The whole of the proceedings at the Assizes at Shrewsbury, on Friday August the sixth 1784, in the cause of the King on the prosecution of William Jones, attorney at law, against the Reverend William Davies Shipley, Dean of St. Asaph, for a libel
Subtitle: before the Honourable Francis Buller, Esq., one of the judges of His Majesty's Court of the King's Bench
By: taken in short hand by William Blanchard ... ; n.b., the greater part of the arguments of the counsel revised by themselved.
Contributors: Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794.; Blanchard, William Isaac, d. 1796.; Great Britain. Assizes (Salop, England)
Publisher: Printed by H. Goldney, and sold by J. Johnson ... R. Faulder ... R. Turner ... and W. Blanchard ...
Published: 1784
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Shipley, William Davies, -- 1745-1826 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Jones, William, -- Sir, -- 1746-1794 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Jones, William, -- Sir, -- 1746-1794; Trials (Seditious libel) -- England -- Shrewsbury; Freedom of the press -- Great Britain
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc
Notes: Signatures: pi1 A-G² chi1.

Shipley was charged with seditious libel for the publication of William Jones's "Principles of government."

Not in ESTC.

With: Shipley, William Davies. The proceedings in the cause the King against the Dean of St. Asaph. Chester : Printed by John Monk for J. Gurney, and sold by M. Gurney ... London, [1783?]. Bound together subsequent to publication.