THE

SPEECHES

OF

THE HON. THOMAS ERSKINE.

VOL. II.

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

SPEECHES

THE

THE HON. THOMAS ERSKINE

(NOW LORD ERSKINE),

WHEN AT THE BAR,

STOR LIBRARYS

ON

NEW-YORE

VOL. II.

LONDON:

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1

CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

Page

Preface to the Trial of THOMAS PAINE for a

Libel, in publishing the Rights of Man

Information against Thomas Paine

The Attorney General's Speech in Support of the

Prosecution

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Mr. Erskine's Speech for the Defendant

Subject of the Trial of the Printer and Publisher

of Thomas Paine's Age of Reason

Speech of Mr. Erskine in Support of the Prose-

cution

Subject of the Trial of JOHN STOCKDALE for

a Libel

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Mr. Erskine's Speech for the Defendant

Lord Kenyon's Summing up in this Cause

Introduction to the Trial of Mr. JOHN FROST 289

Speech of the Attorney General in Support of

the Prosecution

Evidence for the Crown in this Cause

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