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1811684001811. An Important Scottish Divorce Case Trial. Dodson John Reporter. Dalrymple Divorce Cause. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Consistorial Court of London On the Sixteenth Day of July 1811 By the Right Honourable Sir William Scott Chancellor of the Diocese In the Cause of Dalrymple the Wife Against Dalrymple the Husband. With an Appendix Containing the Depositions of the Witnesses the Letters of the Parties and Other Papers Exhibited in the Cause. London: Printed for J. Butterworth 1811. vii 96 iv cclxxvi pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth lettering piece and small location label to spine. Light soiling light rubbing to extremities hinges cracked front free endpaper partially detached rear free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to text library stamps and early owner signature to title page brief library annotations to verso. $250. Only edition. An important case in Scottish marriage law. In 1804 John Dalrymple met Johanna Gordon in Edinburgh began a secret relationship with her then left for Malta with the military. Upon returning a few years later he married someone else an act which provoked Ms. Gordon's suit for breach of contract. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1056. unknown books
1821664751821. Concord NH: Hill and Moore 1821. Concord NH: Hill and Moore 1821. He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel Trial. Farmer Daniel Davis 1793-1822 Defendant. Rogers Artemas Reporter. Chase Henry B. Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer At Goffstown On the 4th of April A.D. 1821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. 72 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fragments of wrapper along spine. Light rubbing to extremities light browning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $250. Only edition. "Mrs. Ayer had charged Farmer with fathering her child. He beat her to death with a cudgel sic and tried to burn her house" McDade. The report states that the murder weapon was an iron shovel. Farmer was found guilty and executed. McDade The Annals of Murder 300. unknown
1821694431821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel Trial. Farmer Daniel Davis 1793-1822 Defendant. Rogers Artemas Reporter. Chase Henry B. Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer At Goffstown On the 4th of April A.D. 1821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. 72 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior light rubbing to extremities light browning and occasional light foxing to text. $250. Only edition. "Mrs. Ayer had charged Farmer with fathering her child. He beat her to death with a cudgel sic and tried to burn her house" McDade. The report states that the murder weapon was an iron shovel. Farmer was found guilty and executed. McDade The Annals of Murder 300. unknown books
1866471591866. variant of McDade 493. variant of McDade 493. Rare Account of an "Unparalleled" Record of Love Bigamy and Murder: A Variant Noted in McDade 493 Trial. Hughes Dr. John W. 1833-1866 Defendant. The Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes For the Murder of Miss Tamzen Parsons; With a Sketch of His Life As Related by Himself. A Record of Love Bigamy and Murder Unparalleled in the Annals of Crime. Cleveland: Printed by the Leader Company 1866. 58 pp. Text mostly in double columns. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet with printed back wrapper. Some wear to edges occasional foxing and faint dampstaining. Small typed label stating "McDade 493" to head of title page internally clean. $250. Only edition one of two issues. "Jealous and intoxicated Hughes on the streets of Bedford Ohio shot the seventeen year old girl he had seduced. At his execution he spoke for fifteen minutes until the sheriff reminded him 'Time is going.' Then he dropped" McDade. McDade notes the existence of this 58-page printing "which adds a farewell letter." OCLC locates 1 copy of our issue New York Public Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 493. unknown
