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1834149401834. London: J.B. Nichols & Son 1834. Only edition. London: J.B. Nichols & Son 1834. Only edition. Interesting Trial Concerning Responsibility for Poor Relief Trial. Nicholson Henry John Defendant. Report of the Late Important Trial in the Court of King's Bench In Which Sir Charles Merrik Burrel Bart. Was Plaintiff And Henry John Nicholson the Defendant; Respecting the Parochial Rates Claimed by the Parish of St. Margaret Westminster From the Inhabitants of Richmond Terrace. London: Printed by and for J.B. Nichols & Son 1834. 191 pp. with 191 blanks interleaved. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Contemporary calf lettering piece to spine. Considerable rubbing spine abraded front joint cracked corners worn front joint partly cracked but secure. Light toning to text internally clean. $100. Only edition. The plaintiff claimed that Richmond Terrace was not within the parish of St. Margaret. Therefore its inhabitants could not be compelled to contribute to the relief of the poor in that parish. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1030. unknown books
1873694441873. A Constant Reminder that Innocent Persons Can Be Convicted" Trial. Boorn Stephen Defendant. Boorn Jesse Defendant. Sargeant Leonard 1793-1880 Reporter. The Trial Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn for the Murder of Russell Colvin And the Return of the Man Supposed to Have Been Murdered. Manchester VT: Journal Book and Job Office 1873. 48 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers publisher advertisement to rear wrapper. Light soiling to wrappers light foxing to front wrapper light toning to text. A well-preserved copy. $150. As noted by McDade this famous case is a "constant reminder that innocent persons can be convicted. Russell Colvin the alleged victim had married a sister of the Boorns and had several children by her. He was mentally deficient and disappeared in 1812. Local gossip credited the Boorns with having disposed of him presumably because he was a burden on the family. In the spring of 1819 the Boorns were arrested and either from fear or mental weakness they told stories involving each other in the death of Colvin--Stephen's amounting to a confession of murder. They were tried and sentenced to be hanged; the state legislature however commuted Jesse's sentence to life imprisonment. As a last resort a notice was placed in the papers requesting information about Colvin. A farmer in Monmouth County New Jersey believed he recognized a hired man in the vicinity from the description. This man who was mentally deranged was enticed to Manchester arriving.six weeks before the day set for Stephen's execution. It was definitively established that he was the missing Colvin; he had apparently wandered off on his own volition annotation to Entry 111. Though published fifty-four years after the event the pamphlet was prepared by one of the defense counsellors and contains important information on the discovery and return of Colvin." McDade The Annals of Murder 113. unknown books
1855668981855. Chicago IL: 1855. Only edition. Chicago IL: 1855. Only edition. Brought to Justice by the Pinkertons Trial. Caldwell Oscar T. Defendant. Smith J. Victor Reporter. Trial of Oscar T. Caldwell Late a Conductor on the Chicago and Burlington Railroad Line For Embezzlement: Before the Recorders Court of the City of Chicago at the September Term 1855. Chicago: Daily Democratic Press Steam Print 1855. 35 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers spine reinforced. Light soiling minor edgewear spine abraded but secure some toning to text. $150. Only edition. Caldwell's trial was the result of an investigation by the Pinkerton detective agency then a five-year old company. Caldwell was convicted. The rear wrapper carries an advertisement for the Pinkerton & Company. OCLC locates 6 copies in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Rutgers St. John's University Social Law University of Missouri. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13985. unknown books
1696655911696. London 1696. Sole edition. London 1696. Sole edition. Hanged Without Benefit of Counsel Trial. Friend Sir John d. 1696 Defendant. The Arraignment Tryal And Condemnation Of Sir John Friend Knight For High Treason In Endeavouring to Procure Forces from France to Invade this Kingdom And Conspiring to Levy War in this Realm for Assisting and Abetting the Said Invasion In Order to the Deposing of His Sacred Majesty King William And Restoring the Late King. At the Sessions-house in the Old-Bayly On Monday March 23. 1695/6. And Perused by the Lord Chief Justice Holt And the King's Council Who were Present at the Tryal. London: Printed for Samuel Heyrick at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn 1696. iv 44 pp. Main text preceded by "Order to Print" imprimatur leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities some fading to spine and parts of boards. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to a few leaves wear to fore-edge of final leaf. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. A nice copy. $150. Only edition. Friend was charged with high treason for participation in Jacobite assassination plot 1696 and denied counsel by Chief-Justice Sir John Holt. He was convicted and hanged one of the last two people condemned before the Treason Act of 1695 came into force. This act which allowed counsel in cases of treason may have helped. unknown books
