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1817714681817. Boston: Thomas G. Bangs 1817. Boston: Thomas G. Bangs 1817. Fatally Struck by a Loggerhead: McDade 746 Trial. Philips Henry. Trial of Henry Philips for the Murder of Gaspard Dennegri sic. Supreme Judicial Court Boston January 9 1817. Boston: Printed by Thomas G. Bangs 1817. 24 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers. Chipping and a few tears to edges upper section lacking from rear wrapper. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior faint dampstaining in a few places. $1250. Only edition. "Denegri was struck on the head by a loggerhead during a minor disturbance at a tavern. Today the circumstances would at the most be considered manslaughter but Poor Philips was found guilty of murder and hanged" McDade. OCLC locates 9 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Social Law. McDade The Annals of Murder 746. unknown books
1873660611873. Lockport NY: M.C. Richardson and Co. 1873. Lockport NY: M.C. Richardson and Co. 1873. A Successful "Mania Transitoria" Defense Trial. Pierce Aratus F. Defendant. Trial of Aratus F. Pierce At Lockport N.Y. For the Murder of William Bullock Eighth Judicial District Court of Oyer and Terminer Charles Daniels Presiding; Lorenzo Webster and G.L. Judd Associate Justices Tried at Adjourned October Term 1871. Lockport NY: M.C. Richardson and Co. 1871. 101 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Minor wear to spine ends a few small chips to edges light soiling to rear wrapper light toning to interior. A well-preserved copy of a scarce title. $1250. Only edition. Pierce killed a man who seduced his sister then refused to marry her. The trial is notable because it involved a successful defense based on the law of "mania transitoria" or momentary insanity McDade. OCLC locates 13 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard Social Law Supreme Court of New York U.S. Supreme Court. McDade The Annals of Murder 748. unknown books
1873712941873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. A Love Triangle Allegations of Financial Misconduct and Murder Trial. Stokes Edward 1841-1901 Defendant. Life Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk Jr. To Which is Added The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time Made Public. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. ii 19-111 1 pp. 12 full-page woodcuts. Complete. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and a few faint dampstains and minor tears to wrappers spine abraded moderate wear to corners of wrappers and text block. Moderate toning to interior corners of some leaves dog-eared faint stains to a few leaves. $1250. Only edition one of two issues. "Jim Fisk.was a financial wonder in New York in 1872. Edward Stokes had been associated with him in the oil business but they had become engaged in a bitter legal battle which originated when Stokes stole Fisk's mistress Josie Mansfield. In retaliation Fisk had charged Stokes with embezzling oil company funds; Stokes replied with a charge of false imprisonment. Then Mansfield threatened to publish letters from Fisk revealing some of his transactions. On January 5 an injunction was issued restraining the publication of the letters; on the next day Josie Mansfield was exposed to a humiliating cross-examination in police court on her relations with Fisk. Stokes in a rage followed Fisk to the Broadway Central Hotel where he shot him on the stairs. After two trials the state could only convict Stokes of third-degree manslaughter" McDade annotation to 917. This Barclay account was published after the second trial. It was also issued by Barclay with the imprint: "Cleveland Ohio: Great Western Publishing Company 1872." OCLC locates 2 copies in law libraries Harvard Yale both with the Philadelphia imprint. McDade The Annals of Murder 922. unknown books
1846718221846. A Rare Account of the Bickford Murder Trial: McDade 987 Trial. Tirrell Albert J. Defendant. Estabrook Silas Primary Author. Eccentricities & Anecdotes of Albert John Tirrell The Reputed Murderer of the Beautiful Maria Bickford Who Met Her Untimeley Fate on the Night of the 25th October 1845 In the Moral and Religious City of Boston. With an Appendix Presenting the Most Authentic Evidence Concerning the Murder. By a Lady of Weymouth Mass. Boston: Published and For Sale by All the Periodical Dealers 1846. 5-48 i.e. 32 pp. Octavo 9-3/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers publisher advertisement to verso of rear wrapper of another account of the Bickford murder untrimmed edges. Moderate edgewear and soiling spine abraded wrappers partially detached at ends. Light browning and foxing faint dampstaining in places "2" in early hand to head of front wrapper small doodle along fore-edge near foot "Maria Bickford" in faint early hand in pencil to head of p.5. $1250. Only edition. "The murder of a harlot seems to lend a special interest to a case which is measurable by the many publications which ensue. . The Tirrell case is one of the triumphs of Rufus Choate who convinced the jury that his client did not cut the throat of Mrs. Bickford or if he did he did it in his sleep. The defense of somnambulism by Choate might well join that other classic of defense put forth by Delphin Michael Delmas who as counsel for Harry K. Thaw pleaded 'dementia Americana'" McDade. McDade says most of this account is "pure fiction but there are some facts on the crime." OCLC locates no non-virtual copies of this imprint. McDade The Annals of Murder 987 synopsis of case from entry 986. unknown books