1811683861811. A Notable Study of Tax Indebtedness Trial. Hughes T.B. A Report of the Case of the King Against Bebb and Others. Assignees of Castell and Powell Bankrupts; On an Extent: With Explanatory Notes and an Appendix of Some Cases and Records in Extents Which Have Not Been Before Printed. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1811. iv 244 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine small shelf label to foot. Light soiling moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked front free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to text faint stains to foot of pp. 176-177 two library inkstamps and embossed stamp to title page annotations to verso. $250. Only edition. Abolished in 1947 a writ of extent was a remedy employed by the crown to recover unpaid taxes from a debtor or bankrupt. This book a combination of treatise and report examines the nature of these writs through a scholarly account with notes and a historical appendix of the important Exchequer case of John Bebb and others assignees of the bankrupt London banking house of Castell and Powell. Bebb and others assignees of Castell and Powell were countersued by the government for the right to assets that would cover payment of bills of exchange drawn by a Newcastle bank against tax-collection funds they were holding on deposit. The drafts had been accepted by the now bankrupt Castell and Powell who had turned them over to the commissioners of excise as collateral for the Newcastle tax deposits payable in thirty days. At issue was the right of the Crown to sue a debtor Castell and Powell of a tax-owing debtor the Newcastle bank. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:175. unknown books
1876714061876. Pottsville PA 1876. McDade 689. Pottsville PA 1876. McDade 689. "Fraternalism Gone Bad": McDade 689 Trial. Mollie Maguires. Argument of Franklin B. Gowen Esq. Of Counsel for the Commonwealth In the Case of the Commonwealth vs. Thomas Munley Indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Schuylkill County Pa. For the Murder of Thomas Sanger A Mining Boss At Raven Run On September 1st 1875. Stenographically Reported by R.A. West. Pottsville PA: Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms 1876. 36 pp. Tipped-in advertisement for the Pinkerton Detective Agency before title page Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling faint verical crease through center moderate edgwear wrappers beginning to detach at ends a few tiny holes to front wrapper light toning to text. $250. Only edition. "'Fraternalism gone bad' might best describe the situation in the mining regions of Pennsylvania where the local chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians held sway. An inner group known as the Mollie Maguires.committing numerous murders. Its control of the area was finally broken up by a Pinkerton detective named James McParlan who had secretly spent months undercover in the group. June 21 1877 saw the end of ten Mollies; six were hanged that day at Pottsville Pennsylvania for the murder of Frank Yost a policeman of Tamaqua and four others were hanged at Mauch Chunk three for the murder of John Jones a mining boss. Three more were executed at Bloomsburg Pennsylvania on March 25 1878 for the murder of Alexander Rea a mining paymaster killed during the holdup of a mine payroll" McDade. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Touro University of Pennsylvania Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 689. unknown books
1833573241833. A Scarce Scottish Defamation Case Trial. Nairne James 1782-1847 Defendant. The Trial Before the Lord President of the Court of Session Lord Mackenzie And a Special Jury Taken in Shorthand Of the Issues in the Action of Damages at the Instance of Lady Ramsay Widow of the Late Colonel Sir Thomas Ramsay of Balmain Baronet Against James Nairne W.S. For Falsehood and Defamation; Containing the Speeches of Counsel and Charge of the Lord President With the Whole Evidence And an Appendix of Letters and Documents. Edinburgh: Published for the pursuer by W. and R. Chambers; London: Orr and Smith 1833. iv 234 80 pp. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9". Original three-quarter cloth over paper-covered boards rebacked retaining original spine and printed paper title label hinges mended untrimmed edges. Some rubbing a few stains to boards early owner signature of John Osbourne Browne Esq. to front. Annotations in contemporary hand to foot of table of contents interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Shelf number to foot of spine bookplate to front pastedown date-due sheet and label to front free endpaper. A nice copy of a scarce title. $250. Only edition. A highly detailed record of a case involving accusations of marital infidelity by a colleague of Lady Ramsay's late husband. Lady Ramsay prevailed; the jury determined that her "character" was "perfectly pure and unsullied" and awarded her damages of 200 pounds sterling. 234. OCLC locates 10 copies in North American law libraries. Catalogue of the Library of Harvard Law School 1909 II:1171. unknown books
