Related Clues:

• Said ''Not guilty,'' perhaps
• Asserted one's innocence, perhaps
• Implored (with "with")
• A revolutionary concealing gun briefly that's fallen out
• Appealed, as for mercy
• Quarrelled
• Had been contentious, one held
• Having quarrelled with, scribble a rude note to pop in
• Wrangled
• Rag due (anag.)
• Element in exercise by department put forward in case?
• Claimed in court
• Said ''no contest,'' say
• Spoke while on bended knee, perhaps
• Said 'Not guilty,' e.g