The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason (1794) [ Concepts ]
… Lord Chief Justice Eyre. You mean you attended them as often as you could? A. Yes. Mr. Bower. Were you at all acquainted with the proceedings of the Society? A. Very little ; I never looked into their books. Q: Then you did not know of any … course, you never heard that he was in confinement at all? A. Stay, Mr. Counsel, give me leave to say, I was in company with a Mr. Carter, a musician, at the London Coffee-house. Q: Do you recollect Carter, the bill sticker? A. I am not, in … something, perhaps, to the poor man's family. Q. Did not you say two or five guineas? A. I often give five guineas without knowing to whom I give it. … Soon after I became a Member of the Corresponding Society; I wished to be a Member …
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