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1830714221830. The Jury Could Not Decide: McDade 572 Trial. Knapp John Francis Defendant. Trial of John Francis Knapp as Principal in the Second Degree for the Murder of Capt. Joseph White Before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a Special Session Commenced at Salem July 20 1830. Reported for the Publishers. Boston: Published by Dutton and Wentworth 1830. 60 pp. Woodcut maps and illustration of the murder weapon. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Negligible light soiling to exterior tiny smudge to title page light toning. A nice copy of a scarce title. $500. Only edition. The murder of Joseph White a wealthy retired sea captain a conspiracy by a relative Joseph Knapp who hired his brother John Francis Knapp and the brothers Richard and George Crowninshield was one of the most famous trials of the 1830s. Joseph Knapp received immunity for turning in the Crowninshields. George Crowninshield had a good alibi that prevented his conviction. Richard Crowninshield escaped justice by hanging himself. John Francis Knapp was tried twice. He was convicted in his second trial and sentenced to death. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 572. unknown books
1797683951797. Stafford 1797. Stafford 1797. Death at the Hands of a Rejected Suitor Trial. Oliver T. Milward d. 1797 Defendant. Trial of T. Milward Oliver At Stafford Summer Assizes 1797 Before the Honourable Baron Perryn For the Murder of Mr. John Wood An Eminent Potter Of Brownshill In the County of Stafford. Stafford: Printed and sold by J.Drewry 1797. 76 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate soiling and some edgewear to exterior "4." and "W. Miller" to head of title page. Moderate toning to text early marks and a few brief annotations to text chip to lower margin of leaf B2 pp. 7-8 with no loss to text. $500. Only edition. This trial concerns the murder of John Wood a member of a prominent family of Staffordshire potters who was killed by a rejected suitor for his daughter's hand. Oliver was found guilty and hanged. OCLC locates 9 copies worldwide 4 in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard Social Law. English Short-Title Catalogue T81557. unknown books
1794651461794. taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. "Mr. Thomas Walker Commenced his Virulence Against Me." Trial. Roberts William Defendant. Gurney Joseph Reporter. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Action Brought by Thomas Walker Merchant Against William Roberts Barrister at Law For a Libel. Tried by a Special Jury at the Assizes at Lancaster March 28 1791 Before the Hon. Sir Alexander Thomson Knight One of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Taken in Short Hand by Joseph Gurney. Manchester: Printed by Charles Wheeler 1791 208 pp. Lacking half-title. Bound with Roberts William. Supplementary Facts and Observations Occasioned by Mr. Walker's Publication of His Prosecution of Mr. Roberts; With Notes &c. Manchester: S.n. 1791. 24 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Recent marbled boards printed title label to spine speckled edges. Moderate toning light foxing and minor stains to a few leaves light soiling to title pages minor staining along gutter of the title page to The Whole Proceedings. A handsome volume. $500. Only editions. Unhappy with his treatment by Walker during a lawsuit Roberts circulated a flyer reading: "Mr. Thomas Walker commenced his virulence against me like a BULLY has conducted it like a FOOL has acted in it like a SCOUNDREL has ended it like a COWARD at last has turned BLACKGUARD and unworthy of association with or notice of any Gentleman who regards his own character." Walker won his case; Roberts paid damages of 100. The Whole Proceedings is scarce OCLC locates 9 copies in North American law libraries; Supplementary Facts is rare OCLC locates 4 copies worldwide 2 in North America Princeton University Temple University. English Short-Title Catalogue T99785 N37623. unknown books