1827680711827. Black Unhallowed Uncaused Crime": McDade 934 Trial. Strang Jesse Defendant. The Confession of Jesse Strang Who Was Convicted of the Murder of John Whipple At a Special Court of Oyer and Terminer Held in and for the County of Albany On the Fourth Day of August 1827. Being a Minute Relation of All the Circumstances Connected with the Murder As Related by Him After His Conviction; And Which he Most Solemnly Affirmed Contained Nothing but the Truth. Made to C. Pepper Esq. One of His Counsel. Albany: Printed by John B. van Steenbergh 1827. 35 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light foxing to a few leaves light browning to title page. A nice copy $250. Only edition. Jesse Strang living under the alias Joseph Orton was involved in an affair with Elsie Whipple. Strang shot Elsie's husband John Whipple after several unsuccessful attempts by the lovers to poison him. Strang was convicted and executed. Elsie was tried individually and acquitted. This pamphlet includes a poem "To Mrs Whipple" accusing her of "black unhallowed uncaused crime." McDade The Annals of Murder 934. unknown books
1822551151822. Notable Libel Trial With a Defence by Lord Brougham Trial. Williams John Ambrose 1793-1854 Defendant. The Trial of John Ambrose Williams For a Libel on the Clergy Contained in the Durham Chronicle of August 18 1821. Before Mr. Baron Wood and a Special Jury. Tried at the Summer Assizes At Durham On Tuesday August 6th 1822. To Which is Prefixed A Report of the Preliminary Proceedings in the Court of King's Bench London. Durham: Printed by J.A. Williams 1822. iv 57 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf light browning. Early owner signature to head of title page interior otherwise clean. $250. First edition. "When Queen Caroline died in 1821 the clergy of Durham refused to allow the bells to be tolled. Mr. John Ambrose Williams who owned the Durham Chronicle published an article in it attacking the conduct of the clergy who set the law in motion against Mr. Williams in the shape of a criminal information for libel. The case came for trial before a special jury at Durham. Mr. Scarlett afterwards Lord Abinger a most consummate advocate conducted the prosecution and Brougham the defense. Brougham made a magnificent speech but it was rather a political manifesto than a wise appeal to a jury at Durham who were not likely to be pleased with torrents of irony addressed to such topics as the revenues and management of their palatinate. The result was that his client was found guilty." Archer. This pamphlet was also issued the same year in London and Edinburgh. OCLC locates 2 copies of the Durham issue at Cambridge and Glasgow Universities. Archer William Ewart Gladstone and his Contemporaries 40. McCoy Freedom of the Press W297. unknown books
1857634731Göttingen, Dieterich, 1857. XXVIII, 656 S. Halbleinwand d. Zt. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel (untere Kanten bestoßen). [2 Warenabbildungen]
1823712431823. London: Printed by W. Hersee 1823. London: Printed by W. Hersee 1823. "The Great Historical Picture" Trial. Caroline of Brunswick 1768-1821 Defendant. Hayter Sir George 1792-1871 Artist. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Great Historical Picture Painted by Mr. George Hayter Member of the Academy of Sr. Luke &c. &c. &c. Representing the Trial of Her Late Majesty Queen Caroline of England With a Faithful Interior View of the House of Lords And One Hundred and Eighty-Nine Portraits; Amongst Which are Included Those Princes of the Royal Family With Most of the Peers and Distinguished Personages Who Were in the House on that Memorable Occasion and Who did the Artist the Honor to Sit: Containing in the Whole Upwards of Three Hundred Figures: Now Exhibiting at Mr. Cauty's Great Rooms No. 80-1/2 Pall Mall. London: Printed by W. Hersee 1823. vii i 9-16 pp. Folding title page. 5 etched folding plates. