Memoirs of John Ker of Kersland
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The Prisoner's Advocate, or Memoirs of John Ker of Kersland are the memoirs of John Ker, a government spy, of his experiences in the King's Bench Prison. Edmund Curll is to one hour in the pillory for publishing Ker's memoirs.
It is Curll's trial that leads the Court of King's Bench to define the law of obscene libel. "Libel" is defined as being from the Latin libellus, meaning 'a little book', Rex v. Curll.
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