The criminal trial.

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A CRIMINAL TRIAL, is one that calls for retribution for a crime.

In order to launch a criminal trial, there must be a body of evidence. The trial begins with a complaint on which permission is asked to gather information; information against the accused is heard; the information is admitted; the accused is interrogated; &, if it is necessary to conclude the trial in the extraordinary way, it is ordained that the witnesses be re-examined in their depositions, & confronted with the accused; & following the last interrogation to which the accused is subjected, & the conclusive findings, a judgment is rendered against the accused.