whole proceedings on the trial of an information exhibited ex officio, by the King's Attorney General, against John Stockdale
Subtitle: for a libel on the House of Commons, tried in the Court of King's-Bench Westminster, on Wednesday, the ninth of December, 1789, before the Right Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon : taken in shorthand by Joseph Gurney : to which is subjoined, an argument in support of the rights of juries [by T. Erskine].
Contributors: Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814, publisher.; Gurney, Joseph, 1744-1815.; Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823.; Shipley, William Davies, 1745-1826.; Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Publisher: John Stockdale
Published: 1790
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Logan, John, -- 1748-1786.; Hastings, Warren, -- 1732-1818.; Review of the principal charges against Warren Hastings.; Jury -- Great Britain.
Notes: Trial as a result of the publication of John Logan's pamphlet entitled "A review of the principal charges against Warren Hastings".

Erskine's argument delivered Nov. 15, 1784, in support of a new trial because of a supposed judicial error in the trial of W.D. Shipley: p. 121-228.

Final 16 pp. contain advts. (only present in some copies).

Reference: ESTC t83638.