Record #32 (edit record; developers only)

Date: Mar 11, 1796

Event:

John Binns and John Gale Jones are arrested and imprisoned in Birmingham; Francis Place is sent to defend them; they will be tried for violating the "Two Bills" (for the government and the radicals, a test case). Binns is acquitted in Aug. 1800, but Jones is convicted of sedition in April 1799, although never sentenced. The cost of defending them, bail, and the missions themselves contribute to downfall of the London Corresponding Society.

Topics:

*Radicalism
*The Two Bills  

   

Record Created or Last Modified By:

Alan Liu

Date Last Modified:

7/1/1999


Chronology:

Menu of Dates
Search
Advanced Search

LinkArchive:By Alphabet
Search
Advanced Search