HC Deb 19 May 1820 vol 1 c521
Mr. Hobhouse

gave notice, that on the 15th of June, he would submit to the House a resolution respecting the right assumed by judges of preventing, by imprisonment and fine, the publication of proceedings in a court of justice. He was sorry that so important a subject should be brought forward by one so little competent to recommend it to the consideration of the House; but he felt himself bound, unless some hon. member of greater weight, or more extensive legal knowledge, would undertake the task, to submit a motion on the subject to the House.