The interior of a court of law, evidently Winchester assizes. Counsel sit behind a concave barrier, the judge sits in the centre behind and above them, the scales of Justice evenly balanced above his head.  He says: "if a Man is disposed to D------n he may as well D------n Mr P------as any body else".  In the foreground stand five farmers or countrymen, with one more fashionably dressed man who straddles across a paper which lies on the ground: 'Information against Nicola[s] Ploughsha[re]', turning his head angrily to a fat farmer who asks: "do you hear that Informer D . . . Mr P. . . D . . . Mr P . . . D . . . Mr P . . ." The informer answers: "as its lawfull for a Man to D------  who he pleases I say D------ the Judge I say D------the Judge D------the Judge." The other countrymen, highly delighted, stand in pairs to right and left of the disputants. One (left), wearing a smock under his coat, says: "ha ha D . . . Mr P. . . Neighbour" and is answered "D . . . en zo I zay". Another (right) says to the informer: "I zay Friend D . . . Mr P . . . D . . . Mr P . . . I zay". His neighbour says "zo I zay D . . . Mr P. . .".  A group of men in a box raised above the level of the court, partly visible on the left (? the jury), agree between themselves: "D------ M P . . ."; "Yes Yes"; "O Yes with all my Heart"; "aye aye."  2 April 1798
<br>Hand-coloured etching
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<p>Print made by: Charles Williams
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<dl><dd>Published by: S W Fores</dd></dl></div>
1798<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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