1680657491680. A Survivor of the Popish Plot Trial. Gascoigne Sir Thomas 1593-1686 Defendant. The Tryal of Sr Tho. Gascoyne Bar. For High-Treason In Conspiring the Death of the King The Subversion of the Government And Alteration of Religion On Wednesday the 11th of February 1679. At the Bar of the Kings Bench Before the Right Honourable Sir William Scroggs Lord Chief Justice And the Rest of the Judges of that Court. London: Printed for Tho. Bassett and Sam. Heyrick 1680. Final leaf is a bound-in facsimile. 67 1 pp. Folio 11-3/4" x 7". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later quarter speckled calf over paper-covered boards lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing to extremities slight darkening to edges of boards. Moderate toning to text light browning to edges light foxing edgewear and minor tears to a few leaves light soiling to title page. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown stamps to endleaves perforated stamp to head of title page. $150. Only edition. A fictitious conspiracy to assassinate Charles II the Popish Plot provoked a spasm of anti-Catholic hysteria in England and Scotland that led to the executions of at least 22 men between 1678 and 1681 and harsh laws against Catholics. Gascoigne who was implicated by two disgruntled former servants was among the many who were implicated in the Popish Plot and one of the few who managed to escape execution. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Osgoode Hall University of Minnesota University of Michigan. English Short-Title Catalogue R6828. unknown books
1804684321804. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. A Famous English Case Involving Abduction and Assault Trial. Gordon Loudoun Harcourt Defendant. An Apology for the Conduct of the Gordons; Containing the Whole of Their Correspondence Conversation &c. With Mrs. Lee: To Which is Annexed An Accurate Account of Their Examination at Bow Street And Their Trial at Oxford. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. xxxiv 35-143 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet title page mounted and re-hinged. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text "3" in early hand to head of title page. $150. Later edition. This colorful trial for abduction and assault was the result of a misguided love affair. The plaintiff Mrs Lee claimed that she had been abducted by Lonsdale Gordon and his brother the author of this pamphlet. Both were ultimately acquitted. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 10:951. unknown books
1872664781872. Baltimore S.n. 1872. Baltimore S.n. 1872. "For the Alleged Seduction of Mary Driscoll Virginia Hopkins &c." Trial. Huston Lorenzo Dow 1820-1887 Defendant. The Trial of the Rev. L.D. Huston for the Alleged Seduction of Mary Driscoll Virginia Hopkins &c; Giving a Full and Complete Account of All the Testimony Taken Before the Ecclesiastical Court And Containing all the Evidence that has Been Withheld from the Public With an Elaborate Article from Dr. Huston's Legal Counsel. The Only Authentic Edition Containing All the Suppressed Testimony. Baltimore S.n. 1872. 64 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Laid-in portrait plate issued with some copies not present in this copy. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning a few chips and minor tears to title page and final leaf which is detached. Early notes in pencil to foot of p. 64. Ex-library. Small embossed stamps to a few leaves. A scarce title. $150. Only edition. As Karin Gedge notes Huston a Methodist Minister and teacher was a clever practitioner of a "seduction theology that persuaded girls to reluctantly accept sexual behavior that was clearly contrary to most Christian teaching." Eventually tried but acquitted he seduced at least three girls. OCLC locates 11 copies 5 in law libraries Harvard Social Law UC-Berkeley University of Missouri US Supreme Court. Gedge Without Benefit of Clergy: Women and the Pastoral Relationship in Nineteenth-Century American Culture 55-57. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1109. unknown books
1817680751817. False Accusations of Robbery Trial. Kenniston Levi Defendant. Kenniston Laban Defendant. Report of the Evidence at the Trial of Levi & Laban Kenniston Before Hon. Samuel Putnam on an Indictment for the Robbery of Major Elijah P. Goodridge December 19 1816. Salem: Printed by T.C. Cushing 1817. 32 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning some leaves have light foxing tiny faint mark from paper clip to title and final page. $150. Only edition one of three accounts of this trial all from 1817. "Elijah Goodridge brought charges against a number of individuals whom he accused of robbing him but apparently no robbery had taken place. Goodridge's accusations had been fabricated and the defendants were acquitted after a trial in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court" Cohen. This is one of three accounts of this case. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14018. unknown books