1867684671867. London 1867. London 1867. Was Dr. Hunter a Charlatan Trial. Hunter Robert Plaintiff. Pall Mall Gazette Respondent. Dr. Hunter Versus Pall Mall Gazette: Being a Verbatim Report of the Medical Evidence Given by Dr. Williams Dr. Risdon Bennett Dr. Orlando Markham Dr. George Johnson Dr. Cotton Dr. Richard Quain and Dr. Odling Showing Their Opinions on the Nature Causes and Cure of Consumption: With Explanatory Remarks by Dr. Hunter The Plaintiff. London: Printed by C. Mitchell and Co. 1867. 404 pp. 4 woodcut text illustrations. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear some chipping to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text minor stains to a few leaves light soiling a faint stain and a library stamp to title page library annotations to verso. A scarce title. $1000. Only edition. One of the most famous cases of its day it is fascinating for it insights into medical jurisprudence the Victorian medical profession and the treatment of tuberculosis consumption. Hunter an American doctor had antagonized English doctors by claiming to have developed a better set of therapies to treat the tuberculosis. A shrewd self-promoter he publicized his views widely and attracted a large number of patients. He had several critics. One of them published an article attacking him in the Pall Mall Gazette titled "Dupes and Imposters." Hunter sued. After many hours of medical testimony the jury "vindicated" Hunter but awarded him only 1 farthing in damages. This contemptuous award indicated that the jury considered him a charlatan. OCLC locates 12 copies 3 in North American law libraries Harvard Jenkins Social Law. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1109. unknown books
1790709551790. London: Printed for John Stockdale 1790. London: Printed for John Stockdale 1790. A Case That Influenced the Passage of the Libel Act of 1792 Trial. Stockdale John 1749-1814 Defendant. Gurney Joseph 1744-1815 Reporter. Erskine Thomas 1750-1823. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Information Exhibited Ex Officio by the King's Attorney General Against John Stockdale; For a Libel on the House of Commons Tried in the Court of King's-Bench West-Minster On Wednesday The Ninth of December 1789 Before the Right Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon Chief Justice of England. Taken in Short Hand by Joseph Gurney. To Which is Subjoined An Argument in Support of the Rights of Juries. London: Printed for John Stockdale Opposite Burlington House Piccadilly 1790. xi 1 228 pp. Lacking final 8 leaves of publisher advertisements. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Contemporary tree calf gilt spine with lettering piece gilt tooling to board edges edges of text block colored yellow. Some minor nicks and scratches to boards light rubbing to extremities some wear to spine ends joints starting at ends corners bumped and lightly worn hinges starting light toning to text. An attractive wide-margined copy. $1000. First edition. Stockdale a publisher and bookseller was indicted for libel on the House of Commons after publishing an account of the impeachment of Warren Hastings by John Logan that accused the Commons of corrupt and unjust behavior. Stockdale was defended by Erskine who argued that Stockdale should not be judged by isolated passages in Logan's book but by the entire publication. Stockdale was acquitted and his case is believed to have influenced the passage of the Libel Act of 1792 which restored the verdict power of juries in libel cases. Taken in shorthand by Gurney The Whole Proceedings is Stockdale's account of his trial. A Dublin reissue and a "New" London edition were also published in 1790. English Short-Title Catalogue T83638. unknown books
1821718241821. Salem Mass.: Published by T.C. Cushing 1821. Salem Mass.: Published by T.C. Cushing 1821. Trial and Execution of a Teen-Age Arsonist in Salem Massachusetts Trial. Clark Stephen Merrill 1804-1821 Defendant. Account of the Short Life and Ignominious Death of Stephen Merrill Clark Who was Executed at Salem on Thursday the Tenth Day of May 1821 at the Early Age of 16 Years and 9 Months For the Crime of Arson. Salem: Published by T.C. Cushing 1821. 16 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed edges. Light browning and faint dampstaining small early bookseller description affixed to verso of title page. $950. Only edition. In 1820 Clark burned down a stable and an adjacent building. There was no loss of life but he was tried for a capital crime found guilty and sentenced to death. The jury recommended commutation to no avail. He was sixteen years of age when he committed the crime seventeen when executed. His case helped to advance a successful movement to reduce the number of capital crimes. By 1852 murder was the only capital offense. OCLC locates 13 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard Social Law Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12137. unknown books
