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1823642241823. Edinburgh 1823. Edinburgh 1823. 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. $400. 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 books
1883703851883. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items. Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina Manuscript Archive. Argentina. Trial. Legal Documents Relating to a Railway Right-of-Way Case. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items: 4 notebooks in stiff wrappers 13" x 9" app. 100 pp. in all 2 folding maps bound into a folder 15-3/4" x 28" 12-1/2" x 21-1/2." Moderate edgewear and soiling light toning to text a few minor tears along fold lines of maps library stamps. $450. Written in English these documents relate to a right-of-way case brought against the British-owned Buenos Aires & Ensenada Port Railway by a group of affected property owners. The notebooks are marked A B C D. The front cover of Notebook A has a title reading: "MS Documents relative to the Case of Messrs Torres Martinez Triarte Doyhenard & Others against The Ensenada Railway Comp. 1883. Buenos Aires." The maps are bound into a folder with a title reading: "Planos de la Ensenada. unknown books
1869714831869. New York: Hurd & Houghton 1869. McDade 13. New York: Hurd & Houghton 1869. McDade 13. Sodomy "Transitory Insanity" and Murder: McDade 13 Trial. Andrews Samuel M. b.1830 Defendant. Davis Charles G. 1820-1903 Reporter. Report of the Trial of Samuel M. Andrews Indicted for the Murder of Cornelius Holmes Before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts December 11 1868. Including the Rulings of the Court upon Many Questions of Law And a Full Statement of Authorities upon the Subject of Transitory Insanity. New York: Published by Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge: Riverside Press 1869. iv 287 1 pp. Double sided frontispiece maps. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards raised bands and gilt title to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities. Moderate toning to text light edgewear to a few leaves. An attractive copy. $450. Only edition. "Holmes was beaten to death with stones by Andrews whom he had named as his heir in his will. The defendant pleaded insanity and self-defense for he had to fight off Holmes' attempted act of sodomy" McDade. Davis was the defense attorney in this case. McDade The Annals of Murder 13. unknown books
676961964. Leonard Baskin at the Gehenna Press 1964. Leonard Baskin at the Gehenna Press 1964. Fine-Press Account of the Trial of an Important French Revolutionary and Socialist Martyr Trial. Babeuf Gracchus 1760-1797 Defendant. Cornell Thomas 1937-2012 Illustrator. Scott John Anthony 1916-2010 Editor Translator Author. The Defense of Gracchus Babeuf Before the High Court of Vendome. Northampton MA: Leonard Baskin at the Gehenna Press 1964. ii 83 5 pp. Etched frontispiece 20 etched plates. 21 plates in all. Quarto 12-1/2" x 8-3/4". Six quires of uncut and unopened quartos in twos one of each pair inserted into the fold of the other laid into calf chemise pages interleaved with 20 signed loose etchings printed by Emiliano Sorini in New York and it was designed and produced by Leonard Baskin on blue Fabriano laid paper. Letterpress in Baskerville type on linen Nideggen laid paper moldmade in Germany. Orange press mark signed by Thomas Cornell. Housed in quarter-calf over cloth solander tray case. Fine. $450. From an edition limited to 300 copies this number 87. Babeuf publisher of the Tribun du Peuple was executed in 1797 for his role in the Conspiracy of Equals to overthrow the Directoire. This conspiracy is significant as the first attempt to install a socialist government. Gahenna's fine-press volume about Babeuf's trial contains English translations of selections from Babeuf's defense Marechal's Manifesto of Equals and Babeuf's peroration his last words to the court which were addressed to his children. An American artist and illustrator Cornell was drawn to subjects concerning global social and environmental justice. The book was printed by Harold McGrath the suite of etchings by Emiliano Sorini. Baskin Franklin and Baskin The Gehenna Press: The Work of Fifty Years 1942-1992 36. Widener and Wiener Law's Picture Books: The Yale Law Library Collection 10.8. unknown books
1696650031696. Trial of the Leaders of the First Jacobite Rebellion Trial. Charnock Robert 1663-1696 Primary Defendant. The Tryals and Condemnation of Robert Charnock Edward King and Thomas Keyes for the Horrid and Execrable Conspiracy to Assassinate His Sacred Majesty K. William in Order to a French Invasion of This Kingdom. Who Upon Full Evidence Were Found Guilty of High-Treason at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily March 11 1695/6 Together With a True Copy of the Papers Delivered by Them to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex at the Time of Their Execution. London: Printed for Samuel Heyrick and Isaac Cleave 1696. iv 76 pp. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities moderate toning to text spark burns and finger smudges to a few leaves minor dampstaining to foot of title page and following few leaves. Early owner signature to front endleaf interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. $450. First edition. Charnock Keyes and King were tried and executed for their leading roles in the first Jacobite Rebellion which aimed to restore the exiled James II to the English throne after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The leading figure was Charnock who held a captain's commission from King James. This report contains a record of the charges against the defendants and the circumstances surrounding their plot to assassinate King William III the arguments and testimony for the prosecution and defense the judgment sentence and the final statements of the condemned before their execution. Another edition was published in Dublin in 1696. English Short-Title Catalogue R4539. unknown books
