The Sentence and Affidavit of John Church, the Obelisk Preacher / For an Attempt to Commit an Unnatural Crime on Adam Foreman, at Vauxhall. Together With Judge Bayley's Impressive Address to the Prisoner, at Full Length. At the Court of King's Bench, Nov. 24, 1817.
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A contemporaneous courtroom transcript presents the defendant's affidavit, counsel submissions, and a judge's extended address after conviction for an attempted unnatural crime. The affidavit recounts alleged public outrage and attacks on the defendant's household seeking leniency; counsel emphasizes breach of assumed piety; the judge condemns exploitation of trust, states the prison term and postrelease securities, and the report records courtroom atmosphere, crowd reaction, and appended letters and procedural details that illuminate legal reasoning and social response.
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