86148.

BRIDGE-STREET BANDITTI,

VERSUS

The Press.

REPORT OF THE TRIAL

OF

MARY-ANNE CARLILE,

FOR PUBLISHING

A NEW-YEAR'S ADDRESS

TO THE

Reformers of Great Britain;

WRITTEN BY

RICHARD CARLILE;

AT THE

INSTANCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION:

BEFORE

MR. JUSTICE BEST,

AND A SPECIAL JURY,

AT THE

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, LONDON,

JULY 24, 1821.

WITH THE

NOBLE AND EFFECTUAL SPEECH

OF

MR. COOPER

IN DEFENCE, AT LARGE.

London:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY R. CARLILE, 55, FLEET-STREET.

1821.

i

DEDICATION.

ΤΟ

HENRY COOPER, Esq.

BARRISTER AT LAW;

FOR the noble stand and more noble attitude which he took on this Trial-for the very eloquent, very bold, and very honest style of his Defence-and, above all, for the manly resistance which he made to, and the contempt which he shewed for, the menacing frowns of those persons who conducted, advocated, and supported this Prosecution: and to those HONEST JURYMEN who resisted their fellows in the attempt to throw the Defendant into the hands of her enemies, and the enemies of their country; and who, by their honesty and independence, have given a death-blow to those corrupt, wicked, and malignant would-be-Censors of the