Chartist Interest, facsimile edition : The Queen against Bronterre O'Brien and others. February 29, 1840. at the Newcastle Spring Assizes, 1840, 1st, for unlawful assembly on July 7, 1839; 2nd, for seditiously meeting to raise discontent, and breaches of the peace, and by inflammatory speeches to obstruct the execution of the laws; 3rd, for conspiracy with the like objects. A 1982 facsimile reproduction, preserving the original text and layout.
London: Reports of State Trials, New Series, HMSO, 1892. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). Very Good. Item #350681
O'Brien was arrested in 1840 and charged with making a seditious speech in Manchester. Convicted of sedition, he served eighteen months in Lancaster Prison. Upon release he disagreed with Feargus O'Connor regarding Physical Force Chartism and parliamentary elections. O'Brien wanted to have Chartist candidates whilst O'Connor preferred to attempt to pressure the Whig government by encouraging votes for Tory candidates. 14 pages, printed in double columns. A trial from the Reports of State Trials, New Series, 1892, published in facsimile, 1982. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Macdonell & Wallis's State Trials and is now preserved in a modern card cover for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable rebinding that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: State Trials; Chartism; State Trials::New Series;.
Keywords: BZDB395 Chartism. Chartist. State Trials; Chartism; State Trials::New Series; HIGH CRIMES & NATIONAL DRAMA Chartist Interest, facsimile edition : The Queen against Bronterre O'Brien and others. February 29, 1840. at the Newcastle Spring Assizes,
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