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George Jacob Holyoake. The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England
The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England
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PREFACE
THE HISTORY OF THE LAST TRIAL BY JURY FOR ATHEISM
CHAPTER I. BEFORE THE IMPRISONMENT
CHAPTER II. THE TRIAL
CHAPTER III. AFTER THE SENTENCE
CHAPTER IV. AFTER THE LIBERATION
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George Jacob Holyoake
A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy
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To the truth, it is no great proof a posteriori of a man's extravagance, that he should be involved in legal proceedings in Cheltenham on account of freedom of speech. Owing to priestly and conventional influences, that town will furnish a jury who would, under direction, bring in any man guilty of blasphemy who boiled his tea-kettle on a Sunday. Not long before the time now spoken of, a Mormon preacher, holding forth there, happened to say that the Elements of Euclid were as true as the Bible: and for this he was indicted for blasphemy, and was only saved from imprisonment by the grand jury (who must have had infidel tendencies) throwing out the bill.
On the morning after my apprehension I was taken before the Rev. Dr. Newell, R. Capper, and J. Overbury, Esquires, magistrates of Cheltenham. The Rev. Dr. Newell ought to have had the pride, if not the decency, to have kept away.
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