The Portrait Gallery of Eminent Lawyers
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He had not only shown his sympathy for the numerous demagogues, who flourished in that time of general discontent among the laboring classes, but was in no sense particularly patriotic. On hearing of Napoleon's escape from Elba, while walking in the street, he enthusiastically threw up his hat and shouted, " Europe is free," and although he did not mix with the radicals of the day, who were men of low education and vulgar manners.
Sergeant Copley was looked upon by them as a likely de- fender i...n cases of sedition and treason, as one indeed who 165 L ORD L YNDHURS T.
had faith in democratic revolution, and even contemplated without dismay the establishment of an Anglican Republic.
Just at this time a Doctor Watson, a physician without patients, who collected large assemblages of people in Spa fields, near London, having caused a dangerous riot, was put on trial for high treason ; and Copley, with Sir Charles Wetherell, was called upon to defend him against the Crown officers. His speech, which was calm and persuasive, was a close chain of reasoning against the assumption that Watson " had levied war against the King," and his concluding words to the Jury were, '" although you can not approve of all the prisoner has said and done, you will, without hesitation, acquit him of this weighty and unfounded charge." Although Lord Ellenborough strongly charged for a conviction.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He had not only shown his sympathy for the numerous demagogues, who flourished in that time of general discontent among the laboring classes, but was in no sense particularly patriotic. On hearing of Napoleon's escape from Elba, while walking in the street, he enthusiastically threw up his hat and shouted, " Europe is free," and although he did not mix with the radicals of the day, who were men of low education and vulgar manners.
Sergeant Copley was looked upon by them as a likely de- fender i...n cases of sedition and treason, as one indeed who 165 L ORD L YNDHURS T.
had faith in democratic revolution, and even contemplated without dismay the establishment of an Anglican Republic.
Just at this time a Doctor Watson, a physician without patients, who collected large assemblages of people in Spa fields, near London, having caused a dangerous riot, was put on trial for high treason ; and Copley, with Sir Charles Wetherell, was called upon to defend him against the Crown officers. His speech, which was calm and persuasive, was a close chain of reasoning against the assumption that Watson " had levied war against the King," and his concluding words to the Jury were, '" although you can not approve of all the prisoner has said and done, you will, without hesitation, acquit him of this weighty and unfounded charge." Although Lord Ellenborough strongly charged for a conviction.
What to read after The Portrait Gallery of Eminent Lawyers?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mabie Hamilton Wright to read onlineMoreLess
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