Legality of a Loan in England to Assist an Insurrection against the Government of a Foreign State at Peace with England, : Greek War of Independence : Demetrius de Wutz against Henricks. Motion for New trial in the Court of Common Pleas, November 10th, 1824, in an Action of Trover. An Original Trial Report from the Reports of State Trials, New Series.
London: Reports of State Trials, New Series, HMSO, 1889. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). Very Good. Item #359038
In Demetrius de Wutz v. Henricks, heard in the Court of Common Pleas in November 1824, the British judiciary confronted a provocative legal question: could a loan made in England to support an insurrection abroad, specifically the Greek War of Independence, be considered lawful under English civil law? The case, brought as an action of trover, revolved around property rights but touched on deeper issues of neutrality, foreign policy, and moral complicity. Greece was then in open revolt against Ottoman rule, and while public sympathy in Britain ran high, the government remained officially at peace with the Ottoman Empire. The court was asked to consider whether aiding a foreign rebellion, even indirectly through financial support, violated England's obligations as a neutral power. The motion for a new trial reflected the complexity of balancing private enterprise, political conscience, and international law in an era of revolutionary upheaval. 2 pages, printed in double columns. Published in the decades following Cobbett's original series, the State Trials, New Series extend the archive of British courtroom history into the 19th century, preserving landmark cases from the Georgian and early Victorian eras. These volumes continue the tradition of recording verbatim proceedings, arguments, verdicts, and judicial reasoning, with the same forensic detail and constitutional significance. Printed in the mid-19th century, each report is a direct witness to the legal and political tensions of its time: reform, sedition, press freedom, and the evolving machinery of justice. These are not facsimiles or modern reprints, but authentic period printings rarely encountered outside institutional holdings. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of the State Trials and is now preserved in a modern card cover for practicality, an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 25 cms. Category: State Trials; State Trials::New Series;.
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