Trials (Libel) - England - London - Early works to 1800

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The tryal and examination of Mr. John Tutchin, for writing a certain libel, call'd the observator; before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Holt, &c. at Guild-Hall in the city of London, on Saturday the 4th of November 1704
Tutchin, John, 1661?-1707.Date: 1704
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The tryal of Richard Francklin , for a misdemeanour, in publishing a false, scandalous, and seditious extract of a private letter from the Hauge, inserted in the country journal; or, the craftsman, of Saturday, January 2, 1731. Try'd at the sittings of the Court of King's-Bench, Westminster, on Friday, December 3, 1731 before the Right Honourable Robert Lord Raymond, lord chief justice of the said court.
Francklin, Richard, d. 1765.Date: 1731
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Malice defeated or, an account of the tryal and accusation, of the Reverend Mr. Richardson, before the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London at Fulham, on Wednesday the 3d of September. Shewing the unjust Prosecution and Revenge of a surious malicious Party, set on Foot by a Whiggish Presbyterian Gang; because he had Embrac'd the Church of England: With the Depositions and Affidavits taken therein.
Richardson, William, fl. 1706-1712.Date: [1712]
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The tryal of Colley Cibber, comedian, &c. for writing a book intitled An apology for his life, &c. Being a thorough examination thereof; wherein he is proved guilty of high-crimes and misdemeanors against the English language, and in characterising many persons of distinction. Together with an indictment exhibited against Alexander Pope of Twickenham, Esq; for not exerting his talents at this juncture: and the arraignment of George Cheyne, physician at Bath, for the philosophical, physical and theological heresies, uttered in his last book of regimen.
Johnson, Thomas, 1675-1750.Date: 1740
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The tryal and conviction of Mr. George Redpeth, gent. author of the Flying-Post. Before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Parker, at the Queen's-Bench-Bar at Guild Hall, on Thursday the 19th of February, for writing, printing and publishing certain libels against the government, in the Flying-Post
Ridpath, George, d. 1726.Date: 1713