1848714031848. OCLS 2 copies. No copies found in U.S. law schools. OCLS 2 copies. No copies found in U.S. law schools. Poisoned by His Doctor Trial. Coolidge Valorous P. c.1823-1849 Defendant. Trial of Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge For the Murder of Edward Mathews At Waterville Maine As Reported For and Published in the Boston Daily Times. N.p.: S.n. 1848. 40 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed edges. Some wear to corners moderate browning heavier browning to leaves at beginning and end of text faint dampstaining in a few places tiny inkspots to a few leaves. $450. Only edition. Coolidge murdered Mathews with a shot of poison-laced brandy because Mathews refused to loan him money. When the body was found Coolidge was summoned by the coroner's jury to perform an autopsy on his own victim. After an inept series of attempts to hide his crime Coolidge was convicted and sentenced to hang. He cheated the gallows however by committing suicide. OCLC locates 2 copies none in law libraries. We located a copy however at Yale Law School. McDade The Annals of Murder 211. unknown books
1845662141845. In All He Might Have Had 15 or 20 Connections with Me" Trial. Fairchild Joy Hamlet 1790-1859 Defendant. Weeks James E.P. Reporter. Trial of Rev. Joy Hamlet Fairchild On a Charge of Adultery with Miss. Rhoda Davidson. Boston: Boston Daily Times 1845. 32 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places. $450. At head of text: "Times" Report the first of three editions published by the Boston Daily Times. One of several publications about this celebrated notorious case consuming much contemporary print. Fairchild allegedly seduced a young woman Rhoda Davidson of Edgecomb Maine while she was a domestic in his family. She had a child and nominated Fairchild as the father. Fairchild claimed that rival ministers had defamed him by calling him a habitual libertine and adulterer. This pamphlet includes witnesses' testimony including that of Miss Davidson. "In all he might have had 15 or 20 connections with me." The pamphlet closes with the verdict of Not Guilty; "the audience burst out in involuntary applause which was immediately checked." Another earlier issue does not include the jury verdict the pamphlet noting that deliberations were ongoing. Accounts of this case are scarce. OCLC loctaes 3 copies of our account American Antiquarian Society Harvard Law School New Hampshire Historical Society. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13693. unknown books
1845662151845. In All He Might Have Had 15 or 20 Connections with Me" Trial. Fairchild Joy Hamlet 1790-1859 Defendant. Weeks James E.P. Reporter. Trial of Rev Joy Hamlet Fairchild On a Charge of Adultery with Miss. Rhoda Davidson. Boston: Boston Daily Times 1845. 32 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into recent stiff wrappers with quarter buckram spine small typed title label to front cover. Light wear to spine ends and corners of wrappers moderate toning light foxing to some leaves. Ex-library. Tiny inkstamp to bottom margin of p.2. A well-preserved copy. $450. At head of text: "Times" Report the first of three editions published by the Boston Daily Times. One of several publications about this celebrated notorious case consuming much contemporary print. Fairchild allegedly seduced a young woman Rhoda Davidson of Edgecomb Maine while she was a domestic in his family. She had a child and nominated Fairchild as the father. Fairchild claimed that rival ministers had defamed him by calling him an habitual libertine and adulterer. This pamphlet includes witnesses' testimony including that of Miss Davidson. "In all he might have had 15 or 20 connections with me." The pamphlet closes with the verdict of Not Guilty; "the audience burst out in involuntary applause which was immediately checked." Another earlier issue does not include the jury verdict the pamphlet noting that deliberations were ongoing. Accounts of this case are scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of our account American Antiquarian Society Harvard Law School New Hampshire Historical Society. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13693. unknown books
1751714741751. London: Sold by John Hamilton 1751. London: Sold by John Hamilton 1751. Legal Malpractice Trial. Hamilton John Plaintiff. The Case of John Hamilton Against Joseph Hickey Attorney: Wherein the Abuses of the Law Occasionally Hinted at in a Pamphlet Lately Publish'd Are More Amply Set Forth. London: Sold by John Hamilton at His Lodgings at the Glove and Breeches The Middle of Swallow-Street Near St. James's Church 1751. ii 45 1 pp. With a half-title. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior. An attractive copy of a scarce title. $450. Only edition. In this angry possibly libelous pamphlet Hamilton claims Hickey his former attorney committed legal malpractice in a commercial dispute. Apparently the second part of a two-part pamphlet war it is a response to Hickey Against Hamilton and Hervey: Or A Proper Reply to the Case of John Hamilton As Set Forth by His Honourable Solicitor In Relation to the Acquittal of Joseph Hickey Attorney 1751. Taken together OCLC and the ESTC locate 15 copies 9 in North America 1 in a law library Harvard. English Short-Title Catalogue T20053. unknown books
