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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
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
1822418781822. Early U.S. Navy Court Martial Trial. Abbot Joel 1793-1855 Defendant. Trial of Lieutenant Joel Abbot by the General Naval Court Martial Holden on Board the U.S. Ship Independence at the Navy Yard Charlestown Massachusetts on Allegations Made Against Him by Capt. David Porter Navy Commissioner. Printed From the Official Record on File in the Navy Department. Washington: Printed and Published by Davis and Force 1822. 152 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers contemporary hand-lettered label to front board uncut edges. Moderate rubbing with wear to corners and spine ends front cover just beginning to detach at head. Several uncut signatures light browning and occasional light foxing to text. Small inkstain to title page interior otherwise clean. $125. First edition issued the same year as the Boston imprint published by Russell and Gardiner. With an appendix containing texts of documents relating to irregularities at the Boston naval station and the misconduct of the naval agent Amos Binney. Abbott was a decorated naval officer who fought under Commodore Rogers on the frigate President during the War of 1812. "In March 1822.he discovered a series of frauds upon the government. and made very serious charges against his commandant Captain Isaac Hull. Failing to prove these accusations when brought before a court-martial Abbot was suspended from the naval service for the period of two years.": Dictionary of American Biography 1:14. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13395. unknown books
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
1682657371682. An Important Ally of King Charles II Impeached by Parliament Trial. Osbourne Thomas Duke of Leeds Previously Earl of Danby 1631-1712. The Arguments of the Right Honourable the Earl of Danby the Second Time At the Court of King's-Bench at Westminster Upon His Lordship's Motion for Bail The 29th. Day of June Term. Trin. 1682. As They Were then Exactly Taken. London: Printed for Richard Tonson Within Grayes-Inn Gate 1682. 2 4 7-15 1 pp. Pagination irregular but complete. Folio 11-3/4" x 7-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in later thick-paper wrapper with hand-lettered title panel bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Light toning some soiling to wrappers and first and final leaves faint dampstaining to head of text block negligible light foxing to a few leaves. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. $100. Only edition. Danby was a prominent political figure who served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III. In 1678 Danby had endorsed King Charles's demand for payment by King Louis of France to avoid war. This issue was related to the hysteria surrounding the Popish Plot. A faction in Parliament treated this support as an assumption of royal authority which led eventually to his impeachment and imprisonment in the Tower for five years. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Georgetown Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania University of Washington Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue R11803. unknown books
1856635361856. An Interesting Patent Case Trial. Sickels Et Al. v. Corliss Et Al. Dickerson Edward Nicoll 1824-1889. The Argument of Mr. Edward N. Dickerson: With His Notes and Explanations: The Charge of Judge Nelson: And the Verdict of the Jury in the Case of Sickels vs. Borden Defended by "The Novelty Iron Works" and Mr. Horatio Allen. New York: John S. Voorhies 1856. 67 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling some rubbing to extremities. Light toning to text foxing and faint dampstaining to a few leaves internally clean. $100. Argued by a great patent lawyer and reported at 22 Federal Cases 67 this case involved the infringement of Sickels's patent on a steam value device an important innovation that enabled the development of more powerful steam engines. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $720. Dickerson was the outstanding authority on patent law in the United States at this time. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11530. unknown books
1678658921678. For Speaking Treasonable Words Against His Most Sacred Majesty" Trial. Staley William d.1678 Defendant. The Tryal of William Stayley Goldsmith; For Speaking Treasonable Words Against His Most Sacred Majesty: And Upon Full Evidence Found Guilty of High Treason And Received Sentence Accordingly On Thursday November the 21th 1678. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet At the Bible in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-Street 1678. 8 7-10 pp. Main text preceded by imprimatur on verso of title page. Text continuous and complete despite pagination. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent buckram gilt-stamped title to spine. Moderate toning to text faint dampstain and light soiling to title page internally clean. $100. Only edition one of two issues from 1678. William Staley or Stayley was one of the victims of the Popish Plot one of the cruelest hoaxes in British history and the inspiration for a wave of anti-Catholic violence. It was the invention of Titus Oates an Anglican clergyman and his friend Dr. Israel Tonge a cleric and passionate anti-Catholic. They pretended to have discovered a Jesuit plot to assassinate the King massacre Protestants and set James Duke of York the King's Catholic brother on the throne. Convicted as a conspirator Staley was executed and quartered in 1678. "Instead of his quarters being set upon the city gates the king allowed them to be delivered to his relatives. Mass was said over his remains and a 'grand' funeral was arranged from his father's house on 29 November before his burial in St Paul's Covent Garden. This incensed the government so much that the coroner ordered the body to be dug up and delivered to the sheriff to be set upon the city gates" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. William Stayley's head has a small place in London's history; it was the last to be displayed on London Bridge. This account was reissued in Dublin in 1723. English Short-Title Catalogue TR228446. unknown books
1903549631903. A Trial Discussed by Wigmore Trial. Best John C. 1865-1902 Defendant. The Official Report of the Trial of John C. Best for Murder. Superior Court of Massachusetts. Before Hon. Edgar J. Sherman and Hon. Jabez Fox Justices. From Notes of the Official Stenographers. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co. State Printers 1903. 863 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Original law calf red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing to extremities front hinge cracked but secure front board starting internally pristine. $95. First edition. John C. Best was indicted for the murder of George E. Bailey in 1901. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death in the electric chair. According to Wigmore this is "a good example of a trial for assassination motivated by hostility." Wigmore The Principles of Judicial Proof 1171. unknown books
1710658231710. A Triumph for Tories and High-Churchmen Trial. 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. With an initial imprimatur leaf. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Modern black buckram gilt-stamped title to spine interior notably fresh a few page numbers affected by trimming. $95. First octavo edition. 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. English Short-Title Catalogue T176104. unknown books
1967WRCLIT73175New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1967. Cloth. Fine in near very good quite typically rubbed dust jacket. First edition of the defendant's own account of the events leading up to and including the 1925 trial. Publisher's review copy with slip promotional sheet and a photo of Scopes laid in. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1805234821805. Trial. Argument of the Hon. William Smith in Giving Judgment on the Case of the Hon. Mr. Justice Johnson. In the Court of Exchequer on the 7th of Feb. 1805. Dublin: M.N. Mahon 1805. 104 pp. Disbound. Internally clean. $75. unknown books
1870569651870. A Groundless Malpractice Suit Trial. Sayre Dr. Lewis A. 1820-1900 Defendant. The Alleged Malpractice Suit of Walsh vs. Sayre. New York: Geo. H. Shaw & Co. 1870. 190 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling a few chips to wrappers spine worn front wrapper detached rear wrapper lacking minor wear to corners of a leaves at ends of text internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamps to front wrapper and title page. $75. Sayre the first professor of orthopedic surgery in the United States and a founding member of the AMA was a leading physician of the nineteenth century. In 1870 a suit alleging malpractice was brought by John F. Walsh the guardian of Margaret Sarah Walsh a six-year-old girl. It was shown to be a groundless case and Sayre was acquitted. unknown books
1970WRCLIT78972New York: H. P. Kraus 1970. 511pp. Sq. small quarto. Red cloth lettered in black. Illustrations and facsimiles. Spine a trace sunned but near fine. First edition. The annotated catalogue describing 100 items plus the strongbox kept by the State's Attorney in the prosecution of the eight defendants charged and convicted as conspirators in the so- called "Haymarket Riot." The material is now at the Beinecke Library Yale University the gift of Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Kraus. H. P. Kraus hardcover books
