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1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper "Bright" and "St John Crookes" and verso of map "St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856". $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but crucially gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. Despite his protestations of innocence the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright 1811-1889 a r. unknown
1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several contemporary newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner signatures and annotation to front wrapper and map not the image side interior otherwise clean. $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer "was accused of rape and murder after attending a dance where he became intimate with a gardener's daughter named Mary Ashford. They left the dance together and her body was found the next morning in a deep pool of water near a local footpath. Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes on 8 August 1817. Since the marks on Mary's body were not necessarily inconsistent with Thornton's claim that she had consented to sexual intercourse and since the times on the morning in question when Thornton was seen walking home to Bromwich suggested he could not have been with her when she met her death the jury found him not guilty. The case aroused much interest and reminded people of a similar murder of a local woman a year earlier. Many were convinced of Thornton's guilt and he was assailed in local and London newspapers. A group collected around the Birmingham solicitor William Bedford invoked the old legal process of 'appeal of murder' by which a person acquitted of murder could be tried again for the same offense. This process was generally regarded as obsolet. unknown books
1864694191864. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. Trial Notable for "Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind" Trial. Townley George Victor b. 1838 Defendant. The Trial and Respite of George Victor Townley for Wilful Murder. With Original Documents and Correspondence Now First Published; Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind Portraits Autographs and Plan. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. iii 6-70 pp. Portraits. Plan. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Negligible light soiling to exterior early owner signature St. John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1864 to head of front wrapper moderate toning to text slightly heavier in places. $950. Only edition. In 1863 Townley murdered his girlfriend Elizabeth Goodwin after she broke off her engagement to him. An expert witness at Townley's trial was Dr. Forbes Winslow one of the founders of forensic psychiatry and the author of The Plea of Insanity In Criminal Cases 1843. Despite Winslow's testimony Townsend was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was granted a reprieve however after evidence was produced confirming hereditary insanity and a history of delusional behavior. Public outrage over the reprieve led to a second committee investigation which judged him to be sane. Our account includes memorials from the public and the committee's report along with Winslow's account of a visit with Townley in prison. Townley was later transferred to an asylum where he committed suicide. The portraits are of Townley and Goodwin; the plan shows the scene of the crime. OCLC locates 11 copies in North American law libraries. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1210. unknown books
1867684671867. London 1867. London 1867. Was Dr. Hunter a Charlatan Trial. Hunter Robert Plaintiff. Pall Mall Gazette Respondent. Dr. Hunter Versus Pall Mall Gazette: Being a Verbatim Report of the Medical Evidence Given by Dr. Williams Dr. Risdon Bennett Dr. Orlando Markham Dr. George Johnson Dr. Cotton Dr. Richard Quain and Dr. Odling Showing Their Opinions on the Nature Causes and Cure of Consumption: With Explanatory Remarks by Dr. Hunter The Plaintiff. London: Printed by C. Mitchell and Co. 1867. 404 pp. 4 woodcut text illustrations. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear some chipping to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text minor stains to a few leaves light soiling a faint stain and a library stamp to title page library annotations to verso. A scarce title. $1000. Only edition. One of the most famous cases of its day it is fascinating for it insights into medical jurisprudence the Victorian medical profession and the treatment of tuberculosis consumption. Hunter an American doctor had antagonized English doctors by claiming to have developed a better set of therapies to treat the tuberculosis. A shrewd self-promoter he publicized his views widely and attracted a large number of patients. He had several critics. One of them published an article attacking him in the Pall Mall Gazette titled "Dupes and Imposters." Hunter sued. After many hours of medical testimony the jury "vindicated" Hunter but awarded him only 1 farthing in damages. This contemptuous award indicated that the jury considered him a charlatan. OCLC locates 12 copies 3 in North American law libraries Harvard Jenkins Social Law. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1109. unknown books
