Scroggs, SIR WILLIAM, synonym for an unjust, venial, and brutal judge, became Chief-justice of the King's Bench in 1678, and was specially notorious for cruelty and partiality during the trial of the unfortunates accused of complicity in the alleged Popish Plot (see OATES). In 1680 he was impeached by the Commons, but removed from office by the king on a pension. He died in 1683.
Scroggs, SIR WILLIAM
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