1840700901840. A Watershed Moment in the History of Liberia Trial. Seys John Defendant. Trial of the Suit Instituted by the Collector of Customs for the Port of Montrovia Against the Superintendent of the Liberia Mission of the "Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church" Before the Supreme Court of Liberia In Session at Monrovia Sept. 4th and 5th 1840 With Most of the Pleadings. Monrovia: M.F.M.Press--W.P.Jayne Pr. 1840. 18 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 6-1/4". Stab-stitch pamphlet bound into later library buckram gilt title and library name to spine enleaves and blank leaves added. Light shelfwear light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves light soiling and "14." in small early hand to title page library stamp to its verso. $500. Only edition. Before it became independent in 1847 Liberia was administered by the American Colonization Society and was in effect a colony of the United States. The trial of John Seys which concerned the payment of customs duties by an American citizen indicated weaknesses in the Liberian Constitution concerning authority and jurisdiction. This trial which was decided in Seys's favor helped to instigate the cause of Liberian independence. Not in the Harvard Law Catalogue or the British Museum Catalogue. Huberich The Political and Legislative History of Liberia 647. unknown books
1815646021815. London 1815. 1st ed. London 1815. 1st ed. A Hand in the Scuttle Trial. Stocks Michael d. 1836 Defendant. Report of the Trial of Michael Stocks Esq. For Wilful and Corrupt Perjury At the Yorkshire Lent Assizes 1815 Before the Honourable Sir Alexander Thompson Knight Chief Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer And a special jury. Huddersfield England: Printed for the Editor By J. Lancashire 1815. iv 109 1 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to text newspaper article "Last Moments of Jonathan Martin" pasted over errata list the verso of p. 109 small newspaper clipping pasted to foot of title page. Early owner annotations to title page and following leaf light soiling and minor edgewear to final two leaves interior otherwise clean. $500. Only edition one of two issues both from 1815. Stocks was accused of stealing and selling 10000 tons of coal from mines in Northowram in the West-Riding of Yorkshire he owned in partnership with two other men. Stocks was not convicted. The trial details the contractual history of the partnership such contentious matters as the exact legal boundaries of neighboring mines and coal-pits and the nature of written and verbal agreements. Including both edition OCLC locates 9 copies in North America 5 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Ohio State University of Georgia Yale. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
1858664791858. 1858 Trial of the Head of New York City's Police Department for Neglect of Duty Trial. Tallmadge Frederick A. 1792-1869 Defendant. Gerry Elbridge T. 1837-1927 Reporter. Trial of Hon. Frederick A. Tallmadge General Superintendent of Metropolitan Police Before James W. Nye Esq. President and Hon. James S.T. Stranahan Thomas B. Stillman Esq. And James Bowen Esq. Commissioners of Police Hon. Daniel F. Tiemann Mayor of the City of New York And Hon. Samuel S. Powell Mayor of the City of Brooklyn Ex-Officio Commissioners of police: With the Argument of His Counsel. New York: Baker & Goldwin Printers 1858. 88 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Spine abraded covers detached lightly soiled and moderately edgeworn. Light toning to text small chips to fore-edges of a few leaves presentation inscription from Gerry to upper corner of front wrapper. $500. Only edition. "Frederick Tallmadge general superintendent of the Metropolitan New York City Police was charged with neglect of duty in a hearing before the Board of Police Commissioners. He allegedly did not respond to a call from the Quarantine Station on Staten Island where several hospitals had been set on fire by a mob. He was cleared of one charge censured on another and restored to duty" Cohen. OCLC locates 8 copies in North American law libraries Columbia Library of Congress New York University Northwestern Social Law University of Minnesota US Supreme Court Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14665. unknown books
1816699651816. Not Listed on COPAC or OCLC Trial. Taylor Edward Defendant. Taylor Robert Defendant. The Defence of Mr. Edward Taylor Delivered by Him on the Trial of Himself and His Brother Robert Taylor On the Sixteenth of January 1816 at the Old Bailey On an Indictment Charging them with Forging and Uttering a Certain Forged Order with the Indorsement Thereon For the Delivery of a Quantity of Hides The Property of Lubbock & Co. from the London Docks. London: Printed by Hay and Turner 1816. 14 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet title page detached lightly soiled and moderately edgeworn "7." in early hand to head moderate toning to text faint dampstaining to foot of text block. $500. Only edition. Taylor confesses his guilt explains his actions and asks the court to be lenient with his brother. He also asks the court to consider the two brother's responsibility for their widowed elderly mother. No copies listed on COPAC or OCLC. unknown books
