The Proceedings At Large on the Trial of George Gordon, Esq; Commonly Called Lord George Gordon, for High Treason, in the Court of King's Bench, Westminster

London : Printed for the editor: Sold by M. Harrison, No. 2, Red Lion Court, Fleet-Street. Fully re-bound in modern brown cloth. Gilt decorative bands on spine. Black Morocco paste-down on front board with gilt lettering and border. Perfect binding. Clean, unmarked pages with minor toning to beginning and ending segments.The Trial of Lord George Gordon for high treason occurred on 5 February 1781 before Lord Mansfield in the Court of King's Bench, as a result of his role in the Gordon Riots. Gordon, President of the Protestant Association, had led a protest against the Papists Act 1778, a Catholic relief bill. Intending only to hand in a petition to Parliament, Gordon riled the crowd by announcing the postponement of the petition, denouncing Members of Parliament and launching "anti-Catholic harangues". The crowd of protesters fragmented and began looting nearby buildings; by the time the riots had finished a week later, 300 had died, and more property had been damaged than during the entire French Revolution. Gordon was almost immediately arrested, and indicted for levying war against the King.This is a bright and well-restored copy of the proceedings of this famed case.…