In Fiction
The 1949 movie Kind Hearts and Coronets, set around 1900, depicts trial of a peer by the House of Lords.
Dorothy Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey book, Clouds of Witness, depicts trial of a peer (Wimsey's brother) by the House of Lords.
Read more about this topic: Judicial Functions Of The House Of Lords
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“... any fiction ... is bound to be transposed autobiography.”
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