1827699681827. Reverend Taylor is Tried for Blasphemy Trial. Taylor Robert 1784-1884 Defendant. Trial of the Rev. Robert Taylor A.B. & M.R.C.S.: Upon a Charge of Blasphemy With His Defence As Delivered by Himself Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury On Wednesday October 24 1827: And as Corrected and Supplied with the Additions which Occurred in Delivery From the Morning Chronicle Herald Times Sun &c. London: Printed by John Brooks 1827. 34 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light rubbing to extremities frontispiece partially detached moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places "6" in early hand to head of title page. $500. First edition one of two editions published in 1827. Taylor was tried for blasphemy after delivering an unorthodox sermon about Christ's character. He was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison. OCLC locates no copies of the first edition in North America and only 7 of the second 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Worcester MA Trial Court Library. COPAC locates 1 copy of the first edition London Library. McCoy Freedom of the Press T38. unknown books
684271820. London 1820. London 1820. An English Radical is Charged with Blasphemy in Defense of a Fellow Radical Trial. Wedderburn Robert 1762-1835/36 Defendant. Perkins Erasmus Editor. The Trial of the Rev. Robt. Wedderburn A Dissenting Minister of the Unitarian Persuasion For Blasphemy Before Sir Charles Abbott Knight Lord Chief-Justice And a Special Jury In the Court of King's Bench Westminster The Sittings After Hilary Term 1820; Containing a Verbatim Report of the Defence. London: Printed for the Editor 1820. 23. 1 pp. Includes 1 pp. publisher advertisement. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior a few minor chips and tears to title page light browning to interior. Two faint library inkstamps to title page "4" in early hand to upper margin internally clean. $500. Only edition one of two accounts of this trial. Wedderburn was a mixed-raced Jamaican-born Unitarian minister radical leader and anti-slavery advocate. He was convicted for blasphemous comments made about the Bible in connection with the trial of Richard Carlile a fellow-radical. Wedderburn was found guilty and served a brief term in prison. OCLC locates 12 copies 2 in North American law libraries Harvard Social Law. McCoy Freedom of the Press 107. unknown books
1855694171855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist Trial. Beale Stephen T. Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis And Judges Black and Woodward On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases And the Letters of Prof. Gibson Prof. Wiltbank Wm. Badger Esq. W.L. Hirst Esq. Rev. Albert Barnes Dr. Henry Boardman &c. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. 30 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers removed from a volume rear wrapper lacking. Faint dampstaining to head and lower corner at foot of spine through first half of text block light soiling to exterior minor tear and "9" in early hand to front wrapper light toning to text. $600. Only edition. This trial account reflects contemporary anxiety about ether which was used for the first time in 1846. Narcissa Mudge claimed she was raped by her dentist Dr. Beale while unconscious from ether during a procedure. Beale was convicted. This account of the trial is written by someone who characterizes the dentist as an innocent victim. He argues that Mudge's accusation was based on false memory a side-effect induced by ether. His case is supported by the testimony concerning the effects of ether by a group of dentists and other authorities. Bibliography of Early American Law 13774. unknown books
1830714241830. A Famous Salem Murder: McDade 569 Trial. Knapp John Francis Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of John Francis Knapp for the Murder of Joseph White Esq. of Salem On the Sixth of April 1830. Boston: Published by Charles Ellms 1830. 35 1 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut title vignette of murder. Half-title reads: Knapp's Second Trial Conviction And Sentence. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking. Light soiling to exterior moderate toning to text some chipping short tears and wear to fore-edges of leaves through p. 19 with no loss to text faint spotting in a few places faint dampstaining to a few leaves. A scarce title. $600. Only edition. The murder of Joseph White a wealthy retired sea captain a conspiracy by a relative Joseph Knapp who hired his brother John Francis Knapp and the brothers Richard and George Crowninshield was one of the most famous trials of the 1830s. Joseph Knapp received immunity for turning in the Crowninshields. George Crowninshield had a good alibi that prevented his conviction. Richard Crowninshield escaped justice by hanging himself. John Francis Knapp was tried twice. He was convicted in his second trial and sentenced to death. OCLC locates 9 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 569. unknown books
