Trial of william cobbett for Libels on the Right Hon. philip Earl of hardwicke, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; the Right Hon. john Lord redesdale, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland; the Hon. francis osborne, one of the Justices of the Court of King”s-Bench of Ireland; and alexander.marsden, Esq., one of the under Secretaries in the Office of the Chief Secretary of the said Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; tried by a special Jury before the Right Hon. Edward Lord Ellenborough, Lord Chief Justice of HM”s Court of King”s-Bench, at Westminster, on Thursday May 24:
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Judgment Date | 01 January 1804 |
Docket Number | 670 |
Date | 01 January 1804 |
Court | State Trial Proceedings |
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