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Political and Personal Satires: The Sedition Hunter Disappointed – or -D----g by Winchester Measure. (London), pub. 1798 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, 24x34.5cm, single sheet. A Satire on the case of John Lovelace, a Carpenter from Portsea who brought an action for assault against false imprisonment after he had been apprehended for stating in a public house – “Damned Mr Pitt and the war.” His case at assizes was thrown out, as was his own action for assault.
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