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  • Title: 227
  • Author(s): Baron Ferdinand De RothChild
  • Date of creation: 1890
  • Extent: 2pp
  • Material: Paper
  • Physical Location: Waddesdon Manor

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( 18 ) two Secretaries of State. On refusing to submit to cross-examination, be was sent a prisoner to the Tower. His house was searched, the drawers of his writing-table were broken open, and his papers carried off. Proceedings such as these had never heretofore been known. A warrant that did not name the per- son to be arrested, or specify the papers to be seized, was an illegal act—one that attacked the liberty of the individual and the liberty of the press. The injustice of Wilkes’ imprisonment at once raised him to importance. The illegality of his treatment involved a constitutional question, and his cause became identified with that of liberty and the Constitution. The effect was immediate. On appearing before the Court of Common Pleas Wilkes was set free by the judges, who pronounced the arrest illegal. Assisted by Lord Temple he then prosecuted the Secretaries of State. Despite the utmost efforts of the Government on their behalf, they were mulcted in heavy fines; while the printers obtained large pecu- niary compensation. It was admitted by the Leader of the Government himself that the conduct of his indefensible prosecutions cost the country 100,000/. Wilkes at once became a popular hero. The people argued that their independence and freedom
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