Trial of John Ambrose Williams, for a Libel on the Clergy, Contained in the Durham Chronicle of August 18, 1821: Tried at the Summer Assizes, at Durham, on Tuesday, August 6th, 1822, Before Mr. Baron Wood and a Special Jury : Including a Report of the Preliminary and Subsequent Proceedings in the Court of the King's Bench, LondonWilliams, publisher of the Durham chronicle, was charged with criminal libel for attempting to bring the Church of England into contempt and vilifying the clergy of Durham. |
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