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The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason
The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason Author:Thomas Hardy Subtitle: At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, on Tuesday the Twenty-Eighth, Wednesday the Twenty-Ninth, Thursday the Thirtieth, Friday the Thirty-First of October, and on Saturday the First, Monday the Third, Tuesday the Fourth, and Wednesday the Fifth of November, 1794 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1794 ... more » Original Publisher: Sold by Martha Gurney Subjects: Trials (Treason) Treason Great Britian History / Europe / France History / Europe / Great Britain Law / Criminal Law / General Law / Legal History Political Science / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: You will find that upon the 8th of Auguft, Mr. Hardy wrote a letter to Mr. Tooke ; that he fent him a proof copy of this addrefs; that he hoped it would merit his attention, and his approbation ; that he fhould be exceedingly happy to be favoured with his opinion of it before it was printed. The addrefs, after ftating what they conGdered as the grievances of the country, ftates this -- " fuch being the forlorn " fituation of three-fourths of the nation, how are Britons to " obtain information and redrefs ? Will ; he court, will miniftry " afford either? Will Parliament grant them ? Will the nobles " or the clergy eafe the people's fufferings ? No. Experience " tells us, and proclamations con firm it, that the intereft and " the intention of power are combined to keep the nation in " torpid ignorance." It then ftates the only refource to be in thefe focieties; it then ftates various detailed reafons, which you will hear, and then proceeds to this effect. " Numerous other reforms would undoubtedly take place, " even in the firft feffion of parliament fo elected, dependant " only on their electors the ...« less