1801641361801. Bribes Threats and Alarms" Manuscript. Trial. Pennsylvania. Grand Jury Presentment Concerning Improprieties in a Rape Case. Erie County PA August 8 1834. 4 pp. 13" x 8" bifolium docketed on verso of second leaf. Horizontal fold lines a few with minor tears light browning and minor edgewear. Content in small hand filling three pages. Item accompanied by typed transcription. $1250. This appears to be a document from an unrecorded rape case. It reads in part: "We the grand jurors. have become satisfied that the following persons are also guilty of a wicked and felonious rape upon the body of Nancy Burns viz. Wm. Harper Lorentine Miller David McCummins and that proper measures be pursued for the arrest and punishment of these persons whom we also learn have fled the country. The grand jurors further present that ample proof has been given before them to show that some persons whose name are unknown to them have by bribes threats and alarms spirited away one of two or three very important witnesses in this very important matter. unknown books
1864712931864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. The First Person to Rob an American Bank. Not in McDade. Trial. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. A Citizen of Malden. Shall We Suffocate Ed. Green. Boston: James Redpath 1864. 61 3 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling staining and edgewear to wrappers and corners of text block spine abraded wrappers partially detached but secure. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to a few leaves early owner inscription to head of front wrapper. $1250. 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. Published during Green's trial this pamphlet condemns the large number of people who were ignoring the teachings of Christ by demanding his execution. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Trial Court Library of Worcester Yale. Not in McDade which lists two other accounts of this case 381 and 382. unknown books
1804704961804. A Landmark Case in the History of the First Amendment Trial. Hamilton Alexander 1757-1804 et Al. Crosswell Harry 1778-1858 Defendant. The Speeches at Full Length of Mr Van Ness Mr. Caines the Attorney-General Mr. Harrison And General Hamilton In the Great Cause of the People Against Harry Croswell On an Indictment for a Libel on Thomas Jefferson President of the United States. New York: Printed by G. & R. Waite 1804. 78 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning occasional light foxing negligible light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. $1250. Only edition. People of the State of New York v. Harry Croswell also known as People v. Croswell is a landmark case in the history of the First Amendment. It was a prosecution for criminal libel under the Sedition Act in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of Columbia County New York. Croswell was indicted for an article published in The Wasp a Federalist newspaper he edited that accused Jefferson of hiring James Callender to write articles attributing various crimes to Washington and Adams. Crosswell was defended by a distinguished team of lawyers among them Alexander Hamilton. In one of his greatest and most influential speeches and one of the last he gave in his lifetime Hamilton argued that freedom of the press consists in publishing the truth from good motives and for justifiable ends however it may reflect on its subjects. More important he argued for a rejection of libel based on English rules which remained a part of New York law especially the rule that truthfulness is not a reason for acquittal. Croswell was convicted but he was not sentenced or retried. And the cause of his case was mooted the following year when the New York State Legislature abandoned English libel law in favor of one based on Hamilton's argument. It became the law of the land when the other states and the Federal government followed New York's example. Ford Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 90. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13322. unknown books
1841652231841. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. One of the Most Detailed Accounts of a Major Nineteenth-Century Financial Swindle Trial. Hughes W. Hughes Editor. "The Times" Testimonal: Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey Held at Croydon Monday August 16 1841 Before the Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas And a Special Jury; Together with the Proceedings of a Public Meeting of Merchants Bankers and Others Held at the Mansion House London Friday October 1 1841 On the Subject of Such Action And of the Committee then Appointed; And Also a List of Subscribers to "The Times" Testimonial. Published by the Committee. London: John Hatchard and Son Henry Butterworth and Pelham Richardson 1841. 179 1 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Recent quarter cloth over marbled boards printed paper title label to spine. Some toning to text light soiling to title page. A nice copy of a rare title. $1250. First edition. A sensational case of a million-pound plot to defraud continental bankers by forged letters of credit or lettres circulaires purporting to have been issued by the bankers Glyn Hallifax Mills & Co. The plot was exposed by a Times of London correspondent in a letter published in the newspaper on 26th May 1840 which referred to "the great forgery company established on the continent lately detected" and naming the co-conspirators. These included the Marquis of Bourbel "the chief of the gang" the Baron Louis d'Arjuzon alias De Castel Pipe "an Englishman who professes to be a solicitor in London" and Cunningham Graham "an anonymous partner in the house of Bogle Kerrich and Co." The case was sensational in both social and in banking circles. It exposed the largely unregulated and certainly sloppy banking practices associated with letters of credit easy to forge and difficult to police and the almost brilliant ingenuity of an international gang of con men. The naming of Allan George Bogle-who was almost certainly involved-triggered this libel action against John Joseph Lawson the printer and publisher of the Times and resulted in the award of one farthing damages for Bogle but enormous expense and the co. unknown books