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers. Light toning slightly heavier in placesa few minor creases and tears to plates. $300. Only edition. Hayter's painting depicted one of the most sensational trials in English history: the repudiation of Queen Caroline by King George IV. After she refused to grant a divorce and renounce her title of Queen Consort the Earl of Liverpool introduced The Pains and Penalties Bill in Parliament in order to compel the king's demands through legislation. The bill alleged that Caroline had an affair with a commoner Bartolomeo Bergami while in Italy. The bill was approved by the House of Lords but it was not submitted to the House of Commons where it would have been defeated. Despite the King's best attempts Caroline was always a popular favorite. Indeed her popularity increased during the trial. Although she prevailed in the court of popular opinion she fell ill and died shortly after the coronation of George IV. She was certain that she was poisoned by one of the King's agents. OCLC locates 1 copy in a law library Harvard. Another copy located at Yale Law School. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 11:987. unknown books
1801380164London: T. Plummer Printer Seething Lane 1801. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. 4 pages in small typeface. Presumably reduced from the 8 page 1798 printing. Moore a Scottish cartographer chart seller and educator with a somewhat controversial reputation was accused of copying a chart of the coasts of France Spain and Portugal drawn up by William Heather. The case was heard before Lord Kenyon with the prosecution led by Erskine; the jury quickly found for the defendant despite Kenyon's balanced instruction. Record # 380164 T. Plummer, Printer, Seething Lane paperback
1823642241823. Edinburgh 1823. Only ed. Edinburgh 1823. Only ed. Trial of a Would-Be Scottish Duelist Trial. Vair George Buchan Defendant. Alston Gideon Defendant. Report of the Trial by Jury David Armstrong Against George Buchan Vair and Gideon Alston For Sending a Challenge to Fight a Duel. Taken in Short-Hand. With an Appendix of Letters and Other Documents. Edinburgh: Printed for W. and C. Tait 1823. iv 134 2 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Contemporary calf with later rebacking blind fillets to boards gilt title to spine hinges mended. Moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn some gatoring along joints. Moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves internally clean. $300. First and only edition. Vair a spirit-dealer in Leith was apparently engaged to Miss Dinah Grive "a lady in Dumfries." He objected to inappropriate attentions paid her by David Armstrong a writer. Vair alleged that Armstrong had caused the lady to break off her engagement and was therefore entitled to challenge him to a duel. Armstrong refused the challenge won the court case and was awarded 20 pounds in damages. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American law libraries LA County Library of Congress Social Law University of Pennsylvania. unknown
1827684591827. London 1827. London 1827. Contemporary Account of a Famous English Case of Forced Marriage Trial. Wakefield Edward Gibbon Defendant. Wakefield William Defendant. Wakefield Frances Mrs. Defendant. The Trial of Edward Gibbon Wakefield William Wakefield And Frances Wakefield: Indicted with One Edward Thevenot A Servant For a Conspiracy and For the Abduction of Miss Ellen Turner The Only Child and Heiress of William Turner Esq. of Shrigley Park in the County of Chester. London: John Murray 1827. xv 303 pp. Interleaved with de-acidifying paper. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/4". Recent library buckram white-stamped title shelf number and library name to spine. Text notably fresh some browning to final leaf and title page which has library marks and stamps. $300. Only edition. The first account of the Shrigley Abduction an 1826 British case of forced marriage by Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the 15-year-old heiress Ellen Turner. The couple was married in Scotland and travelled to France before Turner's father was able to notify the authorities and intervene. The marriage was annulled by Parliament. Wakefield and his brother William were convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1217. unknown books
18265841826 Recueil de 3 livres sur les marchés Ouvrard : (I) Paris, Baudouin frères, 1826, (II) [édité sans page de titre] Paris, Imprimerie de Fain, daté 17 avril 1826 et signé J. Ouvrard, (III) Paris, C. J. Trouvé, 1826. Reliés en 1 volume in-8 (21 x 13 cm), 2 ff. + 164 pp., 103 pp., 177 pp. + 4 grands tableaux dépliants et un tableau à pleine page (feuillet d'errata relié après la page de titre), demi-veau havane, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison (portant : "3 - procès, affaires d'Espagne"), tranches marbrées.