1722658911722. A Leader of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1722 Trial. Layer Christopher 1683-1723 Defendant. The Whole Proceeding Upon the Arraignment Tryal Conviction and Attainder of Christopher Layer Esq; For High Treason In Compassing and Imagining the Death of the King. In the Court of King's-Bench at Westminster In Michaelmas Term; In the Ninth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord George By the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland: Annoq; Domini 1722. Perused by the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice And the Rest of the Judges of the Court of King's-Bench And by the Counsel for His Majesty And for the Prisoner. London: Printed by S. Buckley in Amen-Corner 1722 i.e. 1723. iv 152 pp. Leaves in Signature Y pp. 85-88 bound in reverse order. With an initial imprimatur leaf dated Jan. 21 1722/3. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent buckram gilt-stamped title to spine. Very light toning to text internally clean. $150. First edition. This is the standard contemporary account of Layer's trial which resulted from his leadership during Jacobite Rebellion of 1722. Also known as the Atterbury Plot this was the second attempt to return James II to the thrones of England and Scotland. The trial ended with the execution of Layer and most of his colleagues. One of them Francis Atterbury the Bishop of Rochester was banished. This account was reissued in Dublin in 1723. English Short-Title Catalogue T114598. unknown books
1862694941862. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. The Parish Will Case In the Court of Appeals. The Statement of Facts And the Opinion of the Court. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1862. 123 43 pp. Two parts each with title page. Title page of Part II reads: The Parish Will Case In the Court of Appeals. The Opinion of the Court And of the Several Judges. Quarto 9" x 7". Sew pamphlet in printed wrappers. Spine abraded wrappers detached lightly soiled and heavily worn along edges light edgewear to corners of text block. Moderate toning to text light soiling to upper corner of title page. $150. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He left a will made in 1842 that had been amended with three codicils signed by him some time after suffering a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested on the grounds of mental impairment. This trial which commenced in 1857 attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1159. unknown books
1696656961696. A Lawyer Who Played a Role in the First Jacobite Rebellion Trial. Parkyns Perkins Parkins Sir William 1649-1696 Defendant. The Arraignment Tryal and Condemnation of Sir William Parkins Knt. for the Most Horrid and Barbarous Conspiracy to Assassinate His Most Sacred Majesty King William; And for Raising of Forces In Order to a Rebellion And Encouraging a French Invasion Into This Kingdom. Who was Found Guilty of High-Treason March 24. 1695/6. At the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily. Together with a True Copy of the Papers Delivered by Sir William Parkins And Sir John Friend To the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex At the Time of Their Execution. London: Printed for Samuel Heyrick 1696. ii 48 pp. Lacking licence leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light soiling to extremities. Light browning and occasional foxing to text inkstain to fore-edge of title page smudges to a few other leaves. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. A nice copy. $150. Only edition. Sir William Parkyns also spelled Parkins or Perkins was an English lawyer who was executed for his part in the first Jacobite Rebellion which aimed to restore the exiled James II to the English throne after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Parkyns did not participate personally; he purchased military equipment and ammunition for the Jacobites which he stored in his country house. Parkyns defended himself in court without success. He was found guilty and executed. English Short-Title Catalogue R11595. unknown books
1809699691809. Cobbett's First Attempt to Promote Reform Trial. Powell Richard Captain Primary Defendant. Cobbett William 1763-1835 Reporter. Proceedings of a General Court Martial Held at the Horse-Guards On the 24th and 27th of March 1792 For the Trial of Capt. Richard Powell Lieut. Christopher Seton and Lieut. John Hall Of the 54th Regiment of Foot; On Several Charges Preferred Against Them Respectively by William Cobbett Late Serjeant-Major of the Said Regiment; Together With Several Curious Letters Which Passed Between the Said William Cobbett and Sir Charles Gould Judge-Advocate General; And Various Other Documents Connected Therewith In the Order of Their Dates. London: Printed and Published by J. Gold 1809. 32 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound Stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and edgewear moderate toning to text "10" in early hand to head of title page which has a small chip near its upper corner. $150. Only edition one of two accounts published in 1809. Before he launched his career as a reformer though his Weekly Political Register and his pamphlets Cobbett was a soldier. It was during this time that he took his first steps toward his future vocation. While stationed in Canada from 1784 to 1791 he found that several officers were stealing provisions. Moreover there behavior established a system of corruption that influenced the other ranks. Cobbett collected evidence against these officers. After he returned to England and left the army in 1791 he presented his evidence to the Secretary of War. A court- martial of his former officers was convened but no one appeared to prosecute the case. The charges were dismissed and the defendants acquitted. Fearing reprisals he fled to France then the United States. He returned to England in 1800. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1168. unknown books
