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Testimony and slander in Paine Bonneville trial unfolds
A courtroom oration recounts Carver and Cheetham’s alleged calumnies against Mrs Bonneville, Paine, and others. The speaker denounces slander as atheistic malice, defends Paine’s reputation, and depicts witnesses questioned, with a dramatic turn to virtuous wives and a final pledge to truth.
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la Trappe
Carver
Paine
Thomas Bonneville
Tom Paine
Mr. Paine
Madame Bonneville
Mr.Carver
Cheetham
Firth
Mr. Carver
Purdy’s
Hefsand
Mrs. Bonneville
Paris
Mr. Bonneville
Venice
Manly
Mr. Cheetham
Tesling
Underhill
Mr. Pelton
Bonneville
Sommerville