Having severely censured the actions of the government in print with reference to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre , Sir Francis Burdett was prosecuted at Leicester assizes , fined £ 1,000 , and committed to prison by Best , J. for three months for the crime of " composing , writing , and publishing a seditious libel " with explanation :
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
Seditious libel