ABSTRACT

First published in The Examiner, II, 1 January 1809, pp. 1–3. For pieces related to the government’s attempts to convict the Hunt brothers of libel during this year, see, for example, The Examiner, II, 25 February 1809, pp. 122–3; 4 March 1809, pp. 129–31; 11 March 1809, pp. 145–7; 1 October 1809, pp. 625–6; 8 October 1809, pp. 641–2 and below, pp. 112–14; and 3 December 1809, pp. 771–2 and below, pp. 119–22. For later prosecutions, see headnotes below, pp. 170–1, 203–5, 215, 262–3, and 277.