A Genuine Copy of the Tryal of J--- P----l, Esq; &c...
A Satirical "Trial" of a Controversial Pamphleteer [Perceval, John, 2nd Earl of Egmont (1711-1770)]. A Genuine Copy of the Tryal of J----- P------l, Esq; &c. Commonly Call'd, E----- of E-------. The Reputed Author of a Pamphlet, Entituled, An Examination of the Principles, &c. Of the Two B-----rs. Try'd on Wednesday the 22d of February, At the Old-Bailey. For Several High Crimes and Misdemeanours. On a Special Commission of Oyer and Terminer. Directed to the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Truth, The Lord Chief Baron Reason, And Mr. Justice Honesty. Taken in Short-hand by a Barrister at Law, And Revis'd and Publish'd by Order of the Judges. London: Printed for R. Freeman near Ludgate, [1749]. [2], 52 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Disbound pamphlet. Moderate toning, light foxing to a few leaves, first leaf separating at head but secure. $450. * Only edition, one of two issues, both from the same year. Perceval, an Anglo-Irish politician and pamphleteer, published two pamphlets critical of Prime Minister Henry Pelham and his brother Thomas Pelham-Holles in 1749. Our pamphlet, a satirical "trial," is a response to one of these. Perceval is tried before the Lord Chief Justice Truth, the Lord Chief Baron Reason, and Mr. Justice Honesty for publishing a "scandalous, and malicious pamphlet...stuff'd full of virulent invectives, false facts, gross, scandalous, and scurrilous representations of men and things" (3). Unsurprisingly, the jury finds Perceval guilty. English Short-Title Catalogue T144606.
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