1817714681817. Boston: Thomas G. Bangs 1817. Boston: Thomas G. Bangs 1817. Fatally Struck by a Loggerhead: McDade 746 Trial. Philips Henry. Trial of Henry Philips for the Murder of Gaspard Dennegri sic. Supreme Judicial Court Boston January 9 1817. Boston: Printed by Thomas G. Bangs 1817. 24 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers. Chipping and a few tears to edges upper section lacking from rear wrapper. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior faint dampstaining in a few places. $1250. Only edition. "Denegri was struck on the head by a loggerhead during a minor disturbance at a tavern. Today the circumstances would at the most be considered manslaughter but Poor Philips was found guilty of murder and hanged" McDade. OCLC locates 9 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Social Law. McDade The Annals of Murder 746. unknown books
1873660611873. Lockport NY: M.C. Richardson and Co. 1873. Lockport NY: M.C. Richardson and Co. 1873. A Successful "Mania Transitoria" Defense Trial. Pierce Aratus F. Defendant. Trial of Aratus F. Pierce At Lockport N.Y. For the Murder of William Bullock Eighth Judicial District Court of Oyer and Terminer Charles Daniels Presiding; Lorenzo Webster and G.L. Judd Associate Justices Tried at Adjourned October Term 1871. Lockport NY: M.C. Richardson and Co. 1871. 101 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Minor wear to spine ends a few small chips to edges light soiling to rear wrapper light toning to interior. A well-preserved copy of a scarce title. $1250. Only edition. Pierce killed a man who seduced his sister then refused to marry her. The trial is notable because it involved a successful defense based on the law of "mania transitoria" or momentary insanity McDade. OCLC locates 13 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard Social Law Supreme Court of New York U.S. Supreme Court. McDade The Annals of Murder 748. unknown books
1873712941873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. A Love Triangle Allegations of Financial Misconduct and Murder Trial. Stokes Edward 1841-1901 Defendant. Life Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk Jr. To Which is Added The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time Made Public. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. ii 19-111 1 pp. 12 full-page woodcuts. Complete. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and a few faint dampstains and minor tears to wrappers spine abraded moderate wear to corners of wrappers and text block. Moderate toning to interior corners of some leaves dog-eared faint stains to a few leaves. $1250. Only edition one of two issues. "Jim Fisk.was a financial wonder in New York in 1872. Edward Stokes had been associated with him in the oil business but they had become engaged in a bitter legal battle which originated when Stokes stole Fisk's mistress Josie Mansfield. In retaliation Fisk had charged Stokes with embezzling oil company funds; Stokes replied with a charge of false imprisonment. Then Mansfield threatened to publish letters from Fisk revealing some of his transactions. On January 5 an injunction was issued restraining the publication of the letters; on the next day Josie Mansfield was exposed to a humiliating cross-examination in police court on her relations with Fisk. Stokes in a rage followed Fisk to the Broadway Central Hotel where he shot him on the stairs. After two trials the state could only convict Stokes of third-degree manslaughter" McDade annotation to 917. This Barclay account was published after the second trial. It was also issued by Barclay with the imprint: "Cleveland Ohio: Great Western Publishing Company 1872." OCLC locates 2 copies in law libraries Harvard Yale both with the Philadelphia imprint. McDade The Annals of Murder 922. unknown books
1846718221846. A Rare Account of the Bickford Murder Trial: McDade 987 Trial. Tirrell Albert J. Defendant. Estabrook Silas Primary Author. Eccentricities & Anecdotes of Albert John Tirrell The Reputed Murderer of the Beautiful Maria Bickford Who Met Her Untimeley Fate on the Night of the 25th October 1845 In the Moral and Religious City of Boston. With an Appendix Presenting the Most Authentic Evidence Concerning the Murder. By a Lady of Weymouth Mass. Boston: Published and For Sale by All the Periodical Dealers 1846. 5-48 i.e. 32 pp. Octavo 9-3/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers publisher advertisement to verso of rear wrapper of another account of the Bickford murder untrimmed edges. Moderate edgewear and soiling spine abraded wrappers partially detached at ends. Light browning and foxing faint dampstaining in places "2" in early hand to head of front wrapper small doodle along fore-edge near foot "Maria Bickford" in faint early hand in pencil to head of p.5. $1250. 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. McDade says most of this account is "pure fiction but there are some facts on the crime." OCLC locates no non-virtual copies of this imprint. McDade The Annals of Murder 987 synopsis of case from entry 986. unknown books
188410790, , 1884. 4 pp. in-4 manuscrites.
