The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-officio Information

The First Trial of William Hone, on an Ex-officio Information

Author: William Hone

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Published: 1817

Total Pages: 56

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Hone was tried for profane libel for publishing a political parody of the Anglican Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer. Hone readapted John Wilkes' eighteenth century manuscript. Cf. M. Wood, Radical satire and print culture, 1790-1822, pp. 114-121, 272-290.