A. Blasphemy and libel trials of:

1. Richard Carlile, for publishing Paine's Age of Reason and Elihu Palmer's Principles of Nature in 1819 and for writing an article inciting agricultural workers to riot in 1830

2. Jane Carlile (first wife of Richard Carlile), for printing a blasphemous article written by Carlile in The Republican

3. Mary Ann Carlile (sister of Richard Carlile), for selling an Appendix to Paine's Theological Works

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