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Debate on juries and libel in early government dissent
The speaker argues juries should act as both judges of law and fact in cases against public abuse. He critiques prosecutions as malicious and seditious while defending the right to publish and defend oneself in print against Jacobite and nonjuror elements. He cites libel penalties, treason talk, and cases of dissenters and preachers amid a volatile political climate.
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