1710607641710. A Triumph for Tories and High-Churchmen Trial. Great Britain. House of Lords. Sacheverell Henry 1674-1724 Defendant. The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell Before the House of Peers For High Crimes and Misdemeanors; Upon an Impeachment by the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled In the Name of Themselves And of All the Commons of Great Britain: Begun in Westminster-Hall the 27th Day of February 1709/10 And from Thence Continued by Several Adjournments Until the 23d Day of March Following. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1710. 456 pp. Bound with The Bishop of Salisbury's And the Bishop of Oxford's Speeches in the House of Lords On the First Article of the Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell; Also the Bishop of Lincoln's and Bishop of Norwich's Speeches At the Opening of the Second Article of the Said Impeachment. London: Printed And Sold by John Morphew Near Stationers-Hall 1710. 16; 16; 2 35-52; 53-63 1 pp. Four parts each with title page first three parts have individual pagination. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf raised bands and early hand-lettered paper spine label. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped spine label soiled and edgeworn. Light toning to text internally clean. An appealing copy. $150. First octavo editions both among several issues from the same year. Fundamental documents in the ideological controversy between Whigs and Tories that was to dominate 18th century England. Dr. Henry Sacheverell was impeached for preaching two sermons that advocated the Tory doctrines of non-resistance and passive obedience. His punishment was unique. He was not allowed to preach for three years but he was allowed to perform other clerical functions and accept preferment during that time. His two sermons were ordered burned by the common hangman. Such a sentence was felt to be a triumph for him and the High-Church and Tory party and the news of it was received with great enthusiasm throughout the kingdom. See Dictionary of National Biography XVIII:569-572. English Short-Title Catalogue T176104 T22852. unknown books
1812WRCLIT42904Dublin: Printed for M.N. Mahon 1812. 234503023pp. Octavo signed in 4s. Extracted from bound volume. Title a bit soiled stamps of a defunct mercantile library otherwise a very good copy. First edition. The constituent elements making up this work are signed separately and were evidently printed as units during the course of the trial. There are a number of contemporary manuscript revisions and corrections in the text along with a manuscript docket partly cut away when bound at the head of Bushe's speech re: Kirwan. The 1793 act determined the legality or illegality of certain types of assemblies and in the instances of the defendants here charged appears have been directed against them as non-residents petitioning Dublin Catholic election assemblies. The NSTC locates copies at Trinity BL Cambridge and the Bodleian. Printed for M.N. Mahon unknown books
1768669071768. One of the Most Sensational Scottish Trials of the Eighteenth Century Trial. Douglas Cause. Anderson William Reporter. The Speeches and Judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland Upon the Important Cause His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and Others Pursuers; Against Archibald Douglas Esq; Defender. Accurately Taken Down and Published by William Anderson Writer in Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour Auld And Smellie 1768. vi 2 620 pp. Bound after Murray Alexander Reporter. The Cases Given in to the Court of Session Previous to the Pleadings in the Important Cause of Suppositio Partus George-James Duke of Hamilton And Others Pursuers; Against Archibald Douglas Esq; Defender. Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour Auld and Smellie 1768. 1-8 17-61 1 pp. Lacking Signature B pp. 9-17. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style with gilt-edged raised bands and existing lettering piece gilt tooling to board edges endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards corners bumped and somewhat worn retained early owner armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light soiling to title page of Cases Given into the Court of Session. $175. Only editions. The "Douglas Cause" which involved claims on the estate of Duke Douglas was one of the most sensational Scottish trials of the eighteenth century. It also involved one of the greatest jurists of the eighteenth century Lord Mansfield who presided over the case. Stuart a lawyer who had been tutor to the Duke's children represented Hamilton against Douglas and distinguished himself highly but the case was decided in Douglas favor - the result according to Stuart of Lord Mansfield's gross impartiality during trial. This was a rancorous case and it attracted a great deal of public attention most of it sympathetic to Douglas. English Short-Title Catalogue 131822 T20317. unknown books