1806AQ35068London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1806. iv xcv 1 1-120 121-230 121-378pp 8. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Twentieth century green buckram lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. browning to title and blank fly-leaves light scattered spotting with chipping to edges of title page. The first edition of this report of the last impeachment trial to be held in the House of Lords. The defendant Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville 1742 – 1811 was accused of embezzling government funds during his appointment as treasurer of the admiralty between 1782 and 1800. Despite being acquitted the trial lost Dundas a great degree of public favour partially sullying his legacy as Home Secretary Lord Advocate Secretary of State for War and First Lord of the Admiralty. . First edition. 8vo. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme hardcover
1815AQ19449London: Printed by W. Glindon 1815. 16pp. Unbound with remains of original stitching. Edges first and final leaves dust-soiled uncut small tear to outer blank margin of two leaves and gutter of last little spotting. A speech delivered to the jury at a trial for adultery in Dublin by the lawyer Mr Phillips - an 'exquisite display of eloquence'. It comments on the fact that led Mr Guthrie the plaintiff he was representing and Mr Sterne to face one another in court as the latter had a relationship with Mrs Guthrie and convinced her to escape with him. The repenting Mrs Guthrie 'a poor wretch' returned home after Mr Sterne began to beat her. It was a very successful speech - 'a burst of applause from the whole Bar and auditory followed the delivery of the passage'. An interesting ephemeral survival shedding light on Irish marital law. COPAC records a single copy Oxford; OCLC adds no further. . 8vo. Printed by W. Glindon unknown
1802699631802. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. Will the Church Allow Her to Stay on Land Donated by Her Brother Trial. Butler Cathrine O'Brien 1730-1807 Plaintiff. The Trial and Particulars of the Case Wherein the Lessee of Catharine O'Brien Butler Was Plantiff And the Rev. A. Dunn Secretary to the Roman Catholic Collage of Maynooth Defendant. Tried at the Last Trim Assizes 1802. With a Circumstantial Account of the Testimony Given by the Rev. Father Gahan. Second Edition. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. 20 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound pamphlet all leaves detached moderate edgewear soiling to title page and verso of final leaf "9." in small early hand to head of title page. $350. Second and final edition published the same year as the first. This case concerned the will of Catharine O'Brien Butler's brother John Butler 12th Baron Dunboyne who had left his property to the St. Patrick's College Maynooth. OCLC locates 3 copies 2 in North America Emory Pitts Theological Seminary Newberry Library which are both first editions. COPAC locates 1 copy Ushaw College Durham which has a second edition. unknown books
1829694181829. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth Printers 1829. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth Printers 1829. A Notable Trial that Pitted Freedom of the Press Against the Law of Libel Trial. Child David Lee 1794-1874 Defendant. Whitman John W. 1798-1833 Reporter. Trial of the Case of the Commonwealth Versus David Lee Child For Publishing in the Massachusetts Journal a Libel on the Honorable John Keyes Before the Supreme Judicial Court Holden at Cambridge In the County of Middlesex October Term 1828. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth Printers 1829. 119 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Negligible light edgewear and soiling to exterior embossed library stamp and early owner signature Samuel Drake 1838 to title page. Moderate toning occasional early marks and notes in pencil to margins faint dampstaining to margins of title page and a few other leaves. $350. Only edition. This trial addressed the contested boundary between freedom of the press and the law of libel. In his Massachusetts Journal and various handbills Child accused Keyes of irregularities as chairman of the county Committee of Accounts bid rigging and animosity toward the administration in power in Washington. Child was found guilty. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13312. McCoy Freedom of the Press C318. unknown books
1821664751821. Concord NH: Hill and Moore 1821. Concord NH: Hill and Moore 1821. He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel Trial. Farmer Daniel Davis 1793-1822 Defendant. Rogers Artemas Reporter. Chase Henry B. Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer At Goffstown On the 4th of April A.D. 1821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. 72 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fragments of wrapper along spine. Light rubbing to extremities light browning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $350. Only edition. "Mrs. Ayer had charged Farmer with fathering her child. He beat her to death with a cudgel sic and tried to burn her house" McDade. The report states that the murder weapon was an iron shovel. Farmer was found guilty and executed. McDade The Annals of Murder 300. unknown books
1809595371809. Trial. Henry Joseph Defendant. Report of the Trial of Joseph Henry Esq. In the Sheriff's Court On Friday Jan. 20 1809 For Criminal Conversation with Lady Emily Best. London: Printed by B. McMillan 1809. ii 50 1 pp. Includes one-page advertisement. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior minor edgewear to first and final leaves light toning to interior. $350. A report of the inquiry to award damages after Lady Emily Best deserted her formerly wealthy husband who was currently living in a debtor's prison and her infant daughter. The trial resulted in an award of 2000. OCLC locates 2 copies at Cornell and Yale Universities. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1098. unknown
