5202 THE SPEECHES OF THE HON. THOMAS ERSKINE, (NOW LORD ERSKINE,) WHEN AT THE BAR, ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS; AGAINST CONSTRUCTIVE TREASONS, AND ON MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. COLLECTED BY JAMES RIDGWAY. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. NEW-YORK: PRINTED FOR EASTBURN, KIRK, & co. No. 86 BROADWAY, CORNER OF WALL-STREET. 1813. THE MILIT THE NEW YORK 560939 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1912 L UF THE UNITED STATES JOHN FORBES, PRINTER, 61 FAIR-STREET. CONTENTS PAGE Subject of the Trial of THOMAS CARNAN、 21 Mr. Erskine's Speech on his Behalf 23 Subject of the Trial of Lord GEORGE GORDON 35 41 Mr. Erskine's Speech on his Motion for a new Trial in de- fence of the Dean of St. Asaph 121 V 123 Judgment of the Court in the Case of the Dean of St. Asaph 210 Mr. Erskine's Speech in Arrest of Judgment in this Cause 222 Preface to the Trial of THOMAS PAINE for a Libel, in publish- 227 Subject of the Trial of the Printer and Publisher of Thomas Paine's Age of Reason 331 Speech of Mr. Erskine in Support of the Prosecution 333 Subject of the Trial of JOHN STOCKDALE for a Libel Mr. Erskine's Speech for the Defendants Lord Kenyon's Charge on summing up Speech for James Hadfield, in the Court of King's Bench, on a Trial at Bar, April 26, 1800, on a Charge of High Trea- Speech for George Stratton, Henry Brooke, Charles Floyer, and George Mackay, esquires, on a Prosecution for a High Misdemeanor in the Arrest and Imprisonment of Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras, as delivered in the Court of King' Bench, on the 5th of February 1780 Speech in the Court of King's Bench against a new Trial, in |