A Rare Account of Libel Charges Brought by a Convicted Libeler [Trial]. Tipper, Samuel, Defendant. Finnerty, Peter [c.1766-1822], Plaintiff. Finnerty v. Tipper. A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial of the Action Brought by Peter Finnerty Against Samuel Tipper, Publisher of "The Satirist," For a Libel. Tried in the Court of Common Pleas, Before Sir James Mansfield, And a Special Jury, On Saturday, The 18th of February Last. Taken in Shorthand by an Eminent Reporter; With Some Prefatory Observations and Notes by the Editor. London: Printed for J.M. Richardson, 1809. vii, 80 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, edges untrimmed. Moderate toning, light foxing and soiling in a few places, leaves separating at head but secure. $1,500. * Only edition. Finnerty was a radical Irish journalist and publisher convicted of seditious libel in 1797. (Writer Percy Bysshe Shelley was among his supporters and raised money for his legal fees.) Again charged with libel, this time against the Duke of York for publishing a pamphlet critical of his sale of military promotions, he was attacked in the Tory magazine The Satirist while his libel charges were pending. He quickly brought his own libel proceedings against the publisher in civil court. Though Mansfield reluctantly concluded that the attacks in The Satirist did constitute libel, he also concluded that Finnerty's already less-than-sterling character made extensive damages impossible. The jury agreed. Finnerty was awarded one shilling in damages and forced to pay court costs. OCLC and Library Hub locate 1 copy of this title (British Library). Not in McCoy. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 9:308. Seller Inventory # 78308

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Title: Finnerty v Tipper: A Full and Accurate ...

Publication Date: 1809

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