Project Gutenberg 2007-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 94 Gurney, William Brodie 1777 1855 Gurney, W. B. (William Brodie) 2005575506 The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Ted Garvin, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, and Others" is a historical account written in the early 19th century. It details the legal proceedings surrounding the defendants who are accused of conspiring to disseminate false information regarding Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat in order to manipulate government fund prices for profit. The central figures include Charles Random de Berenger, who crafted false reports, and Sir Thomas Cochrane, a prominent naval officer and member of parliament. At the start of the trial, the prosecution lays out the case against the defendants, detailing how they conspired to spread false rumors about a decisive battle victory over Bonaparte to generate a fraudulent rise in the prices of government funds. The legal arguments focus on the methods used to circulate this misinformation and the direct financial benefits the conspirators aimed to achieve from such deceit. The opening proceedings establish a serious tone, presenting evidence of the defendants' intent and actions while demonstrating the potential repercussions of their alleged conspiracy on the public trust and financial stability. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de -- Trials, litigation, etc. Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Johnstone, Andrew James Cochrane, 1767- -- Trials, litigation, etc. Butt, Richard Gathorne -- Trials, litigation, etc. Sandom, Richard -- Trials, litigation, etc. McRae, Alexander -- Trials, litigation, etc. Holloway, John Peter -- Trials, litigation, etc. Lyte, Henry -- Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Fraud) -- England -- London KD Text Pirates, Buccaneers, Corsairs, etc. Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Law & Criminology 1210606 1210607 2024-10-09T08:38:12.683168 2023-09-09T10:29:38.088984 text/html text/html 1229003 2021-01-02T15:53:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 352202 2021-01-02T15:53:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 477968 2024-10-09T08:38:38.464046 application/epub+zip 489627 2024-10-09T08:38:19.629137 application/epub+zip 459458 2024-10-09T08:38:16.636191 application/epub+zip 1080729 2024-10-09T08:38:50.180982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 942622 2024-10-09T08:38:35.177080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 720129 2022-09-10T05:24:15.111116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1066292 1066195 2024-10-09T08:38:04.048233 2023-09-09T10:29:30.466919 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1065749 2021-01-02T15:53:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 332301 2021-01-02T15:53:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1065742 2021-01-02T15:53:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 332216 2021-01-02T15:53:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24832 2024-10-09T08:38:50.360970 application/rdf+xml 25941 2024-10-09T08:38:17.344149 image/jpeg 4775 2024-10-09T08:38:16.992164 image/jpeg 448065 2024-10-09T08:38:12.768191 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia