Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1

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Engraved by T. Woolmoth from a Drawing taken in the Kings Bench Prison the Morning after Judgement was given.
Published June 5, 1820 by T. Dolby 299 Strand .
Written by himself,
IN THE COUNTY of SOMERSET.
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In every work regard the Writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. POPE.
1820
And particularly to the Reformers of Lancashire, who attended the Meeting of the 16th of August, 1819, held on St Peter's Plain at Manchester, and more especially to the Reformers of Yorkshire, in which County a Jury found me Guilty of illegally attending that Meeting, for which, the Court of King's Bench sentenced me to be imprisoned in Ilchester Jail for Two YEARS and SIX MONTHS, and at the end of that period, to enter into recognisances for my good behaviour, for Five Years, Myself in ONE THOUSAND POUNDS and Two Sureties in FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS EACH.

Ilchester Jail, May 22, 1820