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If the Accused was sitting here , I was standing there - that is how the line was arranged . A rather complicated arrangement was proposed by which cognizance of the case was first to be taken in the King 's Court ; if the culprit proved to be a clerk , the case was to be tried in the ecclesiastical court , but an officer of the King 's Court was to be present , who , if the accused were found guilty , was to conduct him back to the King 's Court after degradation , where he would be dealt with as an ordinary criminal and adequately punished . And if a grave crime had been committed , the author of 1 If the accused were suspected of other crimes besides the one that was the subject of the particular inquiry , the jury were told to say whether he were guilty de hoc quod ei imponitur , vel de aliis maleficiis vel non . Arraignment shall be held in open court upon the appearance of an accused in response to a Criminal Summons or Citation or , if the accused was arrested and confined , within seventy-two ( 7 2 ) hours of the arrest , Saturdays , Sundays and legal holidays excepted . The complainant or accused may appeal the decision to the President , or , if the accused is the President , to the Board of Trustees . Most states have laws that provide for the seizure of property used in connection with the commission of a crime and , if the accused is convicted of the criminal charge , for the forfeiture of the property to the state or a political subdivision thereof . So tender and mindful is our law on the subject , that it not only discards the barbarous usage once prevailing in England , by which alleged criminals were denied counsel , but , if the accused is destitute , it is the duty of the court to assign him counsel . If the accused is found to be responsible , the accused may make a statement in his / her behalf regarding the sanction . If the accused were not put to death , no one would take the accusations seriously . Trust will arise if the accused is not reduced , in order to fend off the charges laid against him , to limiting himself to the circumstances of the charge , if , as in England for example , he can call on his entire past life to speak for his innocence , if he has the right to confront , to use the expression coined by a famous judge , the crime of which he is accused with his own earlier conduct , and if his good deeds , if his virtues , can be called upon and thus be used as defenders and witnesses for a person who has long surrounded himself with them .