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- The Genuine Trial between The Rt. Hon. Geo. Onslow, Esq; and The Rev. Mr. John Horne . . . Tried at Guildford . . . Before the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield for Printing two Libels against, and speaking Defamatory Words of, George Onslow [etc.]
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- Printed for J. Williams . . . and J. Godwin, London, 1770].
- Description:
- Horne's first lawsuit, accused of libel by Onslow, an MP, tried before Blackstone, then Lord Mansfield [as here], and finally by the Court of Common Pleas, absolving Horne, reversing Mansfield, and increasing protections for freedom of speech
- Condition:
- Gray wraps, a bit marked and chipped, some light browning throughout, yet a good, easily legible copy, taken down in shorthand by Joseph Gurney
- Book No.:
- W-80523
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- libel and slander, trials, Parliament
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