02340cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000140011324501710012726400510029830000470034933600260039633700260042233800360044850000310048450800290051552012010054453400450174565300400179065300310183065300440186165300370190585600430194299900170198540979UtSlPG20260610133933.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBL1 aAnonymous12aA Letter to Sir Samuel Shepherd, Knt., His Majesty's Attorney General :bUpon the Subject of His Prosecutions of Richard Carlile, for Publishing Paine's Age of Reason 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2012-10-08  aProduced by David Widger  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aTrials (Blasphemy) -- Great Britain  aBlasphemy -- Great Britain  aPaine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Age of reason  aShepherd, Samuel, Sir, 1760-184040uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40979  c81818d81818