1807684241807. London 1807. OCLC 5 copies; 3 in N.A. London 1807. OCLC 5 copies; 3 in N.A. He Seduced Her to Win a Bet Trial. Piers Sir John 1772-1845 Defendant. The Trial of Sir John Piers Bart. For Criminal Conversation with Eliza the Wife of Valentine Viscount Cloncurry Before Lord Chief-Justice Downes In the Court of King's Bench Dublin; On February 19 20 1807. With the Letters Between the Parties. London: Printed for and Sold by R. Butters 1807. 44 pp. Lacking portrait frontispiece. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves edgewear and a few minor holes to title page "2" in early hand to upper margin. $600. Only edition. Piers 6th Baronet of Tristernagh Abbey was an Anglo-Irish baronet and a notable rake. His notoriety dates from his 1807 adultery trial involving Elizabeth Georgiana Lady Cloncurry the wife of an old school friend and creditor Lord Cloncurry. The trial established that Piers had seduced Lady Cloncurry as part of a bet. Lord Cloncurry was awarded the enormous sum of 20000 in damages the largest award granted in a criminal conversation case. The scandal attracted a great deal of attention and secured Piers a footnote in history. This case was the subject of John Betjemin's poem Sir John Piers and a 1978 BBC documentary The Bold Bad Baronet. COPAC locates 1 copy National Library of Scotland. OCLC locates 5 copies 3 in North America Temple University University of Missouri-Columbia Yale Law School. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
1838716931838. New York 1838 Only edition. New York 1838 Only edition. An Important Event in the History of Freedom of the Press and Abolition Trial. Lincoln William S. Reporter. Trow John Fowler Editor. Alton Trials: Of Winthrop S. Gilman Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long Amos B. Roff George H. Walworth George H. Whitney William Harned John S. Noble James Morss Jr. Henry Tanner Royal Weller Reuben Gerry And Thaddeus B. Hurlbut; For the Crime of Riot Committed on the Night of the 7th of November 1837 While Engaged in Defending a Printing Press From an Attack Made on It at That Time By an Armed Mob. Written Out From Notes of the Trial Taken at the Time By a Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. Also The Trial of John Solomon Levi Palmer Horace Beall Josiah Nutter Jacob Smith David Butler William Carr And James M. Rock Together with James Jennings Solomon Morgan And Frederick Bruchy; For a Riot Committed in Alton On the Night of the 7th on November 1837 in Unlawfully and Forcibly Entering the Warehouse of Godfrey Gilman & Co. And Breaking Up and Destroying a Printing Press. Written out from notes taken at the time of trial by William S. Lincoln. New York: Published by John F. Trow 1838. iv 5-158 1 pp. Lithographed frontispiece. Last page is a publisher's advertisement. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/4". Original patterned cloth gilt title to spine. A few minor dampspots to boards spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge just starting at head. Light toning somewhat heavier in places occasion light foxing. $650. Only edition. In 1837 a mob destroyed a printing establishment in Alton Illinois that produced abolitionist tracts owned by Elijah Parish Lovejoy an important abolitionist. He was killed while trying to defend his press. For many Lovejoy was a martyr to the cause of free speech. Abolitionists said this event proved that slavery posed a danger to the liberties of all Americans. OCLC locates 11 copies in U.S. law schools. William Lincoln was a member of the Alton Bar. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12163. unknown books
