THE

SPEECHES

THE HON. THOMAS ERSKINE.

VOL. II.

Printed by S. GOSNELL, Little Queen Street, London.

PRINTED FOR J. RIDGWAY,
No. 170, OPPOSITE OLD BOND STREET, PICCADILLY.

CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

1

Preface to the Trial of. Thomas Paine for a

Libel, in publishing the Rights of Man

Information against Thomas Paine

3

The Attorney General's Speech in Support of the

Prosecution

46

Mr. Erskine's Speech for the Defendant

87

Subject of the Trial of the Printer and Publisher
of Thomas Paine's Age of Reason

183

Speech of Mr. Erskine in Support of the Prose-

cution

185

Subject of the Trial of John Stockdale for

a Libel

205

Mr. Erskine's Speech for the Defendant

208

Lord Kenyon's Summing up in this Cause 284

Introduction to the Trial of Mr. John Frost 289

Speech of the Attorney General in Support of

the Prosecution

290

Evidence for the Crown in this Cause

302