Trials at law with council pleadings : for John Wilkes vs. George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax : manuscript, 1769 Nov. 10.

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Trials at law with council pleadings : for John Wilkes vs. George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax : manuscript, 1769 Nov. 10.

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Records of the trial in which Wilkes accused Dunk, John Money, and James Watson of trespassing and false imprisonment, and challenged the legitimacy of a general warrant issued by the George Grenville ministry directed against "the authors, printers and publishers," without any mention of names, of Wilkes' newspaper, The Briton. Wilkes was awarded £4,000 in damages.

1 v. (337 p.) ; 24 cm.

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