1848714421848. OCLS 2 copies. No copies found in U.S. law schools. OCLS 2 copies. No copies found in U.S. law schools. Poisoned by His Doctor Trial. Coolidge Valorous P. c.1823-1849 Defendant. Trial of Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge For the Murder of Edward Mathews At Waterville Maine As Reported For and Published in the Boston Daily Times. N.p.: S.n. 1848. 40 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed edges. Light browning to exterior light to moderate toning to interior faint vertical fold through center light foxing and minor stains to leaves at rear of text. An attractive copy of a scarce title. $650. Only edition. Coolidge murdered Mathews with a shot of poison-laced brandy because Mathews refused to loan him money. When the body was found Coolidge was summoned by the coroner's jury to perform an autopsy on his own victim. After an inept series of attempts to hide his crime Coolidge was convicted and sentenced to hang. He cheated the gallows however by committing suicide. OCLC locates 2 copies none in law libraries. We located a copy however at Yale Law School. McDade The Annals of Murder 211. unknown books
1852665911852. 1808 Court Martial of Rhode Island Militia Officers Who Refused to Select Six Guardsmen for Federal Service Trial. Court Martial. Kentish Guards. Trial of Colonel David Pinniger Lt. Col. William P. Maxwell Major Nathan Whiting Captain Allen Tillinghast: Officers of the Kentish Guards Before a General Court-Martial Holden at the Court-House In Providence April 27 1808 For Disobedience of Orders and Neglect of Duty. Warren RI: Printed by Nathaniel & John F. Phillips 1808. 41 4 pp. Errata slip pasted to verso of p.41. Octavo 7-3/4"x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet fragments to wrapper along spine untrimmed edges. Moderate toning early owner signature to verso of final leaf. $650. Only edition. Formed in 1774 the Kentish Guards of Rhode Island boasted General Nathanael Greene as an original officer. The Guards distinguished themselves at the Siege of Boston and elsewhere. In 1807 Colonel David Pinniger refused an order to select six guardsmen for federal service asserting that the Guards's charter permitted the call up of the entire unit but not individual soldiers. Pinniger's refusal precipitated his court martial and that of the fellow officers who supported him. All were removed from office without further penalty. The guards elected replacement officers; no one went into the U.S. Army. This pamphlet was published by the officers after the "unfavorable result" of the court martial in order to protect their reputations. All aspects of the case are covered. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13588. unknown books
1868672661868. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1868. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1868. A Protracted Plagiarism Case Against Richard Henry Dana Trial. Curtis Benjamin Robbins 1809-1874. Dana Richard Henry 1815-1882 Defendant. Circuit Court of the United States. District of Massachusetts. William Beach Lawrence in Equity vs. R.H. Dana Jr. Et Als. Closing Argument for the Complainant on the Question of Piracy. B.R. Curtis J.J. Storrow For the Complainant on the Question of Piracy. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1868. vii 3-255 pp. Octavo 10-1/2" x 7". Original printed wrappers. Spine abraded a few chips to edges light toning to text. Ex-library. Shelf number and hand-lettered institution name to head of front wrapper small inkstamp to title page. $650. Only edition. William Beach Lawrence edited two editions of Henry Wheaton's Elements of International Law. Dana then the U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts was the editor of a later edition. Lawrence accused Dana of plagiarism and initiated a copyright lawsuit that lasted 13 years. The court supported Lawrence in minor matters such as the arrangement of notes and verification of citations but maintained that Dana's notes were original. The trial brought together some of the finest legal minds of the era including Curtis the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who had dissented in the Dred Scott Case and then resigned from the Court. OCLC locates 11 copies. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1129. unknown books
1868717281868. London: Chapman and Hall 1868. London: Chapman and Hall 1868. The Trial of Governor Eyre for His Brutal Suppression of a Rebellion in Jamaica Trial. Eyre Edward John 1815-1901 Defendant. Finlason W.F. 1818-1895 Reporter. Report of the Case of the Queen v. Edward John Eyre On His Prosecution In the Court of Queen's Bench For High Crimes and Misdemeanours Alleged to Have Been Committed by Him in His Office as Governor of Jamaica; Containing the Evidence Taken from the Depositions The Indictment And the Charge of Mr. Justice Blackburn. London: Chapman and Hall Piccadily And Stevens & Son Bell Yard Lincoln's Inn 1868. xl 111 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Original textured cloth blind frames to boards gilt title to front board colored endpapers. Light soiling and few minor stains and dampspots two tiny worm tracks to front board light chipping to spine ends rear joint