Author: [Trial]
Title: Peterloo Massacre. Trial of James Morris on the 31st March 1820, before Mr. Justice Bayley and a Common Jury at Lancaster, for unlawfully making and selling arms. An original printing from the Reports of State Trials.
Description: Reports of State Trials, New Series, HMSO, London, 1888. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good. James Morris sold at Accrington Green, on the 12th October 1819, two pikeheads. A public meeting was advertised to be held at Bolton on the following day for the purpose of promoting Parliamentary Reform. Evidence was given that JM, while selling the pike heads, had said to the purchasers that it was no use going to the intended meeting at Bolton without such weapons. JM was indicted for making and selling pike heads for unlawful purposes. Verdict, guilty. 4 pages, printed in double columns. A trial from the Reports of State Trials, New Series. Note; this is a trial report separated from a larger volume. Size: Large octavo (15 x 23 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: State Trials::New Series; True Crime; Law. Inventory No: 359028.

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