Histories Libel Trial Attacks a Woman and Tom Paine
In a heated court speech the lawyer denounces a historian for libel against Mrs Bonneville and Tom Paine. He condemns the historian as a malicious compiler who uses scandal to attack religion, truth, and character, urging jurors to weigh motive and evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Pombe
Libeller
Tom Paine
Prince of
Kingdom of Heaven
Burke
Bishop Watson
Paine
Thomas Paine
Lovett’s
New York
Manly
Hitts
Hitts, (I Have Marked the Page Down For Your Inpection) and Mr. Hitts
France
Alarming State of the Country Debate in Lords
Lord Ethine voices caution over Commons power and asserts the supremacy of the law. He urges awaiting legal opinion from Lord Ellenborough and warns against Parliament usurping authority, pledging independence of opinion despite alliance with colleagues.
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House of Lords
Lord Ethine
House of Commons
Lord Ellenborough
Pemberton