... murders, treasons etc that happened during the war, when they were responsible for many of them themselves! When Charles was asked to plead innocent or guilty, he refused and said that the court had no legal right to try him. In actual fact, this was sort of true- as all courts were supposed to be under the king's authority. Then, when the witnesses were called, only evidence against Charles was gathered, and none to support him. Also, Charles was not allowed to be present, so he could not say whether the statements were true or not! Charles was accused of starting the war- many witnesses described him raising his standard at Nottingham. This was true, or so we have learnt (!?). Next a soldier who had changed sides from the king to the parliamentarians gave evidence against Charles which put him across as brutal, not caring for his prisoners that ...

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