State law [electronic resource] : or, the Doctrine of Libels, Discussed and Examined. Shewing, I. Ev...
State law [electronic resource] : or, the Doctrine of Libels, Discussed and Examined. Shewing, I. Every species of defamatory-writing, what shall be deemed and taken for such; and how far the same are Punishable by the Laws of the Land. II. The Sense of both Civil and Canon Lawyers in this Points with great Variety of Precedents, and Adjudged Cases. Faithfully cited from all our Reports. III. Particular Instances of Printed Libels; with the Proceedings against, 1. H. Carr, for writing The Weekly Packet of Advices from Rome, 31 Car. II. 2. Of S. Johnson and R. Baxter for Libelling King James II. 3. Of Hurt, for printing The Flying Post, 12 Anne. 4. Of Curll, for printing Ker of Kersland's Memoirs, &c. 10 Geo. ... With two remarkable cases: 1. Temp. Hen. 70. of Several Persons executed for a Libel against his Ministry, which was deemed High-Treason. 2. The Case of Sir William Williams, (speaker of the House of Commons) fined 10000l. for a Libel. Also, the opinions of Lord Chief Justice Hale, Holt, and Parker, concerning state-libels. .
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[London] : In the Savoy: printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, [assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;] for T. Wotton, at the Three Daggers and Queen's Head, opposite St. Dunstan's-Church; and J. Shuckburgh, next door to the Rainbow Coffee-House, at the Inner Temple-Gate, Fleet-Street, [1730?]
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[1730?]
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iv,[8],136p. ; 8°.
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[London] : In the Savoy: printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, [assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;] for T. Wotton, at the Three Daggers and Queen's Head, opposite St. Dunstan's-Church; and J. Shuckburgh, next door to the Rainbow Coffee-House, at the Inner Temple-Gate, Fleet-Street, [1730?]
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The second edition, with a table.
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England
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[1730?]
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State law [electronic resource] : or, the Doctrine of Libels, Discussed and Examined. Shewing, I. Every species of defamatory-writing, what shall be deemed and taken for such; and how far the same are Punishable by the Laws of the Land. II. The Sense of both Civil and Canon Lawyers in this Points with great Variety of Precedents, and Adjudged Cases...
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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