The Judicial History of Individual Liberty. rages upon humanity. Justice and law and decency had nothing to do with these pro ceedings. The impeachment of the Earl of Danby in 1679 (u St. Tr. 599), and the trial of Delamere in 1686 (u St. Tr. 510). of which very complete reports have been pre
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printing was still further restricted by grants of patents and monopolies. Under Elizabeth ous penalties, and all printing was confined the censorship was enforced by more rigorto London, Oxford and Cambridge. With the advent of the Stuarts political and relig-
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served, contain, however, some interesting of the law of treason, now to the trials for libel during this F>erjod, the state of the law may be briefly sketched. Upon the invention of print ing tVie press was subjected throughout Eu rope to a rigorous censorship on the part of the cHurch. In England this censorship at the Reformation to the crown; and
ious discussion was suppressed by the Star Chamber with even greater severity. By an ordinance of this court in 1637 the number of master printers was limited to twenty, who were required to give sureties for their good behavior, and the number of letter founders was limited to four. The art of printing was proscribed to all others on pain of pillory dungeon, mutilation and death. Even books
