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The Trial of Henry Hetherington, on an Indictment for Blasphemy

Chapter 1: A FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF HENRY HETHERINGTON
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A full court transcript of a blasphemy prosecution reproduces the indictment and its several counts accusing the publication of derogatory commentary toward parts of the Bible, records the prosecution's opening, the defendant's legal arguments and cited authorities, witness examination and jury proceedings, and includes related newspaper extracts, publisher remarks, and appended legal materials cited in the defence.

A FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF HENRY HETHERINGTON

ON AN INDICTMENT FOR BLASPHEMY,

LORD DENMAN AND A SPECIAL JURY,

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1840;

FOR SELLING HASLAM'S LETTERS TO THE CLERGY TO ALL DENOMINATIONS:

THE WHOLE OF THE AUTHORITIES CITED IN THE DEFENCE, AT FULL LENGTH.

LONDON:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HENRY HETHERINGTON, 1-26, STRAND;

AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1840

Price Sixpence.

To

JAMES WATSON,

BOOKSELLER,

THE FRIEND OF TRUTH, THE INFIDEL TO ERROR, AND THE LOVER OF LIBERTY,

THIS TRIAL

IS DEDICATED,

IN PROOF OF THE AFFECTIONATE ATTACHMENT THAT SUBSISTS BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS, WHO FULLY RECOGNISE AND ACT UPON THE PRINCIPLES AVOWED AND CONTENDED FOR IN THE FOLLOWING DEFENCE; AND AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM,

TO GOD'S NOBLEST WORK--AN HONEST MAN!

BY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND,

HENRY HETHERINGTON.