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 Rev. William Davies Shipley, dean of St. Asaph, for a libel
Subtitle: before the Hon. 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 ...
Contributors: Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794.; 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 ... [and 3 others]
Published: 1784
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Shipley, William Davies, 1745-1826 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794; Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794; Trials (Seditious libel) -- England -- Shrewsbury; Freedom of the press -- Great Britain
Notes: Signatures: pi1 B-H⁸.
Contains copious extracts from "Principles of government, in a dialogue between a gentleman and a farmer," by Sir William Jones, the "seditious libel" which the Dean of St. Asaph was accused of publishing.
With: The proceedings in the cause of the King against the dean of St. Asaph, on the prosecution of William Jones, for a libel. [London : Society for Constitutional Information, 1783]. Bound together subsequent to publication.