1809684561809. London 1809. London 1809. "The Weaver's Friend" Trial. Hanson Joseph 1781-1811 Defendant. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Indictment Against Joseph Hanson Esq.: for a Conspiracy to Aid the Weavers of Manchester in Raising Their Wages: Before Mr. Justice Le Blanc One of the Judges of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench And a Special Jury At the Lancaster Spring Assizes 1809. London: Printed and Published by T. Gillet C. Chapple and Sherwood Neely and Jones 1809. xiv 11 116 pp. Folding map. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent library cloth gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate toning light foxing in a few places soiling minor edgewear and faint library stamp to title page a few library marks to verso light soiling to verso of final leaf p. 116. $450. Only edition. Hanson was a social reformer who was imprisoned and fined for his efforts to institute a minimum wage and the right to bargain among other reforms for the weavers of Manchester. Considered a dangerous man by the authorities he was charged with sedition. Known as "the weaver's Friend" 39600 people contributed one penny each to his defence fund. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Library of Congress Yale. Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature II:19907. unknown books
1813566161813. Scarce English Embezzlement Trial Trial. Hewlitt John Churcher Defendant. The Trial of John Churcher Hewlitt Acting Deputy Prothonotary of the Place-Court At the Old Bailey On Wednesday April 14 1813 on Charges Preferred by William Cruchley Of John-Street Bedford-Row Attorney-at-Law For Alleged Embezzlements of Moneys Arising from Fees of Office; On Seven Indictments Upon All of Which he was Most Honourably Acquitted. Taken in Short-Hand. London: Printed by Marchant and Galabin 1813. ii 16 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning several leaves unopened internally clean. $450. Only edition. Hewlett was accused of embezzlement by his employer Cruchley. This appears to be a vindication of Hewlitt's honor and innocence. It may have been published at his expense or urging. OCLC locates 4 copies in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard and Social Law. unknown books
1857694891857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Bell Luther V. 1806-1862. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling and a few minor marks to exterior wear to spine ends and corners a few small chips to wrappers and edges of a few leaves moderate toning to interior. $450. 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 attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At time of this pamphlet's publication Bell was president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a former superintendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane near Boston. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow containing this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown books
1857694901857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Earle Pliny. 1809-1892. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling to exterior spine abraded wrappers partially detached at ends light wear to corners moderate toning to interior lower corners lacking from final leaf and rear wrapper with no loss to text "Hon: Charles Allen Worcester Mass." in contemporary hand to head of title page small check-mark next to author name which is underlined. $450. 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 attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At time of this pamphlet's publication Bell was president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a former superintendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane near Boston. OCLC locates 1 copy at SUNY-Albany. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow that includes this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown books
1700705041700. Condemned to Death by Parliament Trial. Rushworth John 1612-1690 Compiler. Strafford Thomas Wentworh Earl of 1593-1641 Defendant. The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford Lord Lieutenant of Ireland upon an Impeachment of High Treason by the Commons Assembled in Parliament In the Name of Themselves And of All the Commons of England Begun in Westminster-Hall the 22 of March 1640: And Continued before Judgment was Given Until the 10th of May 1641. Shewing the Form of Parliamentary Proceedings in an Impeachment of Treason. To Which is Added A Short Account of Some Other Matters of Fact Transacted in Both Houses of Parliament Precedent Concomitant and Subsequent to the Tryal: With Some Special Arguments in Law Relating to a Bill of Attainder. Faithfully Collected And Impartially Published Without Observation or Reflection By John Rushworth of Lincolnes-Inn Esq. London: Printed for Ri. Chiswell 1700. x 252 401-786 2 1 pp. Text continuous despite pagination. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Later quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt-edged raised bands and gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to extremities with minor wear to corners front hinge starting. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light soiling to head of text block tiny library stamps to verso of frontispiece and a few other leaves. $450. Second and final edition. Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford Lord Deputy of Ireland and a leading advisor to King Charles I was an important figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He was tried for treason when he planned to use the Irish army to subdue the king's Scottish opponents during the First Bishops' War 1639. Failing to convict him for treason Parliament passed a bill of attainder a death warrant by special act of Parliament. The king was compelled to sign it and Wentworth was executed. The first edition of Rushworth's compilation was published in 1680 and reissued in 1686. English Short-Title Catalogue R211948. unknown books
1831662131831. Libel in Worcester Massachusetts Trial. Russell Samuel 1798-1835 Plaintiff. Trial of the Action in Favor of the Rev. Samuel Russell of Boylston Against John Howe of Boylston For Defamation: At the Supreme Judicial Court Holden at Worcester April A.D. 1831. Worcester MA: Spooner and Church Printers 1831. 27 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers untrimmed edges. Light soiling and moderate edgewear to wrappers front wrapper partially detached. Moderate toning and light foxing to text minor tears to edges of some leaves internally clean. $450. Only edition. "In protesting Russell's election to the school committee Howe allegedly accused him of lying to a colleague about an exchange of church ministers. Russell sued for libel but the jury found for the defendant. Russell's motion for a new trial was denied" Cohen. This pamphlet is a detailed summary of Russell's charges and the testimony of witnesses. Russell's motion for a new trial was based on an allegation that one of the jurors had improperly concealed a bias favoring Howe. This account contains the complete text of the court's opinion denying the motion. OCLC locates 10 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Social Law Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12028. unknown books
1877577141877. A Complicated Case of Inheritance and Succession. A Complicated Case of Inheritance and Succession. A Complicated Case of Inheritance and Succession Involving a Charity and the Laws of France and Great Britain Trial. Wallace Sir Richard 1818-1890. Gibbs Frederick Waymouth 1821-1898 Reporter. The Case of Lord Henry Seymour's Will Wallace v. the Attorney-General. London: Stevens and Haynes 1877. vii 98 48 pp. Includes forty-eight page publisher catalogue. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Original cloth blind rules to boards gilt titles to front board and spine. Some rubbing to extremities light fading to spine joints and front hinge just starting at ends. Early owner annotation to half-title interior otherwise fresh. $450. Only edition. Text in English and French. At head of title: "Les Hospices de Paris et de Londres." This was an unusually complicated case of inheritance and succession. "France . was the country to whose courts belonged the principal administration of his estate and his will was brought before the Court of Chancery here by Mr. Wallace . in aid of the French administration. The universal legacy gave rise to two questions . 1st what was the extent topographically of the word 'London' as used by the testator; and 2ndly what institutions were included within the description 'Les Hospices de Londres'" 1-2. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1218. unknown books
1817684541817. London 1817. London 1817. Detailed Trial of a Leader of an 1816 Plot to Overthrow of British Government Trial. Watson James 1766-1838 Defendant. Gurney William Brodie 1777-1855 Reporter. The Trial of James Watson For High Treason At the Bar of the Court of King's Bench On Monday the 9th Tuesday the 10th Wednesday the 11th Thursday the 12th Friday the 13th Saturday the 14th and Monday the 16th of June 1817. With the Antecedent Proceedings. London: Sold by Butterworth and Son 1817. Two volumes. 586; 578 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spines. Light soiling and a few minor stains light fading to spines and edges of boards some chipping to lettering pieces. Moderate toning light foxing in places front hinge of Volume II cracked several signatures in that volume loose faint library stamps to title pages brief library annotations to versos. $450. Only edition. Watson was tried for his role in the Spa Fields riot. This riot followed a pair of meetings held by revolutionaries at Spa Fields Islington England on November 15 and December 2 1816. Opponents of the government they resolved to encourage rioting and then seize control of the government by capturing the Tower of London and the Bank of England. Watson Arthur Thistlewood and three other leaders were arrested and charged with high treason as a result. Watson was acquitted and the other three were released without trial. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1220. unknown books
