Portrait of an English citizen who was two years imprisoned in English bastiles without trial, conviction or sentence Oppression or An inquiry done to individuals is sometimes of service -- to the public -- the tyranny of arbitrary and -- mercyless judges produced the famous Habeas Corpus act /
Summary: An oval portrait of William Bingley, a London bookseller, behind the bars of a prison door, who had published somewhat controversial political works such as the North Briton, was committed to Newgate Prison, where he remained for seventy-two days, for refusing to answer interrogations upon...
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[London?] :
[publisher not identified],
Drawn, in the prison of L[ord] Mansfields High Commission Court of Star Chamber, 1768
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