1844712921844. Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson 1844. Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson 1844. He Tried to Make the Murder Look Like a Suicide Trial. Comings William F. Defendant. Report of the Trial of William F. Comings: On an Indictment for the Murder of His Wife Mrs. Adeline T. Comings. At the September Term of the Court of Common Pleas Holden at Haverhill In the County of Grafton N.H. A.D. 1843. Together with His Life Written by Himself. Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson 1844. 158 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and a few minor marks to wrappers light wear to spine ends and corners rear joint and adjacent signature just starting to detach at foot some loss to foot of fore-edge of rear half of text block with no loss to text. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places occasional light foxing. $950. Only edition. "He was convicted of strangling his wife at Bath N.H. with a handkerchief and suspending her from a bedpost to make it appear to be suicide" McDade. OCLC locates 5 copies in law libraries Library of Congress New York University Social Law Library University of Missouri Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 208. unknown books
1845718911845. He Poisoned His Wife with Arsenic Trial. Green Henry G. Defendant. Trial of Henry G. Green For the Murder of His Wife. New York: Printed for the Publisher 1845. 32 pp. Text to p. 22 in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet woodcut portrait frontispiece of Green to title page. Moderate toning and light foxing corners of a few leaves dog-eared lower right corner lacking from final leaf of text with minor loss. $950. Only edition. "Green twenty-two years old met his wife Mary Ann Wyatt eighteen years old during some Temperance lectures. They had been married less than a week when he poisoned her with arsenic at Berlin New York. The crime seems to have been induced by his mother's disapproval of his wife" McDade annotation to 384. Our New York imprint appears to be based on a 48-page account published in Troy NY. OCLC locates 6 copies 2 in law libraries Harvard University of Pennsylvania. McDade The Annals of Murder 389. unknown books
1904641261904. A Landmark Antitrust Case with a Dissent by Holmes Trial. Knox Philander 1853-1921. Northern Securities Co. v. United States. In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term 1903. Northern Securities Company et al. v. United States of America Appellee. Appeal for the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Argument and Brief for the United States. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1904. iv 94; ii ii 180 pp. Two parts preceded by general title page. Contemporary morocco gilt frames to boards gilt title to spine untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners scuffing and light soiling to front board which is slightly bowed a few cracks to text block. Light toning to text foxing in a few places internally clean. $950. First edition. This volume containing Attorney General Philander C. Knox's Supreme Court argument in the landmark Northern Securities Case and the federal government's appeal of the case from the Circuit Court to the Supreme Court was likely bound by Knox as a gift to a colleague or friend. Decided in 1904 the Northern Securities Case was a pivotal case in the legal history of the Progressive Era and the history of railroads in the American West. The Northern Securities Company was a powerful trust formed by J.P. Morgan and James G. Hill to control railroad trunk lines in the Northwest and into Chicago and stifle competition. President Roosevelt seeing an opportunity to exert federal power against a business monopoly instructed Knox to bring suit against the Northern Securities Company. Knox handled the case personally writing the appeal from the decision of the Minnesota Circuit Court and arguing the government's case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Invoking the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 Knox argued that The Northern Securities Company acted in restraint of trade. The Court's decision on a 5-4 vote with Oliver Wendell Holmes and Chief Justice Melville Fuller dissenting upheld the government's argument affirming the constitutionality of the Sherman Antitrust Act. unknown books
