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The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-Officio Information: At Guildhall, London, December 18, 1817, Before Mr. Justice Abbott and a Special Jury, ... of a Ministerial Member (Classic Reprint)

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Description:Excerpt from The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-Officio Information: At Guildhall, London, December 18, 1817, Before Mr. Justice Abbott and a Special Jury, for Publishing a Parody on the Late John Wilkes's Catechism of a Ministerial Member This being the whole of the case on the part of the prosecution, Mr. Hour. Rose, and addressed the Court to the following par. Port -he called upon the jury, 'as earnestly and as solemnly as the attorney-general had done, to decide upon this case according to their oaths. If he felt any embarrassment on this occasion, and he felt a great deal, it was because he was not: in the habit of addressing an assembly like that: he had never, indeed, addressed any assem bly whatever; and, therefore, he hoped that they and the Court would show their indulgence to him, standing there as he did, unassisted by counsel, to make his own defence. If he were really guilty of this libel, as the attorney-general had called it, he should not have stood there this day. So far back as May, he was arrested under a warrant by the Lord Chief Justice of that Court, Lord Ellenborough, and brought suddenly to plead to informations filed against him. He did not plead, because he conceived the pro ceeding by information to be unconstitutional, and he thought so still. However ancient this mode of proceeding might be, he was satisfied that it was never intended to be exercised in the way that it had been of late years. By this process, every man in the kingdom, however innocent he might be, was entirely at the mercy of the Attor. Neyogeneral, and of the Government. There was no security for honour, integrity, and virtue; no presentment to a jury, no previous inquiry; the victim was taken in a summary way by warrants, and brought to answer suddenly to informations of which he was wholly ignorant. Another objection which he had to plead on that occasion was, the enormous expense that must have been incurred. He had been given to understand, that making his defence in the usual way, by solicitor and counsel, would cost lool. Which would have been u>t ter ruin to him. 'he applied to the Court for copies of the informa tions, but the Court did not grant him those copies. He was sorry for this, because if they had been granted, he should have known what he was specifically charged with. On Friday last, he applied for copies at the Crown-othee, and upon paying the customary charges, he procured them. When he was placed on the oor of the Court of King's Bench, the late attorney-general, 'sir William Garrow, stated, that the informations charged him with blasphemous publications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-Officio Information: At Guildhall, London, December 18, 1817, Before Mr. Justice Abbott and a Special Jury, ... of a Ministerial Member (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-Officio Information: At Guildhall, London, December 18, 1817, Before Mr. Justice Abbott and a Special Jury, ... of a Ministerial Member (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-Officio Information: At Guildhall, London, December 18, 1817, Before Mr. Justice Abbott and a Special Jury, for Publishing a Parody on the Late John Wilkes's Catechism of a Ministerial Member This being the whole of the case on the part of the prosecution, Mr. Hour. Rose, and addressed the Court to the following par. Port -he called upon the jury, 'as earnestly and as solemnly as the attorney-general had done, to decide upon this case according to their oaths. If he felt any embarrassment on this occasion, and he felt a great deal, it was because he was not: in the habit of addressing an assembly like that: he had never, indeed, addressed any assem bly whatever; and, therefore, he hoped that they and the Court would show their indulgence to him, standing there as he did, unassisted by counsel, to make his own defence. If he were really guilty of this libel, as the attorney-general had called it, he should not have stood there this day. So far back as May, he was arrested under a warrant by the Lord Chief Justice of that Court, Lord Ellenborough, and brought suddenly to plead to informations filed against him. He did not plead, because he conceived the pro ceeding by information to be unconstitutional, and he thought so still. However ancient this mode of proceeding might be, he was satisfied that it was never intended to be exercised in the way that it had been of late years. By this process, every man in the kingdom, however innocent he might be, was entirely at the mercy of the Attor. Neyogeneral, and of the Government. There was no security for honour, integrity, and virtue; no presentment to a jury, no previous inquiry; the victim was taken in a summary way by warrants, and brought to answer suddenly to informations of which he was wholly ignorant. Another objection which he had to plead on that occasion was, the enormous expense that must have been incurred. He had been given to understand, that making his defence in the usual way, by solicitor and counsel, would cost lool. Which would have been u>t ter ruin to him. 'he applied to the Court for copies of the informa tions, but the Court did not grant him those copies. He was sorry for this, because if they had been granted, he should have known what he was specifically charged with. On Friday last, he applied for copies at the Crown-othee, and upon paying the customary charges, he procured them. When he was placed on the oor of the Court of King's Bench, the late attorney-general, 'sir William Garrow, stated, that the informations charged him with blasphemous publications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-Officio Information: At Guildhall, London, December 18, 1817, Before Mr. Justice Abbott and a Special Jury, ... of a Ministerial Member (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-Officio Information: At Guildhall, London, December 18, 1817, Before Mr. Justice Abbott and a Special Jury, ... of a Ministerial Member (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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