https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1794_Treason_Trials
The 1794 Treason Trials, arranged by the administration of William Pitt, were intended to cripple the British radical movement of the 1790s.Over thirty radicals were arrested; three were tried for high treason: Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke and John Thelwall.In a repudiation of the government's policies, they were acquitted by three separate juries in November 1794 to public …