The Report of the Trials of the Rioters at the Assizes Held at Warwick August 20th 1791. Before the Rt Hon Mr Baron Perryn. Taken in Short-Hand by Marsom & Ramsey.

Protestant Dissenters in Birmingham.

Published by John Thompson., 1791

About this Item

156 pages with the various trials described of the 10 rioters arrested for various offenses of crimes against buildings and people and primarily against the outspoken Joesph Priestley, the trials of the various accused were held over two days, August 22nd & 23rd 1791, most sentenced to death it appears, it lists/names the jurors on the case (25 in total), the pamphlet has been trimmed later and has the partial name of S. Copland partly seen at head of the title page and is contemporary with the pamphlet, ex-Libris bookplate of "Percival F. Hinton" inside front wrapper, wrappers also later with a paper label on the cover, Note* Priestley was forced to flee to America after this incident and spent the lat 10 years of his life there.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Report of the Trials of the Rioters at the Assizes Held at Warwick August 20th 1791. Before the Rt Hon Mr Baron Perryn. Taken in Short-Hand by Marsom & Ramsey.
• Publisher: John Thompson.
• Publication Date: 1791
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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