18103720<p><b><i>Early Maine Murder Trial Gone Awry</i></b><br /></p><p>An account of a murder trial in Malta now Windsor in the District of Maine. Paul Chadwick was a surveyor on what was then the northern frontier of Maine and in an area where disputed land titles were common. Chadwick was shot while conducting a survey by a group of landowners disguised as Indians. Despite fairly overwhelming evidence of the guilt of the accused the jury found all not guilty. <br /></p>Previous owner's Rice Dudley book label on front pastedown. Another early owner's name Moody Kent in ink in several places.<br /><br /><b>References:</b> Shaw & Shoemaker: 21516 3 locations. Sabin: 47985. Williamson: 5651. Noyes: 505. Skillin: 10-32. McDade: 641. <br /><br /><b>Condition:</b> 186 2 pp. Original blue/gray paper-covered boards with chipping. Paper spine cracked and eroded. Original paper spine label with vertical separation. Occasional foxing and staining mostly very light. A solid example of a scarce early Maine imprint. Ezekiel Goodale
1807708151807. I Am Inclined to Give Credit to Her Assertions" Manuscript. Trial. Ireland. Account of a Rape. County Carlow Ireland June 25 1807. 11" x 7" leaf docketed on verso. Horizontal fold lines light browning and edgewear. Annotations by presiding magistrate to foot of recto and sections of verso. $1500. Made before magistrate Gilbert Fitzgerald this appears to be testimony by Margaret Janson against Myles Barin in an apparently It reads in part: "Myles Barin opened his small cloths informant asked him what he was going to do to her he answered he would ride her then extending her legs and endeavouring to force something into her body and struggled with her near an hour." Fitzgerald notes: "I did not swear Informant to this Information as she appeared to be entirely ignorant of the nature of an Oath but the facts are strongly corroborated by other evidence and I am inclined to give credit to her assertions. unknown books
1818658941818. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Who Stole My Cheese Manuscript. Trial. Glasgow Scotland. Trial of Robert Hunter Alias Robert Hunter Guthrie and John Mackie Running Title. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Last leaf partially blank docketed on verso. Folio 12-1/2" x 7.5". Disbound light soiling and edgewear three horizontal fold lines lower portion of final leaf lacking with no loss to text. Content in neat hand throughout. $1500. A curious collection of court documents involving a pair of men who were stealing and fencing stolen wheels of cheese from a warehouse. Sensing that the police were closing in on them they fled one is tempted to say "like mice" but were eventually apprehended. These documents appear to have been given to someone who organized them added annotations including the title on the first leaf and had them bound into a volume. unknown books
1819718231819. An Interesting Murder and Piracy Trial Joseph Story Presided Trial. Williams John Primary Defendant. The Trial of John Williams Francis Frederick John P. Rog Nils Peterson and Nathaniel White On an Indictment for Murder on the High Seas: Before the Circuit Court of the United States Holden for the District of Massachusetts At Boston On the 29th of December 1818. Boston: Printed by Russell and Gardner 1819. 92 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers untrimmed edges. Moderate edgewear a few small tears and chips to wrappers spine abraded wrappers partially detached but secure faint inscription in pencil to head of front wrapper. Moderate toning and light foxing to text faint dampstaining to a few leaves soiling to p.92 and title page which has a chip to its lower inside corner. $1500. Only edition. Tried before Joseph Story in his capacity as the Judge of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts this trial involved murders committed on the merchant schooner Plattsburgh bound from Baltimore to Smyrna. Led by Williams the accused murdered the captain and took the ship to Norway. All the defendants except White were found guilty of murder and piracy and hanged. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13248. McDade The Annals of Murder 1103. unknown books
