Punch,  23 (1852), 145.

A Great Balloon Case

Anon

Genre:

Proceedings, Drollery

Subjects:

Aeronautics, Animal Behaviour, Crime, Politics, Agriculture


    Spoof trial of Benjamin Disraeli (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), charged with harming 'a Protectionist donkey' which the accused and his allies attached to the bottom of a balloon.



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