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

86148.

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.

DEDICATION.

TO

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