Thomas Erskine and Trial by Jury

As King's Counsel he was involved in many celebrated trials, including the prosecution of John Horne Took for seditious libel and of Queen Caroline for adultery. His other notable achievements include the successful defence of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, which cost him the post of Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales. Erskine also served as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth and for just one year as Lord Chancellor. Latterly the First Baron Erskine, this book covers his controversial career and rise to high office. An ideal companion to Sir William Garrow (Waterside Press 2010).

About the author Barry Rose Thomas Erskine and William Garrow: A Note Prologue 1: ENLIGHTENMENT 2: EARLY YEARS 3: FORENSIC TRIUMPHS 4: HIGH TREASON AND SEDITION 5: WHIG POLITICS AND ILL-HUMOUR 6: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS 7: COFFEE-HOUSE SEDITION AND RETURN TO PARLIAMENT 8: FEAR OF REVOLUTION 9: THE STATE TRIALS OF 1794 10: TYRANNY, WAR, RIOT AND BLASPHEMY 11: CONSPIRACY AND CRIMINAL LIBEL 12: THE DERANGED SOLDIER 13: CIVIL ACTIONS 14: A CALL TO ARMS 15: THE WOOLSACK 16: EX-CHANCELLOR 17: SEMI-RETIREMENT 18: THE TRIAL OF QUEEN CAROLINE 19: RETURN TO SCOTLAND 20: APPRAISALS AND TRIBUTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX