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The Church of England still persecuted or The case of Mr. Murray, depos'd by the Presbytry of Perth, on the 10th of January, for reading the English service.
Dungworth, Rev.Date: 1712]- Books
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The whole proceedings on the trials of two informations exhibited ex Officio by the King's Attorney-General against George Gordon, Esq. commonly called Lord George Gordon: one for a libel on the queen of France and the French ambassador; the other for a libel on the judges, and the administration of the laws in England. Also of Thomas Wilkins, for printing the last-mentioned libel. Tried in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 6th of June, 1787; Before the Hon. Francis Buller, Esq. One of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of King's Bench. Taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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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, active 1706-1712.Date: [1712]- Books
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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- Books
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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, -1765.Date: 1731