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basane brune, tit. doré sur pc. bordeaux, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fleurons, dentelles et filets dorés, double filets sur les coupes, (coiffes émoussés, plats et dos frottés avec qq. épidermures, coins et coupes émoussés avec des mq.) Patru demeure célèbre comme le premier avocat reçu à l’Académie française, en 1640 et un des fondateurs de l’éloquence classique française, très proche de Vaugelas qui souligna à maintes reprises la qualité de cet auteur. De fait. les plaidoyers et factums présentés sont très représentatifs de ce grand style classique. Il faut par ailleurs souligner que Patru fut au XVIIème siècle un des avocats privilégiés de la noblesse, plaidant pour le duc de Rohan, le duc de la Trémoille, le prince de Conti ou encore dans des causes favorables à l’autorité ou aux prérogatives royales (v. en particulier le plaidoyer pour l’université de Paris). 0n notera un amusant plan d’une partie de la ville de Clamart pour tenter de débrouiller une affaire d’héritage (t. I, P. 187).
188873541Bruxelles: Jacques Godenne / Veuve Ferdinand Larcier 1888-1908. Years 1-16 and 2 index volumes in half leather bindings and years 17-21 and index volume 1898-1902 in 55 stapled fascicules 28x22.5 cm. Complete run till 1908. leather bit rubbed several leather bindings with water stains - see pictures 98% of the inside is clean and only some pages slightly affected most fascicules are a bit loose and therefore stapled In all a good set see pictures Jacques Godenne / Veuve Ferdinand Larcier hardcover
178113866Genève, , 1781. In-8 de (4)-XXIV-234 pp., veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
Features: Vivillo, The Brigand; Walrus Hunt in the Arctic; Sporting Stories - iv - Corker's Alligator - v - A Brush With a Bear - vi - Man v. Python; Guardians of the Wilderness; The Legend of the Wailing Woman; Mountaineering by Telescope; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - III; Some Experiences in Malaya; "Jack Ashore"; A Daring Voyage Down the Grand Canyon; A Romance of Two Islands - II; Courtship and Marriage in Savage Africa; The Capture of Antonio Barracola; Barmaid's Steeplechase; The Greatest Horse-Race on Record; The Promotion of Petroff; The Humours of a Rectorial Election; The Adventures of "Wide World" Artists - I; Climbing in the "Land of Fire"; The Spider's Web; Dolphin-Hunting; A Tragedy of the Nile; A White Woman in Cannibal-Land - I; Recollections of a Texas Ranger; Short Stories - My Adventure at Arad, The Horror in the Pit; The Cruise of the "Crocodile"; Propitiating the Weather; The Affair at Greenville; The Terror in the Sanctuary; Across America by Airship; Fighting a Typhoon; A State Trial in Montenegro; Crossing the River; A Belgian Smoking Competition; The Adventures of "Wide World" Artists - II; Hunting the Hippopotamus; The Tale the Doctor Told; A White Woman in Cannibal-Land - II; Short Stories - A Bluff that Worked, and The Yellow Fiend; My Experinces in Algeria - I; My Alaskan Christmas; Short Stories - Whave v. Sharks, A Battle in Mid-Air, Up in a Balloon; Some "Freak" Memorials; Down the Chute; Where Women Wear Trousers; Retribution; Mountain Tragedies of the Lake District; Cupid and the Dentist; My Experiences in Algeria - III; Ways that are Dark - My Adventures in 'Frisco, A Sharp Lesson, Seeing it Out; In the Land of the Reindeer; "Tapu"; The Finches' Festival; The Fight at the A-T Ranch; How I Got My Jaguar Skin; Out of the Skies; A Night Adventure in Yokohama; Ten Lions in a Day!; My Friend Dalton; Two Girls in Japan; The Last Creek; The Romance of Wild Animal Catching; How We Captured the Rebel Chief; Round the World with a Billiard-Cue; When "Tenderfeet" Go Hunting Bears; The Life of a Steeplejack; The Longest Chase on Record; The Land of Superstition; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Several pages partially loose, otherwise a sound copy. Book
1668DRO-THEVE-1Commentaire sur les ordonnances contenant les difficultés meües entre les docteurs du droit canon et civil et décidées par icelles ordonnances tant en matière beneficiale que civile & criminelle introductions des procès jugemens & execitions d'iceux... Le tout divisé en six livres. Par M. Adam Theveneau... dedié à Monseigneur le cardinal de Riche-Lieu grand maistre chef & sur-intendant de la navigation & commerce de France.
