#OTD in 1812.
Leigh Hunt is tried and convicted of libel for calling the Prince Regent "a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace" in The Examiner on March 22.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Hunt
Original files are available at @archive.org
Leigh Hunt is tried and convicted of libel for calling the Prince Regent "a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace" in The Examiner on March 22.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Hunt
Original files are available at @archive.org
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