1795683871795. London 1795. First edition. London 1795. First edition. The Pop-Gun Plot Trial. Lemaitre Paul Thomas Defendant. High Treason!! Narrative of the Arrest Examinations Before the Privy Council And Imprisonment of P.T Lemaitre Accused of Being a Party in the Pop-Gun Plot or A Pretended Plot to Kill the King! In Which is Introduced the Correspondence with the Privy Council. London: Printed for P.T. Lemaitre 1795. ii 60 pp. Lacking half-title. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior "12." in early hand to upper corner of title page. Moderate toning to text final leaf which has two clean tears with no loss to text partially detached and lightly edgeworn. $950. First edition. The Popgun Plot was an alleged 1794 conspiracy by three members of the London Corresponding Society a British Radical organization to assassinate King George III with a poison dart fired from a pop-gun airgun. Lemaitre was one of four men indicted as conspirators and charged with treason. All four were acquitted in May 1796 because the chief witness against them died. Our pamphlet is the primary account of this case. A second edition was published in 1795. Both editions are rare. OCLC locates 16 copies of both editions 1 in a North American law library Social Law which has a first edition. English Short-Title Catalogue T81543. unknown books
1901671271901. Murder Rape and Necrophilia on a Country Lane in Massachusetts Trial. O'Neil John 1873-1908 Defendant. The Official Report of the Trial of John O'Neil for the Murder of Hattie Evelyn McCloud In the Superior Court of Massachusetts. From Notes of the Official Stenographers. Published by the Attorney-General Under Chapter 214 of Acts of 1886. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co. 1901. iv 730 pp. Color map. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Recent period-style calf blind rules to boards blind fillets and original lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text negligible edgewear to preliminaries. $950. Only edition. O'Neil an unemployed machinist with a drinking problem strangled Mrs. McCloud then raped her corpse on a country lane near Shelburne Falls Massachusetts on January 8 1897. Convicted later than year O'Neil was executed on January 7 1898. McDade The Annals of Murder 722. unknown books
1688689851688. Edinburgh 1688. First edition. Edinburgh 1688. First edition. Scottish Murder Trial This Imprint Not in the ESTC Trial. Standsfield Philip d. 1688 Defendant. The Tryal of Philip Standsfield Son to Sir James Standsfield of New-Milns For the Murder of His Father And Other Crimes Libel'd Against Him. Published by Authority. Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to the King's Most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1688. 44 pp. Folio 11" x 7". Later three-quarter calf over marbled boards rebacked gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light browning and occasional faint dampspotting to text light soiling to title page small fragment of label near center. $950. First edition. One of three issues from 1688 ours not recorded in the ESTC. Sir James Standsfield the founder and director of a woolen mill was murdered by his son Philip after he was disinherited for leading a dissolute life. The ESTC lists a similar copy with 32 pages and the same title publisher and date R217941. We located copies with a collation identical to ours at Harvard Law School and Indiana University. All issues are scarce; taken together OCLC locates 14 copies 3 in North American law libraries Harvard which has 2 copies University of Minnesota. unknown books
1804707241804. Philadelphia & New York 1804. Philadelphia & New York 1804. Designed to Display the Corruption of the Irish Nobility Trial. Taylour Thomas Marquess of Headfort 1757-1829 Defendant. A Report of the Trial on an Action for Damages Brought by the Reverend Charles Massy Against the Most Noble the Marquis of Headfort For Criminal Conversation With Plaintiff's Wife: Damages Laid at 40000. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by P. Byrne And for B. Dornin New-York 1804. vii 95 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior a few minor tears and chips to edges of a few leaves stitching loose first signature detached. Light browning to text faint dampstaining to foot of text block light foxing to a few leaves. $950. Only American edition. At head of title: Ten Thousand Pounds Damages Summer Assizes Trial at Ennis County of Clare on 27th July 1804 Before the Hon. Baron Smith And a Special Jury. The Marquis of Headfort a member of the Irish House of Commons eloped with the wife of a clergyman who was awarded 10000 damages. The Patrick Byrne and Bernard Dornin were Irish political radicals living in exile. Published shortly after its printing in Ireland this American imprint which was issued in New York and Philadelphia was probably issued to display the corruption of the Irish nobility. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12010. unknown books
1825707211825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. Sensational 1825 Murder Trial in Buffalo N.Y. Trial. Thayer Brothers. Love John. The Life Trial Condemnation and Dying Address Of the Three Thayers! Who Were Executed for the Murder of John Love At Buffalo N.Y. June 17th 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges large woodcut of three coffins to front. Light browning and faint dampspotting light soiling to exterior faint stain to foot of front wrapper. A well-preserved copy. $950. The Thayer brothers Nelson Israel and Isaac were convicted in 1825 for the robbery and murder of their boarder John Love to whom they owed a substantial amount of money. The brothers shot him in the head then lacerated his body with a meat cleaver. After disguising the murder scene with a pig carcass they buried Love in a shallow grave. Their crime was discovered a short while later. After two brief trials the Thayers were executed together by hanging on June 17 1825. A sensational event it was probably the first hanging to take place in Erie County New York. This event was the subject of sveral pamphlets four published in Buffalo. In this edition the dying address is followed by an account of the trial and execution in verse. This imprint which is listed in Cohen and mentioned in McDade is a variant of a copy described in McDade which has an image of a single coffin. McDade The Annals of Murder 972. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13088. unknown books