1846709871846. Taunton Mass. 1846. Verdict Not Guilty. Taunton Mass. 1846. Verdict Not Guilty. "A House of Human Slaughter" Trial. Williams Benjamin W. Principal Defendant. Report of the Trial of B.W. Williams and Others Editors and Printers of the Dew Drop A Temperance Paper Published at Taunton Mass. For an Alleged Libel Upon William Wilbar A Rumseller of Taunton Before the Supreme Judicial Court at New Bedford At the November Term 1845 His Honor Judge Hubbard on the Bench. Taunton Mass.: Hack & King Printers Dew Drop Office 1846. 60 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior some rubbing to extremities. Light browning to text faint tick marks in light pencil to margins in a few places light foxing to a few leaves. $450. First edition. In January 1845 the defendant published an article in his temperance paper The Dew Drop that referred to Mr. Wilbar as "the incarnate Devil" with a mouth that emitted "flames of fire" that "withered and scorched all the deluded wretches" who entered his shop "a house of human slaughter." The defendants were acquitted after 45 minutes of deliberation. Although there are many reprint editions available the original 1846 printing is scarce in the marketplace. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Social Law University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of Pennsylvania York University. Not in McCoy Freedom of the Press. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12078. unknown books
182837456Lawrence County AL 1828. Autograph manuscript document signed by Sheriff Warren attesting to having served 33 citizens named in the manuscript with process to appear on the designated date as potential jurors. Fine.<br/><br/> Sheriff Hugh M. Warren born c.1800 a farmer was the third sheriff of Lawrence County. Jurors include: Green K. Hubbard 1786-1876 Deputy Surveyor of the Northern District of Alabama and member of Alabama House of Representatives in 1822; Crockett McDonald 1801-1857 probate judge postmaster county treasurer mayor of Moulton and a minister; John Birdwell 1770-1854 was one of the founders of the Birdwell Springs Baptist Church in 1819; John Gregg third clerk of the Lawrence County Court fought in the Texas Revolution. He and his family were attacked by Indians; his wife and son were killed and another son held as a prisoner for several years; John McBride was a tax collector; William Boyd a postmaster; William Warren farmer; Samuel Meredith; James McCord; James Woodfin; Michael Waldrope; Benjamin Jones; Isaac Barnett; William Ferguson; Thomas Couch; William Hodges; Samuel T. Anderson; Daniel Frasier; Frederick Hood; Henry Tauctoth ; Thomas McCraus; William Boyd; William Honey; George D. Clair; Nathaniel Burnum; George W. Staneroad; Samuel R. Oats; John McClellan; George W. Smyth; John Wallace; Wright McMahon; and Claiborne W. Saunders. unknown books
1815650051815. London 1815. OCLC locates no copies this imprint. London 1815. OCLC locates no copies this imprint. Fraud In The Yorkshire Coal Fields Trial. Stocks Michael Defendant. An Authentic Report Of The Trial Of Michael Stocks Esq. For Wilful And Corrupt Perjury At The Yorkshire Lent Assizes 1815. Before The Honourable Sir Alexander Thompson Knt. Chief Baron Of His Majesty's Exchequer And A Special Jury. Huddersfield: Sold by the Principal Booksellers in London; And the Booksellers of York Leeds Bradford Huddersfield Halifax Sheffield Wakefield Rochdale Manchester &c. 1815. 116 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into nineteenth-century unlettered pebbled cloth. Light rubbing to extremities with light wear to spine ends corners bumped minor spotting to boards. Light toning to text finger smudges and light foxing to a few leaves. A very good copy. $500. First edition second issue with the errata all corrected. Stocks was accused of stealing and selling 10000 tons of coal from mines in Northowram in the West-Riding of Yorkshire he owned in partnership with two other men. Stocks was not convicted. The trial details the contractual history of the partnership such contentious matters as the exact legal boundaries of neighboring mines and coal-pits and the nature of written and verbal agreements. This appears to be an unrecorded issue. OCLC locates no copies of this imprint. unknown books
1825699711825. A Trial Concerning the Status of Catholics in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain Trial. Atchison Thomas Defendant and Compiler. Trial of Captain Thomas Atchison Of the Royal Artillery By a General Court Martial At Malta; In Consequence of Having to be Exonerated from Firing Patteraro Salutes And Tolling a Roman Catholic Bell For the Church and Image Rites of Roman Catholic Priests. With an Appendix Describing Those Rites of the Romish and Greek Churches which British Protestant Troops Infantry as Well as Artillery Were Required by the Priests to Attend and Assist; Also The Nature of the Attendance and Assistance Consequently Ordered to be Given. With Official Documents on the Subject. London: Printed for Hatchard and Son 1825. viii 91 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet untrimmed edges front wrapper retained. Moderate edgewear and soiling front wrapper detached and worn "12" and owner signature in early hand at head moderate toning to text faint dampstaining to heads of a few leaves above text "From the Author" in contemporary had to verso of half-title. $500. Only edition. Atchison was accused of imposing Catholic practices on the soldiers under his command. Found guilty by a court-martial he was dismissed from the army. Atchison compiled this pamphlet to show he was the victim of anti-Catholic prejudice. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Stanford York. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II: 1006. unknown books
