Excerpt from Report of the Trial of Friends, in the City of Philadelphia, June, 1828, Before the Honourable Edward King, Esq., President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania: Or, the Case of Edmund Shotwell, Joseph Lukins, Charles Middleton, and Two Others, Who Had Been, by the Mayor of the City, Committed to Prison, Whence They Were Brought Up by Habeas Corpus, June 16th 1828 IT will no doubt be satisfactory, to such readers as are not familiar with recent events in the Society Of Friends, and particularly the circumstances connected with the following report, to have a concise statement of some of the most material facts connected with the sub jcet; indeed, something of the kind appears necessary to a clear understanding Of.what follows. 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. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.