starting corners bumped and somewhat worn hinges cracked a few cracks to text blockearly armorial institutional library bookplate Bayswater to front pastedown later signature Sybil William and small library inkstamp to front free endpaper. Light browning to text light soiling to endleaves presentation inscription from Finlason to the Archbishop of Westminster to head of title page. $650. Only edition. Eyre famous as an explorer of Australia was Governor of Jamaica from 1862 to 1865. He was tried in 1868 for his brutal response to the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 an uprising of non-white Jamaicans in response to several years of political and economic suppression. His handling of the rebellion was deeply controversial in England and it resulted in his 1868 trial. However many believed he had acted decisively to restore law and order. Queen v. Eyre ended with an acquittal as did a second civil trial. Our report by Finlason which includes the evidence taken from court depositions the indictment and the charge is scarce. OCLC locates 6 copies in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard University of Windsor. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1073. unknown books
1859625481859. A Case of Arson in Gloucester Massachusetts Trial. Looker-on in Vienna. Trial of Marshall and Ross for Barn-Burning: A Brief Exposure of a Systematic Attempt to Mislead the Public Mind And Create a False Sympathy in Behalf of Convicted Incendiaries. Gloucester MA: S.n. 1859. 20 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and negligible edgewear rear wrapper lacking light toning to text. $650. Only edition. Marshall and Ross we are never given their first names were a tenant and hired hand of a Mr. Niles a farmer. They were convicted of arson after Niles's barns were destroyed by fire. This verdict seemed unfair and the defense attorney petitioned successfully for an appeal. Published in the weeks leading up to the second trial this pamphlet offers an argument for their conviction. An interesting case it is also a fine record of the social setting of criminal law in small-town New England in the mid-nineteenth century. OCLC locates 5 copies in North America law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress Social Law University of Missouri. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1140. unknown books
1765713361765. London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1765. London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1765. Incest and Murder in Edinburgh Trial. Nairn Katherine Defendant. Ogilvie Patrick d.1765 Defendant. The Trial of Katherine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie For the Crimes of Incest and Murder. Containing the Whole Procedure of the High Court of Judiciary Upon the 5th 12th 13th 14th 15th And 16th Days of August 1765. Edinburgh Printed: London: Reprinted For T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1765. vi 134 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into nineteenth-century cloth-backed boards printed paper title panel to front board. Light soiling and a few minor stains moderate rubbing to extremities some wear to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn crack in text block between front free endpaper and title page. Moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves light staining to final few leaves of text light soiling to title page and blank verso of final leaf. $650. Only London edition published the same year of the only Edinburgh edition. In January 1765 19 year-old Katharine Nairn married 40 year-old Thomas Ogilvie. She soon fell in love with his younger brother Patrick. In June the same year Thomas Ogilvie died after a sudden illness. Katharine and Patrick were arrested and convicted of murder by poisoning. Patrick Ogilvie was hanged but Katharine's execution was delayed when she was found to be pregnant. Placed in a lower-security section of the prison she took an opportunity to escape from and fled to France. She was never apprehended. This trial was the subject of a volume in the Notable British Trials series edited by William Roughead. English Short-Title Catalogue T51693. unknown books