Small 4to (194 x 120 mm), 232pp., With the contemporary printed book label of William Nicholl, original boards, worn, uncut While Calvert was in Constantinople, scandals broke causing him to leave, because of his illegitimate children, and charges of him having his own private harem. These charges followed him to London as well. Calvert did support his illegitimate children, sending money to the stepfather of his heir Henry, by Hester Whalen. In 1768, another scandal befell him while at home in London. This time he was accused of abduction and rape by Sarah Woodcock. During the trial, he was tried as much by the press as he was in the courtroom. The jury, believing that Sarah did not make adequate attempts to escape or to report the crime properly, and he was acquitted. To avoid any further disgrace, he retreated to Italy, and died in Naples in 1771. Unfortunately the many problems he created still existed for his colony. Before his death, he had made his illegitimate son Henry Harford, his heir, leaving him the province of Maryland, in America. This Edition not in O'Higgins, Irish Trials.
demi-chagrin noir, tit. & tom. sur dos à 5 nerfs ornés de filets dorés encadrant les caissons et avec fers à froid soulignant, signet, (dos avec mq. de cuir, plusieurs coiffes avec mq., premiers caissons des t. V (Barreau ancien) et t. I (Barreau moderne) en grande partie désolidarisés, 1ères de couv. détachées pour les t. II et II 2ème partie (Barreau ancien), mors fendu avec dos partiellement désolidarisé pour le t. VI 1re partie (Barreau ancien), mors de la 1ère de couv. fendus pour le t. V (Barreau ancien) le t. I (Barreau moderne), qq. p. des t. VIII et XI (Barreau moderne) acidifiées, coupes très lég. frottées, qq. rousseurs et piqûres), int. très frais dans l’ensemble avec un texte entièrement lisible Monumental ensemble qui recense les œuvres des grands juristes de l’Ancien et du nouveau Régime avec une reproduction des plaidoyers et mémoires les plus importants. On appréciera également la présence et la qualité des notices biographiques. Si l’ensemble est bien complet (le tome I et le tome XI-1re partie n’ont jamais été publiés) il est néanmoins dommage que le premier tome ne soit jamais paru, il devait consister en un essai sur l’histoire et les progrès du Barreau. Dans leur ordre d’apparition, voici les avocats recensés dans cette collection : Le Maistre, Patru, Érard, Gillet, Terrasson, Barbier d’Aucourt, Gerbier, Doillot, Mannory, Target, Loyseau de Mauléon, Élie de Beaumont, Hardoin, Linguet, Henrion de Pansey, Henrion de Saint Amand, Tronson du Coudray, Froudière, Delamalle, Courvoisier, Prugnon, Desèze, Bonnet, Bellart, Billecocq, Lepidor, Le Roy, Dupin (Aîné) Dupin (Jeune), Hennequin, Emmery, Loiseau, Mérilhou, Berville, Marie, Ferrère, Denucé, Chaix d’Est-Ange, Charrié, Mermilliod, Paillet, Lainé, Martignac, Ravez, Chauveau-Lagarde, Parent-Réal, Bresson, Mauguin.
278636Quillau. Clousier Paris 1773 In-4 ( 250x190 mm ) demi veau blond, dos à 5 nerfs, titre doré sur pièce de maroquin vieux rouge, fleurons et filets dorés dans les caissons. Tranches rouges.Mors fendus et coiffes arasées.- Mémoire à consulter pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Ecuyer, Conseiller-Secrétaire du Roi, & Lieutenant-Général des Chasses au Baillage & Capitainerie de La Varenne du Louvre, Grande Vénerie & Fauconnerie de France, Accusé en corruption de Juge & Calomnie. 42 pages.- Supplément au Mémoire à consulter. 64 pages.- Addition au supplément servant de Réponse à Madame Goezman accusée au Sieur Bertrand d'Airolles, accusé... 78 pages.- Quatrième Mémoire à consulter contre M. Goezman, Juge accusé de subornation & de faux... 108 pages.- Arrest de la Cour du Parlement extrait des Registres du Parlement du 26 Février 1774. 24 pages.- Mémoire au Roi pour le Comte Joseph Miaczynski, Maréchal de Betz, Généralissime de l'Armée de la Sérénissime République des Palatinats confédérés de Pologne. 34 pages.- Second Mémoire au Roi par Le Comte Miaczynski. 1787. 50 pages.- Avis au public pour l'arrivée à l'Hôtel de Ville le Lundi 21 Janvier 1782. 8 pages.- Arrest de la Cour du Parlement du deux Juillet 1773. 3 pages.- Supplément à la Gazette du Mardi 21 Novembre 1786. n° 93. Traité de Navigation et de Commerce entre la France & la Grande-Bretagne.
1762PHO-1822Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1762. In-4, pp. [iv], viii, 542 ; texte en latin sur 2 colonnes avec sa traduction en français, faux-titre, vignette gravée sur bois au titre, culs-de-lampe, relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre, tranches marbrées frottement aux charnières
1063.1aaf1665, 32 x 45 cm, charte de 42 lignes en langue française à l’encre brune avec traits de bordure en rouge, belle initiale et première ligne calligraphiée, notice dorsale.