1833661941833. New Orleans 1833. New Orleans 1833. Religious Liberty and the Tyranny of the Mississippi Presbytery Trial. Clapp Theodore 1792-1866 Defendant. Channing William Ellery 1780-1842. A Report of the Trial of the Rev. Theodore Clapp Before the Mississippi Presbytery At Their Sessions in May and December 1832. New Orleans: Printed and Published by Hotchkiss & Co. 1833. xiv 374 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/4". Contemporary quarter cloth over plain boards printed paper title label to spine. Light soiling and a few minor stains to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners which are bumped chipping to spine label. Some toning to text occasional light foxing brief early annotations in pencil to a few leaves. Ex-library. Location label to foot of spine bookplate to front pastedown small embossed stamp to title page. A nice copy of a scarce trial. $500. Only edition. Clapp paid a heavy price for his gradual rejection of Calvinist views and embrace of Unitarian principles. He spent seven stormy years at the First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans affiliated with the Mississippi Presbytery which finally convicted him of heresy in 1832. This is the record of his trial preceded by a reprint of a sermon concerning the trial "on the Subject of Religious Liberty" by William Ellery Channing the foremost Unitarian preacher and theologian of the early nineteenth century. It warns of the evils of religion when it turns into "tyranny" as exemplified by the Mississippi Presbytery. Indeed says the introduction "no Presbytery in the United States ever before had the moral turpitude the hardihood the utter recklessness of justice evinced by the Mississippi Presbytery" xiv. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Social Law. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 790. unknown books
1814712731814. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Divorce and the Conflict of Laws Trial. Gordon Mary Margaret Pye Alleyne H. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial Court of Scotland By the Honourable the Judges of that Court In the Divorce Cause of Mrs. Mary Margaret Gordon Or Pye The Wife Against Lieut. Col. Pye The Husband As Printed in the Appendix of the Lord Advocate's Petition to the Court of Session in Scotland. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-3/4". Disbound. Light soiling to exterior light rubbing to extremities "11" in early hand to head of title page. Moderate toning to interior faint spotting to a few leaves. $500. Only edition. An interesting case that involved the conflict of English and Scottish divorce law Gordon v. Pye held that a Scottish court did not have the power to dissolve the marriage of two English subjects who married in England and were currently living there. It is one of a group of Scottish cases cited by Story in his discussion of marriage in Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws 1834. No print copies of this report located on OCLC. Library Hub locates a printed copy at the British Library. We located additional printed copies at Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown books
1814684431814. Canterbury 1814. Canterbury 1814. Manslaughter on the Parade Ground Trial. Gordon William Defendant. The Trial of Major William Gordon Of the 2d Or Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards On a Charge of the Murder of George Gregory A Private in the Same Regiment at the Guildhall Sandwich On Friday April 15 1814. As Taken by a Short Hand Writer. Canterbury: Printed by Rouse Kirkby and Lawrence 1814. iv 145 pp. Octavo 8-5/8" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and fragment of paper shelf label to spine. Light soiling light staining to spine and front joint which is starting at head front joint cracked title page partially detached. Moderate toning faint dampstaining to corners of a few leaves moderate soiling library stamp and a few minor stains to title page a few library annotations to verso. $500. Only edition. Gordon fatally impaled Private Gregory on his sword during a review on a parade ground. At first it appeared that Gordon used excessive force when the private fell out of ranks. The trial showed that Gregory his reflexes impaired by alcohol lost his footing and fell into the major's sword. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American libraries Columbia Harvard LA County Library of Congress Social Law University of Georgia. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown books
1866471591866. variant of McDade 493. variant of McDade 493. An "Unparalleled" Record of Love Bigamy and Murder: A Variant noted in McDade 493 Trial. Hughes Dr. John W. 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. 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--incorrectly--"McDade 493" to head of title page internally clean. $500. "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." See McDade The Annals of Murder 493. unknown books
