Mr. Justice Erskine said he could not sit there to listen to such objections. Mr. Holyoake saying he had no objection to urge which his lordship would allow, 'seven farmers, one grocer, one poulterer, one miller, one nondescript shopkeeper, and one maltster, were then impaneled to ascertain whether one George Jacob Holyoake had had a fight with Omnipotence, whether he had done his utmost to bring the Deity into contempt, whether he had fought Omnipotence with force of arms, and had spoken against it or him with a loud voice.'** * A poulterer is called upon, under oath, to decide this great theological and philosophical question that has agitated the world for so many hundred centuries.......To make a poulterer a sovereign judge of theology is on a par with making the Archbishop of Canterbury a judge of poultry.--Weekly Dispatch, August 18. 1842. [It has been objected to this that very likely his Grace of Canterbury is a very good judge of poultry.] ** 'Publicola's' second letter to Judge Erskine.--Weekly Dispatch, Sep 18, 1842 The following is the list of the jury:-- Thomas Gardiner, grocer, Cheltenham, Foreman. James Reeve, farmer, Chedworth. William Ellis, farmer, Chedworth. Avery Trotman, farmer, Chedworth. William Mathews, poulterer, Cheltenham.' Simon Vizard, shopkeeper, Oldland. Isaac Tombs, farmer, Whitcomb. William Wilson, maltster, Brimpsfield. Edwin Brown, farmer, Withington. Bevan Smith, farmer, Harescomb. William Smith, miller, Rarnwood. Joseph Shipp, farmer, Yate. Mr. Holyoake. Can I have a copy of the indictment? Mr. Justice Erskine. I had one made for you in consequence of your application to the court last week. Mr. Holyoake. Yes, my lord, but after I had thanked you for your courtesy in so doing, I was asked 8s. 6d. for it by (not being able to call him by his name, Mr. Holyoake said) that sour looking gentleman there, (pointing to the clerk of the court, an individual as dusty and as forbidding as an old penal statute, and who always spoke to Mr. Holyoake like one. The court laughed, the judge frowned, the clerk looked indignant, but before censure could fall, Mr. Holyoake escaped into the next sentence, adding), after the numerous exactions I was subjected to at the sessions, after being brought here by the magistrates and then not tried, I did not think myself justified in paying any more, and the clerk refused it me. Mr. Justice Erskine. I ordered a copy to be made for you, but did not think it necessary that you should have it on any other than the usual conditions.* Mr. Holyoake. Can I be allowed to read the indictment against me? Mr. Justice Erskine. Certainly. The clerk then handed a copy to Mr. Holyoake, who on observing the counsel for the prosecution rise, left the bar and placed himself where he could face Mr. Alexander, with a view to take notes. The judge very courteously asked if Mr. Holyoake desired note-paper and pens, which he accepted, and: