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The Act of the 44th Geo. III. c. 92---the Writ of Habeas
Corpus, and Return thereto;---Copies of Letters written by
Persons of high Rank in the Irish Administration ;---the several
Affidavits made in the Case ---an authentic Report of the
Opinion delivered in the Court of King's Bench, on Mr. Justice.
JOHNSON's Case, by the Hon. Mr. Justice DAY;---and a
POSTSCRIPT.

THE WHOLE CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED

BY JOHN SWIFT.EMERSON,
Solicitor to Mr. Justice JOHNSON,

Dublin:

PRINTED BY THOMAS BURNSIDE

No. 10, Lower Liffey-street,

1805.

IN laying this Work before the

Public, I have the satisfaction to state, that it has been compiled from Original and Authentic Documents: I beg leave, at the same time, to express my acknowledgements for the kind condescension of those learned and eminent Characters, by whose assistance I have been enabled to prepare a Full and Correct Report of a Case, which has so much and so justly interested the Attention of the People of Ireland.

No. 48, CAMDEN-STREET.
April 8th, 1805.

J. S. EMERSON.

The Reader is requested to correct the following EXRATA TA

Mr. Burrowes's Argument:

Page 12, line 9 from bottom, for abstract, read abhorrent. 15, line 7 from bottom, for these distinctions, read their

distinction.

21, 1st line, for any abuse, read every abuse.
22, line 4 from bottom, for same, read former.

Page 40, line 16 from bottom, for was, read has.

line 5 from bottom, for remedied, read remedial. 75, line 11 from bottom, after &c. insert “shall escape, 31, "shall be lawful for any Justice, &c. for any county, &c."

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REPORT,

&c. &c. &c.

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ON the 18th of January, Mr. Juftice JoHNSON was arrefted at his houfe in the County of Dublin, under a Warrant, figned "ELLENBOROUGH," and endorsed by J. BELL, a Magiftrate of the County of Dublin, and said to be fo endorsed purfuant to the Statute 44 GEO. III. c. 92, it being the FIRST attempt to carry the faid Act into execution*.

The fame evening a Writ of Habeas Corpus, at Common Law, was fued out returnable immediate before the Chief Juftice, who ordered the Parties to attend, and the return to be made on the next morning, Saturday the 19th, at 12 o'clock.

Saturday the 19th, the Party was brought before the Chief Juftice, and the return made t.

The Chief Juftice was affifted by fix of the other Judges. A feventh came on the laft day of the argument. The Counsel of Mr. Juftice JOHNSON then required time to confider

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