1817657281817. With a Duplicate Colored Frontispiece Annotated by George Cruikshank Trial. Thistlewood Arthur 1770-1820 Defendant. Watson James Defendant. Preston Thomas Defendant. Hooper John Defendant. Cruikshank Isaac 1764-1811 Illustrator. Cruikshank George 1792-1878 Annotation. High Treason!! The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of Arthur Thistlewood Gent. James Watson The Elder Surgeon Thomas Preston Cordwainer And John Hooper Labourer: Upon an Indictment Found Against Them for High Treason. Fairburn's Edition. London: Printed by W. Marchant ; published by John Fairburn 1817. 23 parts comprising 360 numbered columns. Folding frontispiece two plates. Complete. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Original plain paper-covered publisher boards with contrasting spine untrimmed edges. Some soiling and staining moderate edgewear spine abraded and worn front board detached early owner signature L. Palmer and later owner bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text minor oil stains and dampstains to a few leaves. Brief annotations in pencil to front pastedown and verso folding plates both entry references to Douglas's Works of George Cruikshank interior otherwise clean. Duplicate of folding frontispiece hand-colored and with an annotation by George Cruikshank laid in. It is lightly soiled lightly edgeworn and beginning to tear along fold lines later reference annotation to Douglas bibliography to top margin. Items housed in a quarter-morocco over cloth slipcase with raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities. A unique copy of a rare title. $950. Only edition. Thistlewood Watson Preston and Hooper were leaders of the Spencians a group of English radicals who opposed private land ownership. They were indicted for treason when a mass audience at a Spencian rally at Spa Fields Islington England on 15 November and 2 December 1816 degenerated into a riotous mob. Watson was acquitted and the other three were released without trial. Fairburn's serialized account features a courtroom scene and portraits of the defendants by Isaac Cruikshank who is not credited. The colored duplicate frontispiece has an annotation by his son George Cruikshank reading: "Not any of it by me-GCK." This remark illustrates how the work of the two men were often. unknown books
1817619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this Case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several contemporary newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner signatures and annotation to front wrapper and map not the image side interior otherwise clean. $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer "was accused of rape and murder after attending a dance where he became intimate with a gardener's daughter named Mary Ashford. They left the dance together and her body was found the next morning in a deep pool of water near a local footpath. Thornton was tried at the Warwick assizes on 8 August 1817. Since the marks on Mary's body were not necessarily inconsistent with Thornton's claim that she had consented to sexual intercourse and since the times on the morning in question when Thornton was seen walking home to Bromwich suggested he could not have been with her when she met her death the jury found him not guilty. The case aroused much interest and reminded people of a similar murder of a local woman a year earlier. Many were convinced of Thornton's guilt and he was assailed in local and London newspapers. A group collected around the Birmingham solicitor William Bedford invoked the old legal process of 'appeal of murder' by which a person acquitted of murder could be tried again for the same offense. This process was generally regarded as obsolet. unknown books
