TRIAL OF A PEER
Probability in London LAST ONE 34 YEARS AGO London, August 28. The rare occurrence of a trial of a peer by peers is expected to follow the committal for trial of Lord de Clifford by a Kingston magistrate on a charge of manslaughter. , Lord de Clifford was driving a car when it came into collision with a car driven by Douglas Hopkins, who was killed.
A trial by peers would be avoided if the Director of Public Prosecutions reduces the charge.
It is recalled that the last trial of a peer took place in 1901, when the late Earl Russell was tried in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords before 200 peers and 10 judges and was found guilty of bigamy. He served three months’ imprisonment, and later received a free pardon. There was a previous trial in 1841.
Edward Southwell Russell, 26th taron, was born in 1907, and succeeded to the barouy. which was created in 1299. in 1909. He is a lieutenant in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 286, 30 August 1935, Page 7
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