1838664731838. Dedham Mass.: 1838. Dedham Mass.: 1838. 1838 Libel Case in Dedham Massachusetts Due to an Accusation of Adultery Trial. Pond Preston 1792-1868 Defendant. Report of the Case of Rev. Moses Thatcher Vs. Gen Preston Pond For Slander In Charging Him with Committing the Crime of Adultery. Reported for the Dedham Patriot. Dedham MA: Dedham Patriot and Boston Times 1838. 31 pp. Quarto 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in contemporary thick patterned-paper wrappers hand-lettered title panel to front cover. Some rubbing to extremities with a bit of wear to spine ends and corners a few minor tears to wrappers. Light browning to text occasional light foxing dampstains to a few leaves two leaves have clean tears light soiling to title page. Early annotations and signatures to title page interior otherwise clean. $650. Only edition. "Moses Thacher sometimes spelled Thatcher charged Pond with slander. Pond pleaded not guilty and alleged truth as a defense. The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded $5.00 in damages and $1.25 in costs" Cohen. After the trial Thacher left New England and served as pastor in Wysox Pennsylvania and in Courtland and Cayuga Counties in New York. The trials attracted a fair amount of attention; according to Cohen it was discussed in three pamphlets. All are scarce. OCLC locates 7 copies of the Report in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress Social Law University of Minnesota University of Missouri William and Mary. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12063. unknown books
1846694211846. Boston: Daily Mail Report-Full and Complete 1846. Boston: Daily Mail Report-Full and Complete 1846. Not in McDade Trial. Tirrell Albert J. Defendant. The Trial of Albert J. Tirrell Charged with the Murder of Mrs. Maria A. Bickford. Before the Suprteme Court in Boston. Boston: Daily Mail Report-Full and Complete 1846. 37 pp. Text in parallel columns. Portraits. Illustrations. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers rear wrapper lacking. Portrait of Tirrell on front wrapper depiction of crime scene to verso; portrait of Bickford on p.37. Light soiling small chip to upper corner of front wrapper moderate toning light foxing to a few leaves. $650. Only edition. "The murder of a harlot seems to lend a special interest to a case which is measurable by the many publications which ensue. . The Tirrell case is one of the triumphs of Rufus Choate who convinced the jury that his client did not cut the throat of Mrs. Bickford or if he did he did it in his sleep. The defense of somnambulism by Choate might well join that other classic of defense put forth by Delphin Michael Delmas who as counsel for Harry K. Thaw pleaded 'dementia Americana'" McDade. Our 37-page account is not among the 8 accounts in McDade which lists a similar account with 32 pages. OCLC locates 11 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder note to 986. unknown books
1875393<p><b>The Tilton versus Beecher Trial. Beach William A.</b> <i>Admit Bearer to Trial Tilton vs. Beecher At the City Court Room. </i>Signed "W. A. Beach." A printed ticket form to be used by William A. Beach 1809 – 1892 the senior counsel of the legal team representing the plaintiff Theodore Tilton. Printed on decorated heavy paper 6.5 cm x 10 cm. Condition fine. </p><p>A rare surviving paper admission ticket-pass for repeated entry to the most sensational trial in nineteenth-century America this special ticket-pass signed by an officer of the City Court in Brooklyn admitted an unidentified bearer to the legal action brought by Tilton against his wife's lover Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for alienation of affection. On August 20 1874 Theodore Tilton started his lawsuit against Henry Ward Beecher for alienation of affections. The trial began January 11 1875 and lasted six months. </p><p>Unlike the blue paper "day pass" tickets which were collected at the door of the courtroom gallery this special ticket-pass was returned to the bearer and may have been used by a member of Mr. Tilton's legal team. The Tilton-Beecher trial was lurid front-page news in every major newspaper in America for months and ended with a hung jury. </p><p>On May 22 1871 a letter to the editor of the New York<i> World </i>written by Victoria Woodhull was published in which she said among other things "My judges preach against 'free love' openly and practice it secretly; their outward seeming is fair but inwardly they are full of 'dead men's bones and all manner of uncleanness.' For example I know of one man a public teacher of eminence who lives in concubinage with the wife of another public teacher of almost equal eminence." The "public teacher of eminence" was Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the wife was Mrs. Theodore Tilton. </p>For the better part of three years many measures were taken to protect the reputation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's brother from ruin. As in politics the cover-up of Mrs. Tilton's adulterous relationship with Beecher was ultimately unsuccessful. During the trial scalpers sold tickets to the trial for as much as five dollars apiece. Some days thousands of spectators were turned away. Those lucky enough to obtain one often went without lunch to hold it for the day. books
