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 The Judicial History of Individual.Liberty. the dagger of Brutus and the fate of the Bourbon monarch. A piece of verse en titled, "The Wish of a Good Patriot," was even more suggestive in its intimations. The third libel was another long and la bored bit of verse, modelled on the attack of Lepidus against Sylla in the Roman Senate,

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Mackintosh's eloquent and scholarly argu ment for the liberty of the press. Meanwhile events in Ireland brought about several State prosecutions for libel there. The Government's proclamation in the autumn of 1792 against the Volunteers had been answered by the United Irishmen

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entitled "An Address to the French Na tion," in which, though containing no sug gestion of assassination, there was plain in citement to rebellion. Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough charged for a conviction, but open hostilities ensued shortly afterwards, and Peltier was never called up for judg ment. The case is mainly remembered for

in an address written by Dr. Drennan and signed by Hamilton Rowan as secretary. They were immediately prosecuted for sedi tious libel. In their defense Curran made his first conspicuous public appearance, and began, with an argument of surpassing elo quence, his brief and stormy career. His sentiments were worthv of better considera