Hawes

Hawes  was committed to prison, during the Long Parliament, by some Justices of the Peace, on the evidence of two witnesses, for speaking words derogatory to the second and third persons of the Trinity; upon which a book was forthwith printed, reflecting upon the conduct of the Magistrates. This is mentioned by Edwards, as an example of the manner in which the Sectaries, on being called to account for their proceedings by the proper authorities, "instead of confessing their offences, submitting, and carrying themselves peaceably and humbly," endeavoured to repel the charges brought against them, and to enlist the sympathies of the public in their favour, through the medium of the press.

(Vidend. Gangrsena, Pt. ii. p. 130.)

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