1846715931846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. "More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State" Trial. Baker Abner Defendant. Crozier C.W. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker Jr. A Monomaniac Who Was Executed October 3 1845 For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of a Pardon And Narrative of the Circumstances Attending His Execution Etc. Etc. Trial And Evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. iv xiii 1 152 pp. Frontispiece Diagram of murder scene and additional portrait frontispiece of Baker. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Modern period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and fillets to spine endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine moderate toning and foxing faint dampstaining to most of text. $1500. Only edition. "Dr. Baker thought Bates was having an affair with his wife. On a street in Cumberland Kentucky he shot Bates in the back but was released as insane. The Bates family published and award for his capture and Baker family pride stung by the publication produced the doctor who was convicted and hanged. Like many Clay County cases this was more a struggle between two families than an affair of the state" McDade. OCLC locates 2 copies at Yale Law School and Los Angeles County Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 60. unknown books
1882714691882. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. "One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 Trial. Kring Charles F. Defendant. Kring Eugene. Love and Law In Two Parts. Part I. The Only True History of the Killing of Mrs. Dora C.J. Broemser by Chas. F. Kring: Together with the Autobiography of the Latter: Part II. Missouri's Fraud Or The Full and Complete Legal History of the Case of the State of Missouri vs. Chas. F. Kring: Embracing a Description of the Many Trials and Appeals Together with Law Points Involved and Appellate Court's Decisions Thereon. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. 200 pp. 2 woodcut frontispieces. 14 woodcut plates. Octavo 9" x 6". Original flexible cloth blind frame and gilt title to front board. A well-preserved copy of a scarce title. A few minor spots to covers some fading to spine light wear to spine ends and corners light toning to interior. $1500. Only edition. "Kring's case is one of those legal marathons peculiar to the United States. Infatuated with but rejected by Mrs. Broemser he shot her on January 4 1875. The death sentence in trial number 1 was reversed. Trials number 2 and 3 were mistrials. At trial number 4 Kring pled guilty to second-degree murder but after receiving a twenty-five-year sentence he got that reversed. At trial number 5 he received his second death sentence which the United States Supreme Court reversed in October 1882 by a five-to-four vote" McDade. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Columbia Harvard St. John's University. McDade The Annals of Murder 576. unknown books
1861717761861. Philadelphia Pa.: King & Baird printers 1861. Philadelphia Pa.: King & Baird printers 1861. Privateer Or Pirate Trial. Smith William Defendant. Murphy D.F. Reporter. The Jeff. Davis Piracy Cases. Full Report of the Trial of William Smith for Piracy As One of the Crew of the Confederate Privateer The Jeff Davis. Before Judges Grier and Cadwalader In the Circuit Court of the United States For the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Held at Philadelphia In October 1861. Philadelphia: King & Baird Printers 1861. ii 7-100 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine endpapers added. Moderate toning to pamphlet light rubbing to edges of text block with minor wear light soiling to wrappers owner signature of Charles James Faulkner to front wrapper and title page. An appealing copy of a scarce title. $1500. Only edition. "In the Jeff Davis Piracy Cases the United States brought suit against members of the crew of that ship as pirates not recognizing her as the privateer of an independent warring nation. William Smith was in charge of one of her prizes the Enchantress when she was retaken by the U.S. gunboat the Albatross" Sabin. The crew was found guilty but the crew wasn't punished because the Confederacy threatened reprisals against captured Union personnel. Faulkner 1806-1884 was a planter lawyer and politician from Morgan County Virginia after 1863 West Virginia who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as a U.S. Congressman for Virginia and West Virginia. OCLC locates 11 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard Notre Dame Social Law University of Pennsylvania . Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 84728. unknown books