1824BB056Murder Trial<br /><br />Account of the Murder of the late Mr William Weare . the coroner's inquest the trials of the prisoners and the execution. By George Henry Jones.<br /><br />London 1824.<br /><br />With 3 landscapes 2 folding plates finely lithographed by C J Hullmandel.<br /><br />8vo iv344pp; half-leather marbled boards spine label "Thurtell's Trial" lightly scuffed very solid and clean throughout.<br /><br />First edition.<br /><br />William Weare was a solicitor of Lyon's Inn and a gambler. His killer was John Thurtell 1794–1824 a sports promoter amateur boxer a former Royal Marine officer and a son of the Mayor of Norwich. Thurtell owed Weare a gambling debt of £300 an immense sum at the time equivalent to £24500 in 20151. Thurtell believed Weare had cheated him of the money. Whatever the truth when Weare demanded payment Thurtell murdered him rather than pay up. He invited Weare to join him and his friends – Joseph Hunt a tavern landlord and William Probert a former convict and alcohol merchant – for a weekend of gambling at Probert's cottage at the site of Oaks Close off Gills Hill Lane subsequently popularly known as Murder Lane23 Radlett. On 24 October 1823 they journeyed from London in Thurtell's horse-drawn gig but Weare was killed in a dark lane just short of their destination. The gruesome and callous events created such public sensation that it attracted numerous ballads and theatre shows at the time along with comment by the essayist Babington Macaulay and the crime used variously in the work of Sir Walter Scott William Hazllitt and Robert Louis Stevenson. After the trial one of the accused was hanged and another Joseph Hunt was transported to Botany Bay Australia.<br /><br />Charles Joseph Hullmandel 1789–1850 studied art and printmaking and is considered amongst the most important figures in the development of British lithography. He developed a method for reproducing gradations in tones and for creating the effect of soft color washes which enabled the reproduction of Romantic landscape paintings of the type made popular by J. M. W. Turner. Hullmandel's essay <i>The Art of Drawing on Stone</i> 1824 was an important handbook of lithography issued the same year as this account of the trial.<br /> books
1686655901686. London 1686.Sole edition. London 1686.Sole edition. A Member of a Plot to Depose James II Trial. Warrington Henry Booth Earl of 1652-1694 Defendant. The Tryal of Henry Baron Delamere for High-Treason In Westminster-Hall The 14th Day of January 1685. Before the Right Honourable George Lord Jeffreys Baron of Wemm Lord High Chancellour of England Constituted Lord High Steward on that Occasion. On Which Day After Full Hearing The Lord Delamere was Acquitted from All Matters Laid to His Charge. London: Printed for Dorman Newman 1686. iv 87 1 pp. Main text preceded by "Order to Print" imprimatur leaf. Collates complete. Folio 11-1/2" x 7-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter cloth over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light foxing to a few leaves. "7" in early hand to head of title page interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown stamp and annotation to front free endpaper. A nice copy. $200. Only edition. Warrington was indicted as a participant in Monmouth's rebellion an attempt by the Duke of Monmouth an illegitimate son of Charles II to the claim the throne and depose James II. The special charge against Delamere "was that at the time of Monmouth's rebellion he had gone secretly to Cheshire with the view of inciting a rising in the north of England." While it is nearly certain that Delamere sympathized with Monmouth's designs he was able to explain his journey as a wish to visit a favorite child who was dangerously ill. "Moreover Thomas Saxon the only witness who would positively swear to the correspondence of Delamere and Monmouth so hopelessly contradicted himself that he was afterwards convicted of perjury.": Dictionary of National Biography II:842-844. English Short-Title Catalogue R23568. unknown books
24075np nd. 9 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued. Spine reinforced. Light dusting a few chips to blank upper margins. Good. <br/><br/> Jim West was convicted of first degree murder for killing George McNelly; he was sentenced to life. This his appeal brief was filed by his attorneys Sheeks & Sneed and R.L. Brockenbrough. West's claim of self-defense had failed at trial although the jury heard testimony that McNelly told West "I will see you before Saturday night and put more holes in you than there is in a sifter." His lawyers argue "Deceased had armed himself and prepared himself to kill West and flee the country. In his attempt to kill West he was killed himself-- a blessing to civilization and to society. unknown books
1696656951696. Three Survivors of the Popish Plot Trial. Bromwich Andrew c.1640-1702 Defendant. Atkins William 1601-1681 Defendant. Kern Charles Defendant. The Trial Conviction and Condemnation of Andrew Brommich and William Atkins For Beiug sic Romish Priests Before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs At Summer Assizes Last at Stafford Held There for the County of Stafford; Where They Received Sentence of Death Accordingly. Together with the Tryal of Charles Kern At Hereford Assizes Last for Being a Romish Priest. London: Printed for Robert Pawlett 1679. 20 pp. Folio 12" x 7". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light soiling and rubbing to extremities. Moderate toning and faint dampspotting to text faint dampstaining to title page and a few other leaves. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. A nice copy. $250. Only edition. The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy to assassinate Charles II. It provoked a spasm of anti-Catholic hysteria in England and Scotland that led to the executions of at least 22 men between 1678 and 1681 and harsh laws against Catholics. As Catholic priests Bromwich Atkins and Kern were guilty by association. All three escaped death. The jury failed to convict Kern Bromwich and Atkins were found guilty and sentenced to death. However Lord Chief Justice Scroggs granted clemency to Atkins due to his age; he died in prison. Bromwich was treated likewise when evidence disputing his guilt was produced after the trial. Like Atkins he was imprisoned. He was released in 1685 when James II put an end to the persecution of Catholics. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries Harvard New York University University of Minnesota. English Short-Title Catalogue R18341. unknown books
