Hastings, Warren
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...but the trial, begun in 1788, ended with acquittal in 1795, despite the bitter prosecution of Burke, Francis, Richard B. Sheridan, and Charles James Fox. Hastingss fortune was spent in the defense, but the East India Company contributed to...