Rioting occurs in London after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes" id="mwXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Wilkes">John Wilkes</a> is imprisoned for writing an article for <i id="mwXQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_North_Briton" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The North Briton">The North Briton</a></i> severely criticizing <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George III of the United Kingdom">King George III</a>.<sup about="#mwt62" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_10#cite_note-9" id="mwYA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwYQ">[9]</span></a></sup>
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