Joly, Jaspar Robert, 1819-1892, donor.
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
London. Citizens. Trial by jury and liberty of the press.

In 4 pts., each separately paged and with special t.-p. as follows:.

Part 1: The first trial of William Hone, on an ex-officio information. At Guildhall, London, December 17,1817, before Mr. Justice Abbott and a special jury, for publishing The late John Wilkes's catechism of a ministerial member. Tenth edition. London: Printed by and for William Hone ... 1817.

Part 2: The second trial of William Hone, on an ex-officio information. At Guildhall, London, December 19, 1817, before Lord Ellenborough and a special jury, for publishing a parody with an alleged intent to ridicule the litany, and libei [i.e. libel] the Prince Regent, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. London: Printed by and for William Hone ... 1817.

Part 3: The third trial of William Hone, on an ex-officio information. At Guildhall, London, December 20, 1817, before Lord Ellenborough and a special jury, for publishing a parody, on the Athanasian Creed, entitled "The sinecurist's creed." Third edition. London: Printed by and for William Hone ... 1818.

Part 4: Trial by jury and liberty of the press. The proceedings at the public meeting, December 29, 1817, at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of enabling William Hone, to surmount the difficulties in which he has been placed by being selected by the ministers of the Crown as the object of their persecution. Mr. Waithman in the chair. With the resolutions and the speeches of Mr. Waithman ... [and 8 others]. London: Printed by and for William Hone ... 1818.

Part 2 (the second trial) is one of two nearly identical editions in the Library. The other edition has announcements at foot of p.45 and advertising matter on verso of p.45 and the leaf following. These do not appear in the present edition.

First trial is 15th ed., 1818. Second trial is 14th ed., 1818. Third trial is 11th ed., 1818. "Trial by jury" is 3rd., 1818.

Physical description: [1] leaf, 48,45,44,20 p. ; 21 cm.