Political Letters And Pamphlets, Published For The Avowed Purpose Of Trying With The Government The Question Of Law - Whether All Publications Containing News Or Intelligence, However Limited In Quantity Or Irregularly Issued, Are Liable To The Imposition

4to. pp. 1 p.l., 12, [1 leaf]contents, 16, 16, 16, 16, 24, 16, 16, 16. 9 issues only. all but 1 issue with woodcut headpiece. disbound (some foxing & soiling to first 8 leaves). Carpenter maintained that his journal, Political Letters, was not liable to the stamp duty on newspapers, and he in fact issued it partly to try the question. A prosecution followed in the court of exchequer. At the trial Carpenter defended himself, was convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in the king's bench. An account of the trial is included here (issue for May 4, 1831), in addition to: An Expostulatory Letter To The Commissioners of Stamps (October 21, 1830); A Monitory Letter to Sir Robert Peel (October 15, 1830); A Monitory Letter to the People of England (October 29, 1830); A Letter to the Aristocracy of England (November 6, 1830); Facts and Observations Connected with the Present Times (November 18, 1830); A Letter to Earl Grey (November 25, 1830); A Political Miscellany (December 9, 1830); A Political Omnibus (April 8, 1831).…