Excerpt from An Examination of the Trials for Sedition Which Have Hitherto Occurred in Scotland, Vol. 1 It is very important to examine the spirit in which the law was thus made. There are no judi cisl proceedings in which the public has a greater interest than in those touching sedition. Its law is intertwined with the exercise of public rights; it is very liable to be abused and public excitement, which chiey generates the offence, tends to involve numbers in its consequences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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