Author: STOCKDALE, JOHN (1749?-1814)
Title: The whole proceedings on the trial of an information exhibited ex officio, by the King's Attorney General, against John Stockdale : for a libel on the House of Commons, tried ... the ninth of December, 1789, ... Taken in short hand by Joseph Gurney
Description: London: Printed for John Stockdale. Opposite Burlington House. Piccadilly 1790. First Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards with the title blocked direct in gilt with gilt cross-bands. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Errata page inserted. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 228 pages; Description: xi. [1] .228. [16] p 24 cm. Notes: 'Four letters on the subject of Mr. Stockdale's trial. for a supposed libel on the House of Commons by 'A Briton'. With eight final advertisement leaves. Subjects: Logan. John. -- 1748-1786. -- Review of the principal charges against Warren Hastings. Hastings. Warren. -- 1732-1818. Jury -- Great Britain. Notes: Trial as a result of the publication of John Logan's pamphlet entitled 'A review of the principal charges against Warren Hastings'. Erskine's argument delivered Nov. 15. 1784. in support of a new trial because of a supposed judicial error in the trial of W.D. Shipley: p.[121]-228. Publisher's advertisements: p. [1]-[15] at end. 'An argument in support of the rights of juries' is by Thomas Erskine.Weight in Kg appr.:

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