Project Gutenberg 2012-10-08 Public domain in the USA. 59 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous A Letter to Sir Samuel Shepherd, Knt., His Majesty's Attorney General Upon the Subject of His Prosecutions of Richard Carlile, for Publishing Paine's Age of Reason Produced by David Widger "A Letter to Sir Samuel Shepherd, Knt., His Majesty's Attorney General" by Anonymous is a socio-political treatise written in the early 19th century. This book is a critical examination of the prosecution of Richard Carlile for publishing Thomas Paine's work, "The Age of Reason." It questions the integrity of legal proceedings in matters of religious controversy and advocates for the importance of free inquiry and expression. The letter directly addresses Sir Samuel Shepherd’s role in the prosecution, challenging the fairness of the legal system that allows the prosecution to present multiple arguments while restricting the accused's defense. The author articulates a strong defense of Carlile, arguing that such prosecutions are not only unjust but also detrimental to genuine moral and intellectual discourse. Throughout the text, the author argues against the suppression of dissenting views and highlights the hypocrisy of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, emphasizing the need for open debate in matters of faith and truth. The end goal is to encourage rational thought and justice in the face of persecution for free thinkers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Trials (Blasphemy) -- Great Britain Blasphemy -- Great Britain Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Age of reason Shepherd, Samuel, Sir, 1760-1840 BL Text Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 81391 81400 2024-09-17T09:08:14.873848 2023-09-18T04:22:07.306962 text/html text/html 75879 2013-01-26T17:49:46 text/html; charset=us-ascii 27634 2013-01-26T17:49:46 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 96288 2024-09-17T09:08:18.497828 application/epub+zip 95147 2024-09-17T09:08:16.332863 application/epub+zip 95146 2024-09-17T09:08:15.441840 application/epub+zip 287695 2024-09-17T09:08:20.174813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280103 2024-09-17T09:08:17.904834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110118 2022-09-18T17:50:03.657688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 69064 69057 2024-09-17T09:08:14.656859 2023-09-18T04:22:07.119959 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 68770 2012-10-08T09:40:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26259 2012-10-08T09:40:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19228 2024-09-17T09:08:20.305822 application/rdf+xml 24385 2024-09-17T09:08:15.802844 image/jpeg 4840 2024-09-17T09:08:15.614832 image/jpeg 97297 2024-09-17T09:08:14.882841 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 More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia