TABLE OF CONTENTS. III.-Appeal with specifications of error.... History of the case prior to the appeal. Judgment of General Assembly of 1892, reversing the decision of the Presbytery dismissing the case.... PAGE Grounds of the appeal with the specifications of Order of procedure in taking the vote upon the Vote of each member of Presbytery in detail on the Protest as to Rev. Mr. Mingin's vote. Answer to the protest..... PAGE 165 166 Report of Committee and form of final judgment... 166 the Presbytery... 169 Exception of Prosecuting Committee as to stenograpic report of the trial...... 170 Exception of Prosecuting Committee to the final judgment... .... V.-Appellant's opening argument in favor of entertaining the appeal presented by Dr. Birch, Chairman of the Prosecuting Committee.. VI.-Appellant's closing argument in favor of entertaining the appeal presented by Mr. McCook, a member of the Prosecuting Committee .... VIL-Preliminary statement submitted by Mr. McCook, as to procedure and designating the portions of the record to be used by the Appellant during the argument of the appeal... VIII.-Appellant's opening argument on the merits and in favor of sustaining the appeal presented by Dr. Lampe, a member of the Prosecuting Committee.. IX.-Appellant's closing argument in favor of sustaining the appeal, being Mr. McCook's reply to Dr. Briggs' argument upon the merits of the appeal .... X-Appendix containing the judgment of the General Assembly and vote of thanks to the Prosecuting Committee... 170 172 190 259 264 347 374 I. This volume contains the printed documents and arguments submitted by the Prosecuting Committee, representing the Appellant, in the case of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Appellant, against the Rev. Charles A. Briggs, D. D., Appellee, before the One Hundred and Fifth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in session at Washington, D. C., May, 1893, together with the Judgment of the Assembly therein. The case came before the General Assembly upon appeal from the final judgment of the Presbytery of New York, entered on the 9th day of January, 1893. The history of the case prior to the hearing before the General Assembly is given in the appeal as printed at page 13. The proceedings before the Assembly in the judicial case were as follows: On May 23d, the Judicial Committee, by its Chairman, the Rev. George D. Baker, D. D., brought in its report upon the appeal, which was entitled "Judicial Case Number I." A minority report was presented by the Rev. Samuel J. Niccolls, D. D. The report of the Committee was amended by the General Assembly and adopted as a whole, as follows: |