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189019729London & Edinburgh: Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1890. A good likeness in colors of 1890 Colour Lithograph Portrait of Lord Chief Justice Cockburn; lithographed with a facsimile signature below; paper 8 x 11" sheet approx. overall; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn twelfth baronet 1802-1880 British judge; He had an adventurous youth observing in later years Whatever happens I have had my whack DNB; this image from the series of biographical portraits in "The Modern Portrait Gallery." 1st series by this publisher; little bit of spotting in the margins; light wear; portrait of the British judge in very good condition. . Very Good. Cassell & Co. Ltd. unknown books
1895588071895. Paperback. Very Good. Holograph. Two-pages. 32cm. Embossed seal of Justice Potter. Endorsement on back of second sheet by the Constable saying that he has executed the warrant. Later folds. Williams was accused of entering the AME Church on Lincoln Avenue in Jersey Shore Pa. on June 21 1895 and forcing the pastor and congregation to leave. It is further alleged that he ". by force and with a strong hand and by menaces and threats unlawfully holds and keeps possession possession of the .Church." There is no explanation as to why Williams did what is alleged. <br/><br/> paperback books
18561694Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson public printer 1856. Very Good. 22 cm; 30 pages. Unbound. Remains of sewn edge brown. During the Crimean War of 1853-56 the British Government tried to recruit soldiers in the United States. The Attorney General in the Franklin Pierce administration Caleb Cushing found this action to be in violation of U.S. neutrality and here presents the opinion that British recruiters are subject to arrest and prosecution. Great Britain and the United States nearly went to war over the issue. Introductory remarks by Franklin Pierce. A. O. P. Nicholson, public printer unknown books
181827686Easton PA: G. W. Deshler 1818. First Edition. Boards. Good. First Edition. iv 1 6-68 pages. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription. Leather spine over worn marbled boards. Many inked or penciled scribbles and names on endpapers including "James Eckert April 15th 1829" "Anna Eckert" "Charles Eckert his book" "John Eckert his book" "James Eckert his book June 12th 1829" "Chas Eckert" etc. Three labels affixed to front pastedown apparently textile labels from bolts of cloth two printed in blue one in black. A sound copy. Boards. The first edition of this work another edition in the following year removes the Hawles attribution on the title page. Hawles is Sir John Hawles 1645-1716 who wrote a number of legal works.<br/><br/>We find it interesting that in a ready reckoner the majority of the content of this book the authors felt it important to include instructions for those who might be jurymen.<br/><br/>12 copies of the first edition in OCLC including the American Antiquarian Society who notes the following reference citations offered "as is" not having them in our own reference library: Shaw R.R. American bibliography 43990. Cohen M.L. Bibliography of early American law 8193. G. W. Deshler unknown books
18493854Toluca: Imp. de Juan Quijano 1849. 8vo. 10 pp. <br><br>The Court is confused by the wording and cannot fathom the intention of Congress regarding several recent laws. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Sutro. Removed from a nonce volume; inner margins a little irregular. Imp. de Juan Quijano unknown books
183245571Washington DC: printed by Gales & Seaton 1832. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo.; 20pp. Inscription on title page; "Presented To Judge Woolsey by George Young 1930." HOWES M318: "Reviews the whole history of our Indian treaties." <br/><br/> printed by Gales & Seaton unknown books
1831008897Thibodeauxville 1831. Unbound. Good. This two-page folded letter measures 16" x 9.75" unfolded. The cover has no postmark nor rate mark so it is likely it was carried outside of official post office channels. The letter's paper is supple but it has developed splits along several folds so quite fragile. <br /><br />In this letter the Thibodeauxville Justice of the Peace seeks information about two men James Stewart and Joseph R. King he has arrested for horse theft and the probable murder of a watchmaker: <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">"There was a complaint . . . there were two men James Stewart and Joseph R King . . .of Suspicious Character that there were strong circumstances . . . they were guilty of Murder or horse stealing and probably both. . . . They started from Iberville with an old Dutchman a clock or watch repairer. . . . About two miles below Plaquemine the horse threw the Old man . . . and they took his horse . . . and Saddlebags and threw the old mans tools into the Mississippi. . . . The horse was found . . . and King and Stewart were arrested and are now in jail. I shall feel under obligations to any man that will give me information of the Old man whether he is dead or living or any other information that will serve to an expose the crimes which Stewart and King may have committed." <p>I could find no record that King and Stewart were ever brought to trial. Also neither name appears on the historical list of Louisiana executions. This does not mean that the pair were not convicted of murder. In the 1830s <br /><br />Louisiana was one of three states Alabama and Tennessee being the other two that changed their laws to give juries the complete discretion to sentence convicted murderers to punishments short of death. Some see Banner <i>The Death Penalty: an American History</i> have suggested that this was so that juries which at the time were composed only of white men could take race into account when they handed down sentences. Perhaps . . . but only two men were executed in Louisiana in 1831 one white and one black. <br /><br /> books
182529870Mexico: Impr. del Supremo Gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos en Palacio 1825. 8vo. 28 pp. 8 leaves of plates 1 folding. <br><br>Minister Pablo Llave 17731833 presents his annual report to congress on the state of the administration of justice and church-state relations. He says the roads are safer each year and the number of highway robbers diminishing. So too is the number of clergy.<br>Â Â Â Â The plates are tables of statistics. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sutro 450. Stitched in original plain wrappers which are foxed and soiled. One small piece of blank margin of one plate torn off. Impr. del Supremo Gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos en Palacio unknown books
185435849New York: Pudney & Russell 1854. 29pp sewn original printed wrappers moderately worn rear wrap loose. Light foxing old pencil marks Very Good. <br/><br/> Salmon P. Chase the anti-slavery politician who became Lincoln's Treasury Secretary and Taney's successor as Chief Justice argued for O'Reilly and his fellow appellants. They attempted to invalidate Morse's 1840 and 1848 patents on the 'Electro-Magnetic Telegraphs.' <br/> The Court's 6-3 decision finds for Morse Taney writing the majority opinion. Of Morse the Court holds that "no one has contributed more to enlarge the knowledge of Electro-Magnetism and to lay the foundations of the great invention of which we are speaking than the professor himself." The Court reviews the history and development of Morse's invention the similar work of Wheatstone and Davy in England and Steinheil in Munich; and finds that Morse's telegraph preceded theirs. An energetic dissent was filed by Grier in which Justices Nelson and Wayne joined. <br/> The claims of O'Reilly were not frivolous. Well-known to Congress as a tireless advocate of transcontinental wireless communication he was an emigrant from Ireland. "After the invention of the telegraph he entered upon the work of extending the lines to the west but became involved in lawsuits which almost ruined him financially" Appleton.<br/>Not in Cohen or Sabin. OCLC 25802195 1- U VA 226397273 1- OH State Lib. as of May 2019. Pudney & Russell unknown books
