Excerpt from The Life of Thomas Reynolds, Esq., Vol. 3 of 2 Original simple societies, through a succession of elective officers so admirably arranged, that no man among them was acquainted with the persons of any but his immediate superior, and the members of the inferior societies through which he might have passed.* I have stated thus much by way of introduction, to account for the great interest which this trial excited, and the in creased energy with which Mr. Curran sought to defend his client. The Government were now about to strike at the head of one of the leaders of a great confederacy, upon whose acquittal or conviction hung, not only the fate of the remaining confederates, but the stability of the Vice Regal Government itself. Mr. Reynolds was the only witness for the Crown. It became, there fore, of the greatest consequence to invalidate his testi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.