1853711771853. Unrecorded Account the Murder "Of an Aged Couple Near Stafford" Trial. Blackburn Henry Defendant. Moore Edward Defendant. Walsh Charles Defendant. Full and Correct Account of the Trial Henry Blackburn Edward Moore And Charles Walsh For the Murder of an Aged Couple Near Stafford. Stafford England: Buxton Printer 1853. 8 pp. 12mo. 5" x 3-1/2". Whip-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers. Light soiling and edgewear light toning ink spot to verso of final leaf. $750. Only edition. An especially gruesome account of the Ash Flats Murder. John and Jane Blackburn were robbed and bludgeoned to death in their home. The criminals tried to hide their crime by burning the house but the fire was extinguished before the bodies were destroyed. Other evidence of the crime also survived including blood stains and the murder weapon. Blackburn Walsh and Moore were tried for the crime. Blackburn was freed and Walsh and Moore were sentenced to death. Moore later confessed that he acted alone which spared Walsh's life. The final page of our account has a moralizing account of the crime in verse. Our imprint appears to be unrecorded. No copies located on OCLC or COPAC. unknown books
1865711631865. The First Bank Robbery in the United States Trial. Bullock Alexander H. 1816-1882. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. Address of His Excellency Alexander H. Bullock to the Honorable Council on the Occasion of Presenting the Case of Edward W. Green A Convict Under the Sentence of Death for the Crime of Murder in the First Degree. February 27 1866. Boston Wright & Potter State Printers 1865 i.e. 1866. 29 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers recent repair to lower corner of rear wrapper. Light soiling and a few minor spots light wear to spine ends faint vertical crease through center presentation inscription "J.C. Jenkins from Gov. Gov. Bullock" to head of front wrapper light toning to interior a few spots to title page. $750. Only edition. Green the postmaster of Malden Massachusetts is believed to be the first person to rob an American bank. He was "a 'secretly drinking man' and had been short on his post office accounts. On December 15 1863 finding the bank manned solely by the seventeen-year-old son of the president he went back for his gun. Entering the bank he shot the youth twice through the head and carried off $5000. in bills. The crime was very quickly traced to him; his confession disclosed where he had hidden the money and he was condemned to die" McDade annotation to 381. Bullock was the governor of Massachusetts. His Address discusses his reasons for signing Green's death warrant. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Ohio State University Worcester Trial Court Library Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 382. unknown books
1822556511822. A Notable Freethinker and Publisher Of Thomas Paine Reports One of His Blasphemy Trials Trial. Carlile Richard 1790-1843 Defendant and Reporter. The Report of the Proceedings of the Court of King's Bench In the Guildhall London On the 12th 13th 14th And 15th Days of October: Being the Mock Trials of Richard Carlile For Alledged sic Blasphemous Libels In Publishing Thomas Paine's Theological Works and Elihu Palmer's Principles of Nature; Before Lord Chief Justice Abbott And Special Juries. London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile 1822. xx 203 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet without wrappers bound into recent marbled boards with paper title label. Toning light soiling to title page creases to corners of a few leaves. An appealing copy. $750. Only edition. Carlile was one of the most prolific freethinking journalist-publisher-political activists of his day. As one would suspect he was often at odds with the government. In 1819 he was fined 1500 pounds and imprisoned for three years for six counts of "blasphemous libel." He published this account of the first day of his 1819 trial after his release. It deals with the information against him for publishing Thomas Paine's Age of Reason and Examination of the Passages in the New Testament Quoted from the Old and Called prophecies concerning Jesus Christ which Carlile issued as The Age of Reason Part the Third. Portions of these were read in court by Carlile with commentary. Carlile reissued this pamphlet in 1826. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1035. unknown books
