Trial of Charles I

This is John De Leon, the great port of Richmond, in London, England. My noon has come this 27th day of January 1649, the hour when Charles Stewart, King of England, would be sentenced to die for treason by this Puritan court dominated by General Oliver Cromwell.

The king was judged guilty yesterday after trial that lasted six days. The death sentence will undoubtedly be handed down here today, unless, and this is the great question of the moment, Unless the king humbles himself publicly by offering to abdicated throne.

This great court here at Westminster where this trial is being held is packed with spectators and soldiers. Many dignitaries are in the special galleries overlooking the judges' bench. January 11th, October 1649, May alone, London and England.

You are the... to it, champion of the divine right of kings, can save his life if he will recognize the sovereignty of his people. C.B.S. takes you back three hundred years to the great crisis in this struggle between English monarchy and parliament.

All things are, as they were then, except for one thing. When C.B.S. is there, you are there. You are there, produced and directed by Robert Louis Cheyenne, is based on authentic historical and quotation. And now, mow down the great court of West Mesa and John Deyay.

To save his life by surrendering his throne, the 68 judges who have tried the king and will sentence him, today, have still not entered the great war. Their in the painted chamber close by this courtroom should be filing in shortly.

Yesterday, the 68 judges finished hearing evidence, although the king was not present. For the first three days of the trial he consistently refused to recognize the court's authority and so the judges proceeded without him. Yesterday the court announced its verdict of guilty.