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theAttorney-Generalprayed judg- 

 ment against Mr. Cobbett, T. C. 

 Hansard (the printer) and John 

 Budd and Richard Bagshaw (the 

 publishers) which was as follows : 

 " That you, William Cobbett, do 

 , pay a fine to the king of 1,000/. ; 

 that you be imprisoned in his ma- 

 jesty's gaol of Newgate for the 

 space of two years ; that, at the 

 expiration of that time, you enter 

 into a recognizance to keep the 

 peace for seven years, yourself in 

 the sum of 3,000/. and two sureties 

 in the sum of 1,000/. each. And, 

 further, that you be imprisoned till 

 that recognizance be entered into, 

 and that fine paid." 



The judge then pronounced the 

 sentence of the court on T. C. 

 Hansard, the printer. He observ- 

 ed, that the case of the other three 

 defendents differed from that of the 

 defendant Cobbett, inasmuch as 

 they had no share in the profits of 

 the libel ; but, as Hansard had 

 seen the copy before it wasprinted, 

 he ought not to have suffered it to 

 have been printed. He was, there- 

 fore, sentenced to three months im- 

 prisonment in theking's-benchpri- 

 son, and at the expiration of that 

 term to enter into a recognizance 

 to keep the peace: himself in 400/. 

 and two sureties in 200/. each; and 

 to be further imprisoned until such 

 security be given. Messrs. Budd 

 and Bagshaw, the publishers, were 

 each sentenced to two months 

 confinement in the same prison. 



Nov. 26. Court of King s-hench. 

 — TheKiiig v. John Gale Jones, for 



a libel Mr. Jones was brought up 



to receivesentence; when Mr.Jus- 

 tice Grose, after a few prefatory 

 observations, said, that •' the libel 

 had already been commented on 

 too ably from the bench and the 

 bar to require any thing further to 



be said of its nature. It was fla- 

 grant and atrocious : It went to 

 charge a public character with 

 having abused his authority to the 

 oppression of an individual. The 

 manner in which Mr. Jones at- 

 tempted to extenuate the offence 

 was an aggravation. He had 

 talked of his being an advocate 

 for the liberty of the press ; but 

 the truest friend to that liberty was 

 the most resolute opposer of its 

 licentiousness. The law was, how- 

 ever, strong and ready to protect 

 the individual, otherwise every 

 good man's character would be at 

 the mercy of those who had none ; 

 miscreants, who, for base lucre or 

 for other motives equally degrad- 

 ing, set themselves to the work of 

 calumny. It was one thing to 

 judge of a man's character, and 

 another to drag him before the 

 public and calumniate him. The 

 modeof disseminating thecalumny 

 in question made it peculiarly ma- 

 lignant. The court would now 

 order and adjudge Mr. John Gale 

 Jonestobe imprisoned in thehouse 

 of correction in Cold-bath-fields 

 for twelve months ; and to find se- 

 curities to keep the peace for three 

 years, himself in 500/. and two 

 sureties in 250/. 



The King v. Peter Finnerty. — 

 Mr. Curwood stated that he was 

 instructed to apply to the court 

 in this case, the defendant having 

 had notice to appear to receive 

 the judgment of the court to-day. 

 He observed that he had an affi- 

 davit, which he had handed to the 

 Attorney-General, stating that 

 Mr. Finnerty was confined to his 

 bed by illness, labouring under a 

 fever, and that it would be attend- 

 ed with hazard to his life to ap- 

 pear here. The learned counsel, 

 therefore, humbly applied to their 