1849717751849. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet 1849. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet 1849. An 1849 Murder in Petersburg VA: McDade 286 Trial. Epes William Dandridge 1806-1848 Defendant. Brunet James Monroe.H. d. 1856 Reporter. Trial of William Dandridge Epes For the Murder of Francis Adolphus Muir Dinwiddie County Virginia: Including the Testimony Submitted in the Case The Speeches of Counsel &c. To Which are Added the Confessions of the Prisoner An Account of His Execution &c. &c. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet Reporter 1849. 76 pp. Woodcut portrait of Epes on p.3. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later three-quarter calf over cloth recently rebacked gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to board edges some wear to corners. Moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places light soiling and edgewear to title page the following leaf and final leaf. $1850. "Muir threatened to foreclose farm property he had sold to Epes so Epes shot his creditor and hid his body on the farm. He faked a series of letters to account for Muir's absence but he pawned his victim's watch and led the police to his door" McDade. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries Harvard Jenkins Library of Congress University of Missouri University of Virginia US Supreme Court William & Mary. McDade The Annals of Murder 286. unknown books
186436882np 1864. 4to. Written in ink and signed at the end by Royce on the verso of a single leaf. Several small holes text unaffected a few closed tears two archival tape repairs. Good. <br/><br/> This unusual insightful document illuminates the laws of war applicable during the bitter American Conflict. Royce's Petition seeking justice for Gurley is directed to the Confederate Commission of Exchange. Its author Confederate Captain Moses Strong Royce was captured in Tennessee and imprisoned at Nashville. His cell-mate Captain Frank R. Gurley had allegedly murdered Union General Robert McCook of Ohio near Huntsville Alabama in August 1862. In October 1863 Gurley was captured and charged with the murder. Gurley Union officials claimed was a guerrilla who shot McCook while the General was lying in an ambulance. Southerners claimed that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a regular soldier in the Confederacy's 4th Alabama Cavalry; and that he killed McCook according to the laws of war. <br/> The pages of Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fanned the flames claiming that guerrillas or lawless Confederate cavalrymen caused the general's death; feelings ran high. "US General Grant wrote CS General Hardee in December of 1863 and said that although Gurley was a member of the Confederate army that did not preclude him from being tried for having committed a foul murder" online Huntsville-Madison County Public Library essay 'Frank B. Gurley's 1866 Diary'.<br/> Royce advises that he escaped from prison "on the 1st of March." War Department Records claim Royce was a still a prisoner at Nashville on April 6 1864. That Record doubtless relied on outdated information. Having escaped in March 1864. Royce pleads Captain Gurley's case. "He was confined in a cell for sixty-eight days and allowed only about one hour a day for exercise and was put upon trial for the killing of Genl. McCook. He was obliged to employ counsel to defend himself at an expense of 2500 dollars in greenbacks. The evidence produced completely exonerated him of anything like MURDER and the argument of his counsel was a complete vindication of his RIGHT as a soldier and an officer to do all that he did in bringing Genl. McCook to his death. When the trial was nearly ended four communications by flag of truce were sent to the court and were there read - one from Lt. Col. Hambrick one from Genl. Forrest one from Genl. Hardee and one from Genl. Johnston" assuring that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a duly enrolled member of the Confederate military forces. Nevertheless Gurley was found guilty and sentenced to death. original italics are printed here in capital letters.<br/> "The undersigned believes that if an effort were to be made by the Confederate Commission of Exchange to have Capt. Gurley exchanged the Federal authorities would immediately send him forward for that purpose and as a friend of Capt. Gurley the undersigned respectfully requests General Johnston to use his influence in procuring the exchange of Capt. Gurley. Respectfully submitted M. S. Royce." <br/> Even after War's end the dispute continued. Gurley having been released from prison in an administrative snafu was re-arrested charged but finally released and placed on parole in April 1866. unknown books
180316593Paris, C. F. Patris, 1803. In-8 de (4)-281 pp., veau blond, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin vert, roulette dorée d'encadrement sur les plats, ex-dono au centre du premier plat, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