1809595371809. Trial. Henry Joseph Defendant. Report of the Trial of Joseph Henry Esq. In the Sheriff's Court On Friday Jan. 20 1809 For Criminal Conversation with Lady Emily Best. London: Printed by B. McMillan 1809. ii 50 1 pp. Includes one-page advertisement. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior minor edgewear to first and final leaves light toning to interior. $350. A report of the inquiry to award damages after Lady Emily Best deserted her formerly wealthy husband who was currently living in a debtor's prison and her infant daughter. The trial resulted in an award of 2000. OCLC locates 2 copies at Cornell and Yale Universities. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1098. unknown books
1819674151819. Concord NH: 1819. Concord NH: 1819. Fletcher Webster's Copy of an Account of One of His Father's Famous Cases Trial. Jackman Joseph. Goodridge Elijah Putnam 1787-1851 Defendant. The Sham-Robbery Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge on His Own Person In Newbury Near Essex Bridge Dec. 19 1816: With a History of His Journey to the Place Where he Robbed Himself: and His Trial with Mr. Ebenezer Pearson Whom he Maliciously Arrested for Robbery: Also the Trial of Levi & Laban Kenniston. Concord NH: Printed for the Author 1819. 151 1 pp. 12mo 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers untrimmed edges. Light soiling and a few minor stains wrappers worn but secure. Light browning to text light foxing in a few places faint dampstaining to a few leaves "Daniel Webster Jr" in pencil to front endleaf and recto of rear wrapper "Polly Webster" to rear free endpaper. $350. Only edition. Full account of the several trials connected with this famous Massachusetts case by one of the accused. Daniel Webster served as one of the defense attorneys shortly after his return to private practice following his two terms in Congress. The respected and well-connected Major Goodridge's accusation of robbery against the witless low-life Kenniston brothers was supported by popular sentiment until Webster began his defence which meticulously unraveled the Major's story and succeeded in gaining the Kenniston's acquittal. The trial was an early landmark in Webster's legal career and his final address to the jury first printed here is considered a classic of Webster's oratory. It was later anthologized. Daniel Fletcher Webster 1818-1862 known as Fletcher Webster was Daniel Webster's eldest son. Chief Clerk of the U.S. State Department when his father was Secretary of State he commanded the 12th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. He was killed at the Second Battle of Bull Run. We are unsure of the identity of Polly Webster. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14017. unknown books
1876707551876. Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas McDade 679 Trial. Miller George d. 1876 Defendant. Glew John Defendant. Smith William d. 1876 Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller John Glew And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell JJ. Boston: Printed Under the Direction of the Clerk of the Court 1876. 141 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet printed wrappers which are detached with moderate edgewear fading and light soiling spine perished text block secure. Moderate toning to text faint offsetting to title page light foxing to a few leaves heavier offsetting to verso of final leaf a blank. $350. Only edition. "The Jefferson Borden was bound for London from New Orleans. Corydon Trask Patterson was the mate and in the course of a mutiny he was hit with an iron bar and thrown overboard. The mutiny was suppressed and at this trial Glew was acquitted and Miller and Smith were condemned" McDade. This official account includes the indictment arraignment pleas assignment of counsel to prisoners empaneling of the jury evidence charge to the jury verdict remarks of the Court on passing sentence and the sentences. McDade The Annals of Murder 679. unknown books
1815684441815. London 1815. London 1815. A Controversial 1815 Court Martial of One of Wellington's Generals Trial. Murray John Defendant. Gurney William Brodie 1777-1855 Reporter. The Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Murray Bart. By a General Court Martial Held at Winchester On Monday the 16th of January 1815 And Continued by Adjournment Till Monday the 6th of February 1815. Taken in Short Hand. London: Printed for T. Egerton 1815. vii 562 pp. Woodcut folding map. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces and paper location label to spine. Some shelfwear and soiling with wear to lettering pieces hinges cracked front free endpaper detached partial vertical tear to folding map along fold line. Moderate toning and light foxing to text marks and annotations in early hand to several leaves light soiling and two faint library inkstamps to title page. $350. Only edition. Murray was court-martialed for his mishandling of an engagement with Napoleon's army in Tarragona during the Peninsular War 1807-1814. A highly debated trial it resulted in Murray's acquittal of all charges except one: abandoning his cannon. That charge was later dismissed. Overall it seems that Murray's performance was marred by incompetence and cowardice. Many believed so at the time including Prince Regent George IV who denied Murray's petition to become a member of the Order of the Bath. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Library of Congress University of Minnesota US Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. Yale Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1149. unknown books
