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    The Trial of Henry Hetherington
    The Trial of Henry Hetherington
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      The Trial of Henry Hetherington - Henry Hetherington

      THE TRIAL OF HENRY HETHERINGTON

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license.

      Title: The Trial of Henry Hetherington

      Author: Henry Hetherington

      Release Date: March 05, 2012 [EBook #39055]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: UTF-8

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TRIAL OF HENRY HETHERINGTON ***

      Produced by David Widger.

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      THE TRIAL OF HENRY HETHERINGTON

      By

      Henry Hetherington

      On an Indictment for Blasphemy

      CONTENTS

      A FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF HENRY HETHERINGTON

      THE TRIAL

      INDICTMENT

      Second Count:

      Third Count:

      Mr. Bult opened the proceedings

      DEFENCE

      OBSERVATIONS

      Extract from The Sun Newspaper

      "TO LORD DENMAN, ON THE LATE PROSECUTION FOR BLASPHEMY

      A FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF HENRY HETHERINGTON

      ON AN INDICTMENT FOR BLASPHEMY,

      LORD DENMAN AND A SPECIAL JURY,

      ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1840;

      FOR SELLING HASLAM'S LETTERS TO THE CLERGY TO ALL DENOMINATIONS:

      THE WHOLE OF THE AUTHORITIES CITED IN THE DEFENCE, AT FULL LENGTH.

      LONDON:

      PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HENRY HETHERINGTON, 1-26, STRAND;

      AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

      1840

      Price Sixpence.

      To

      JAMES WATSON,

      BOOKSELLER,

      THE FRIEND OF TRUTH, THE INFIDEL TO ERROR, AND THE LOVER OF LIBERTY,

      THIS TRIAL

      IS DEDICATED,

      IN PROOF OF THE AFFECTIONATE ATTACHMENT THAT SUBSISTS BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS, WHO FULLY RECOGNISE AND ACT UPON THE PRINCIPLES AVOWED AND CONTENDED FOR IN THE FOLLOWING DEFENCE; AND AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM,

      TO GOD'S NOBLEST WORK--AN HONEST MAN!

      BY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND,

      HENRY HETHERINGTON.

      THE TRIAL

      COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, December 8, 1840.

      Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Lord DENMAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.

      PROSECUTION FOR BLASPHEMY.

      THE QUEEN Versus HETHERINGTON.

      This was a prosecution instituted by Her Majesty's Attorney-General, Sir John Campbell, against Henry Hetherington, bookseller, of 126, Strand, for the publication of a blasphemous libel.

      INDICTMENT

      Of Easter term, in the Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria. Middlesex:--

      Be it remembered, that on Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of April, in the third year of the reign of our sovereign lady Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the court of our said lady the Queen, before the Queen herself at Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, upon the oath of twelve jurors, good and lawful men, of the said county of Middlesex, now here sworn and charged to inquire for our said lady the Queen for the body of the same county; it is presented as followeth, that is to say, Middlesex to wit. The jurors for our lady the Queen upon their oath present, that Henry Hetherington, late of Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, bookseller, being a wicked, impious, and ill-disposed person, and having no regard for the laws and religion of this realm, but most wickedly, blasphemously, impiously, and profanely devising and intending to asperse and vilify that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, on the third day of February, in the third year of the reign of our sovereign lady Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, at Westminster aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did publish, and cause to be published, a certain scandalous, impious, and blasphemous libel, of and concerning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, containing therein, amongst other things, divers scandalous, impious, and blasphemous matters of and concerning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, according to the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "What wretched stuff this Bible (meaning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament) is, to be sure! What a random idiot its author must have been! I would advise the human race to burn every Bible they have got. Such a book is actually a disgrace to ourang outangs, much less to men. I would advise them to burn it, in order that posterity may never know we believed in such abominable trash. What must they think of our intellects? What must they think of our incredible foolery? And we not only believe it, but we actually look upon the book as the sacred word of God, as a production of infinite wisdom. Was insanity ever more complete? I for one, however, renounce the book; I renounce it as a vile compound of filth, blasphemy, and nonsense, as a fraud and a cheat, and as an insult to God," to the great displeasure of Almighty God, to the great scandal, infamy, and contempt of that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, to the evil example of all others, and against the peace of our said lady the Queen, her crown, and dignity.

      Second Count:

      And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, further present, that the said Henry Hetherington, devising and intending as aforesaid, on the eleventh day of February and year aforesaid, at Westminster aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did publish, and cause to be published, a certain other scandalous, impious, and blasphemous libel, of and concerning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, containing therein, amongst other things, divers scandalous, impious, and blasphemous matters of and concerning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, according to the tenor and effect following, that is to say, One great question between you and me is, 'Is the Bible (meaning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament) the word of God, or is it not? I assert that it is not the word of God, and you assert that it is; and I not only assert that it is not the word of God, but that it is a book containing more blunders, more ignorance, and more nonsense, than any book to be found in the universe, to the great displeasure of Almighty God, to the great scandal and contempt of that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, to the evil example of all others, and against the peace of our lady the Queen, lier crown, and dignity.

      Third Count:

      And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, further present, that the said Henry Hetherington, further devising and intending as aforesaid, on the day and year last aforesaid, at Westminster aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did publish, and cause to be published, a certain other scandalous, impious, and blasphemous libel of and concerning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, containing therein, among other things, divers scandalous, impious, and blasphemous matters of and concerning that part of the Holy Bible which is called the Old Testament, in one part thereof, according to the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "My object, and I fearlessly state it, is to expose this book (meaning that part of the Holy Bible which is

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