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 |