Cullen has delivered a pastoral charge to his clergy which justifies the burning of wicked books,—as though he intended to convey a hint to a Catholic jury that Pecherine was actually in his duty. The pure reason of the ease was not assisted by the presiding Judge, Mr. Justice Crampton, who delivered a charge to the Grand Jury, instructing them with the extraordinary doctrine that the common law of the country rests upon the Bible, and that to bring the sacred instrument of an oath into contempt is to dissolve all social obligation. This tends to confuse an otherwise clear case: for as to the outrageous character of the offence there cannot be two opinions, and, the only question for the Jury must have been that of fact.