84690Chicago: I.W.W. Printing Co-Op 1969. Illustrated broadside 44cm x 28cm 17" x 11". Offset lithograph printed in black on white stock. Old horizontal fold; mild toning in margins else Near Fine. A well-preserved example. Signed in plate "Spain" lower right. Chicago I.W.W. printer's bug.<br /> <br /> Satirical broadside issued to announce the opening of the trial of the Chicago 8 later 7 who had been jailed for conspiracy and inciting a riot for their role in the Chicago street protests during the Democratic National Convention of 1968. This graphic by the prominent underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez is evidently quite rare not previously seen by us; we can trace no examples in commerce and OCLC notes only a single physical location UVA as of March 2025. unknown
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. OCLC locates no copies of this imprint. 1 copy located at the Library of Congress. unknown
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". Publisher's 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. $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 record of his trial is 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
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
1852665911852. 1808 Court Martial of Rhode Island Militia Officers Who Refused to Select Six Guardsmen for Federal Service Trial. Court Martial. Kentish Guards. Trial of Colonel David Pinniger Lt. Col. William P. Maxwell Major Nathan Whiting Captain Allen Tillinghast: Officers of the Kentish Guards Before a General Court-Martial Holden at the Court-House In Providence April 27 1808 For Disobedience of Orders and Neglect of Duty. Warren RI: Printed by Nathaniel & John F. Phillips 1808. 41 4 pp. Errata slip pasted to verso of p.41. Octavo 7-3/4"x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet fragments of wrapper along spine untrimmed edges. Moderate toning early owner signature to verso of final leaf. $500. Only edition. Formed in 1774 the Kentish Guards of Rhode Island boasted General Nathanael Greene as an original officer. The Guards distinguished themselves at the Siege of Boston and elsewhere. In 1807 Colonel David Pinniger refused an order to select six guardsmen for federal service asserting that the Guards's charter permitted the call up of the entire unit but not individual soldiers. Pinniger's refusal precipitated his court martial and that of the fellow officers who supported him. All were removed from office without further penalty. The guards elected replacement officers; no one went into the U.S. Army. This pamphlet was published by the officers after the "unfavorable result" of the court martial in order to protect their reputations. All aspects of the case are covered. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13588. unknown
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
1830714221830. The Jury Could Not Decide: McDade 572 Trial. Knapp John Francis Defendant. Trial of John Francis Knapp as Principal in the Second Degree for the Murder of Capt. Joseph White Before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a Special Session Commenced at Salem July 20 1830. Reported for the Publishers. Boston: Published by Dutton and Wentworth 1830. 60 pp. Woodcut maps and illustration of the murder weapon. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Negligible light soiling to exterior tiny smudge to title page light toning. A nice copy of a scarce title. $500. Only edition. The murder of Joseph White a wealthy retired sea captain a conspiracy by a relative Joseph Knapp who hired his brother John Francis Knapp and the brothers Richard and George Crowninshield was one of the most famous trials of the 1830s. Joseph Knapp received immunity for turning in the Crowninshields. George Crowninshield had a good alibi that prevented his conviction. Richard Crowninshield escaped justice by hanging himself. John Francis Knapp was tried twice. He was convicted in his second trial and sentenced to death. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 572. unknown books
1797683951797. Stafford 1797. Stafford 1797. Death at the Hands of a Rejected Suitor Trial. Oliver T. Milward d. 1797 Defendant. Trial of T. Milward Oliver At Stafford Summer Assizes 1797 Before the Honourable Baron Perryn For the Murder of Mr. John Wood An Eminent Potter Of Brownshill In the County of Stafford. Stafford: Printed and sold by J.Drewry 1797. 76 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate soiling and some edgewear to exterior "4." and "W. Miller" to head of title page. Moderate toning to text early marks and a few brief annotations to text chip to lower margin of leaf B2 pp. 7-8 with no loss to text. $500. Only edition. This trial concerns the murder of John Wood a member of a prominent family of Staffordshire potters who was killed by a rejected suitor for his daughter's hand. Oliver was found guilty and hanged. OCLC locates 9 copies worldwide 4 in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard Social Law. English Short-Title Catalogue T81557. unknown books
1794651461794. taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney. "Mr. Thomas Walker Commenced his Virulence Against Me." Trial. Roberts William Defendant. Gurney Joseph Reporter. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Action Brought by Thomas Walker Merchant Against William Roberts Barrister at Law For a Libel. Tried by a Special Jury at the Assizes at Lancaster March 28 1791 Before the Hon. Sir Alexander Thomson Knight One of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Taken in Short Hand by Joseph Gurney. Manchester: Printed by Charles Wheeler 1791 208 pp. Lacking half-title. Bound with Roberts William. Supplementary Facts and Observations Occasioned by Mr. Walker's Publication of His Prosecution of Mr. Roberts; With Notes &c. Manchester: S.n. 1791. 24 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Recent marbled boards printed title label to spine speckled edges. Moderate toning light foxing and minor stains to a few leaves light soiling to title pages minor staining along gutter of the title page to The Whole Proceedings. A handsome volume. $500. Only editions. Unhappy with his treatment by Walker during a lawsuit Roberts circulated a flyer reading: "Mr. Thomas Walker commenced his virulence against me like a BULLY has conducted it like a FOOL has acted in it like a SCOUNDREL has ended it like a COWARD at last has turned BLACKGUARD and unworthy of association with or notice of any Gentleman who regards his own character." Walker won his case; Roberts paid damages of 100. The Whole Proceedings is scarce OCLC locates 9 copies in North American law libraries; Supplementary Facts is rare OCLC locates 4 copies worldwide 2 in North America Princeton University Temple University. English Short-Title Catalogue T99785 N37623. unknown