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PRISONER

FOR

BLASPHEMY




BY

G. W. FOOTE




Persecution is not refutation, nor even triumph: the "wretched infidel" as he is
called, is probably happier in his prison than the proudest of his assailants -- Byron.
 
 
 

LONDON:
PROGRESSIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY
28 STONECUTTER STREET, E.C.

1886


 


CONTENTS

 
    PREFACE
I.   THE STORM BREWING
II.   OUR FIRST SUMMONS
III.   MR. BRADLAUGH INCLUDED

IV.

  OUR INDICTMENT
V.   ANOTHER PROSECUTION
VI.   PREPARING FOR TRIAL
VII.   AT THE OLD BAILEY
VIII.   NEWGATE
IX.   THE SECOND TRIAL
X.   "BLACK MARIA"
XI.   HOLLOWAY GAOL
XII.   PRISON LIFE
XIII.   PARSON PLAFORD
XIV.   THE THIRD TRIAL
XV.   LOSS AND GAIN
XVI.   A LONG NIGHT
XVII.   DAYLIGHT