Item #39273 A FULL AND ACCURATE REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM COBBETT, ESQ. (BEFORE LORD TENTERDEN AND A SPECIAL JURY,) ON THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1831, IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH, LONDON. William Cobbett.

A FULL AND ACCURATE REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM COBBETT, ESQ. (BEFORE LORD TENTERDEN AND A SPECIAL JURY,) ON THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1831, IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH, LONDON.

New York: Published by John Doyle, 12, Liberty-Street, 1831. 47, [1] pp. Disbound and lightly dusted. Good+.

"A prosecution for libel, in which Cobbett was charged with a publication intended 'to raise discontent in the minds of the labourers in husbandry, and to incite them to acts of violence.' The prosecution failed, the jury being divided six to six" [Gaines].
"Cobbett had been sympathetic with the revolt of the agricultural laborers in his Political Register of 11 December 1830, and it was for these sentiments that he was brought to trial. Cobbett, then aged 68, delivered an eloquent defense in his own behalf...The report of the Cobbett defense was distributed throughout England" [McCoy].
Gaines, Cobbett 90. Cohen 13313. McCoy C405 [London printing]. Item #39273

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