1803708901803. New York: Printed by George F. Hopkins 1803. New York: Printed by George F. Hopkins 1803. Lord Admiral Nelson Testified as a Character Witness Trial. Despard Edward Marcus 1751-1803 Primary Defendant. The Trial of Colonel Despard and His Associates For High Treason And a Conspiracy &c. &c. Before Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough and the Other Commissioners At the New Sessions-House In the County of Surry sic Great Britain 1803. Published from the London Morning Chronicle. New York: Printed by George F. Hopkins at Washington's-Head no. 118 Pearl-Street 1803. 56 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed edges. Light browning title page detached lightly soiled and moderately edgeworn with loss to corners early owner signature to head moderate edgewear and light soiling to final leaf light foxing to a few leaves. $250. Only American edition. After a brilliant military career in the West Indies where his achievements impressed Lieutenant later Lord Admiral Nelson Colonel Despard was recalled from his command and dismissed on frivolous charges. He tried to clear his name and seek compensation but his complaints led to imprisonment without trial for two years. Financially ruined and bitter he came to resent the establishment. He joined the radical London Corresponding Society and revolutionary United Irishman and took part in a plot to organize uprisings in London and Ireland the latter with support from French revolutionaries. After the plot was foiled Despard and six others were convicted of treason. A highlight during the trial was Lord Admiral Nelson's testimony as a character witness on Despard's behalf. Despard and his co-conspirators share the dubious distinction of being the last men in Great Britain sentenced to be hanged drawn and quartered. However the king commuted their sentences to death by hanging followed by decapitation. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14127. unknown books
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
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
1681658241681. Notable Seventeenth-Century Case of Assault and Battery Trial. Giles John Defendant. The Tryal of John Giles at the Sessions-House in the Old Bayly: Held by Adjournment from the 7th Day of July 1680 Until the 14th Day of the Same Month the Adjournment Being Appointed on Purpose for the Said Giles His Trial for a Barbarous and Inhumane Attempt to Assassinate and Murther John Arnold Esq. London: Printed by Thomas James for Randal Taylor 1681. 58 pp. Folio 11-1/2" x 7-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent buckram gilt-stamped title to spine. Negligible light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. Early hand-lettered numbers to upper left-hand corners of each leaf most affected by trimming interior otherwise clean. $250. Only edition. An account of a sensational case of assault and battery. John Arnold a justice of the peace from Monmouth was attacked by a gang of men armed with knives and swords. Stabbed several times Arnold survived the attack. One of these men Giles was apprehended and brought to trial. He was convicted fined compelled to offer sureties for good behavior for the rest of his life and sentenced to three hour-long sessions in the pillory over the course of three days one facing Lincoln's Inn another facing Gray's Inn and a third "by the May-Pole in the Strand." OCLC locates 13 copies 3 in North American law libraries Harvard Osgoode Hall Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue R24640. unknown books
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
1737549651737. London: Printed by John Baskett 1737. London: Printed by John Baskett 1737. Highway Robbery Trial. Laidly William Defendant. Authentick Coppie of the Tryal of Scot and Mackpherson Anno 1712: Laid Before the House Pursuant to Their Lordships Order for that Purpose 18 Aprilis 1737. London: Printed by John Baskett 1737. 33 1 pp. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Later quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to extremities minor blistering to boards partial crack near center of text block. Light toning to text. Later annotations in pencil to endleaves interior otherwise clean. $250. Trial of William Laidly alias Scot of Mossphennan for assault and robbery before the High Court of Justiciary. Laidly assisted by his brother and three servants attacked McPherson and stole 5 of 6 of his cattle. During the attack several cattle were driven over a cliff and died. Laidly and his brother were convicted and punished with substantial fines. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America 3 in law libraries Yale Harvard and the University of Washington. English Short-Title Catalogue T22795. unknown books