1864694191864. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. Trial Notable for "Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind" Trial. Townley George Victor b. 1838 Defendant. The Trial and Respite of George Victor Townley for Wilful Murder. With Original Documents and Correspondence Now First Published; Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind Portraits Autographs and Plan. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. iii 6-70 pp. Portraits. Plan. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Negligible light soiling to exterior early owner signature St. John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1864 to head of front wrapper moderate toning to text slightly heavier in places. $950. Only edition. In 1863 Townley murdered his girlfriend Elizabeth Goodwin after she broke off her engagement to him. An expert witness at Townley's trial was Dr. Forbes Winslow one of the founders of forensic psychiatry and the author of The Plea of Insanity In Criminal Cases 1843. Despite Winslow's testimony Townsend was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was granted a reprieve however after evidence was produced confirming hereditary insanity and a history of delusional behavior. Public outrage over the reprieve led to a second committee investigation which judged him to be sane. Our account includes memorials from the public and the committee's report along with Winslow's account of a visit with Townley in prison. Townley was later transferred to an asylum where he committed suicide. The portraits are of Townley and Goodwin; the plan shows the scene of the crime. OCLC locates 11 copies in North American law libraries. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1210. unknown books
1827684181827. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window Trial. Cook Samuel 1786-1861 Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook Draper Dudley For an Alleged Seditious Libel Tried at Worcester Aug. 1 1827 Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short Hand by an Eminent Writer. Dudley Worcester: Sold by S. Cook Draper 1827. ii 72 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places "4" in early hand to head of title page. $850. Only edition. Cook a linen draper and political radical was found guilty of displaying in his shop window a handbill promoting a nailers' strike that accused government ministers of contributing to the starvation of the people. However his punishment was light being bound over for the sum 200 to receive sentence "when called upon." This pamphlet was published by Cook to raise money for his legal expenses. A note at the foot of p. 72 is an appeal for additional financial assistance: "S. Cook will be happy to receive and Subscriptions towards his late expenses and towards such subsequent proceedings as may be deemed requisite." OCLC locates 4 copies 2 in North America Duke Southern Illinois University. McCoy Freedom of the Press Supplement IC318. unknown books
1808684481808. London 1808. Very Scarce/Rare. London 1808. Very Scarce/Rare. A Very Scarce 1808 English Libel Case Relating to One of Wellington's Generals Trial. Draper Edward Alured 1776-1841 Defendant. The Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Alured Draper Of the Third Regiment of Foot Guards In the Court of King's Bench On Monday The 29th of June 1807 Before the Right Hon. Lord Ellenborough and a Special Jury For a Libel Against the Right Hon. John Sullivan. Taken in Short Hand by Mr. Adams. London: Printed by D. Jaques 1808. vii 179 pp. Octavo 8-5/8" x 5-3/8". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and a bit of residue from paper location label to spine. Light soiling corners bumped light fading to spine. Moderate toning to text "110442" in early hand to verso of half-title two faint library stamps to title page. $850. Only edition. Draper was charged with libel for distributing a statement against a witness in a trial against his superior officer General Sir Thomas Picton. A distinguished but controversial general Picton was accused of using torture while serving as the military governor of Trinidad charges that were dismissed. Draper claimed that Sullivan a colonial official lied under oath. Draper lost his case and served a three-month sentence but went on to have a distinguished career as an officer and civil servant in Mauritius. OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide Social Law and Yale University. Not in COPAC or the Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909. unknown books
1879668961879. New Haven 1879. Only edition. New Haven 1879. Only edition. "The Most Mysterious of All the Cases Which have Baptized Connecticut in Blood" Trial. Hayden Herbert H. b.1850 Defendant. Stannard Mary 1856-1878. Poor Mary Stannard! Full and Thrilling Story of the Circumstances Connected with Her Murder. History of the Monstrous Madison Crime. The Most Mysterious of All the Cases Which have Baptized Connecticut in Blood. The Only True and Reliable Account. The Clairvoyant's Wonderful Story. New Haven: Stafford Print. Co. 1879. 47 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers with a woodcut portrait of Stannard. Faint fold lines some wear to spine ends a few small chips to edges small dampstain to upper corner of front wrapper some browning to text. A well-preserved copy. $850. Only edition. "In 1879 the body of Mary Stannard twenty-two once the servant of Reverend Herbert H. Hayden was found in one of Hayden's fields in Madison Conn. Her throat was cut her skull was fractured and there was arsenic in her stomach. Stannard had spoken to several people about her recent pregnancy by Hayden and explained that he was going to give her something to induce an abortion. She said also that she was planning to meet Hayden in the field to pick berries and discuss their future. Unable to account for himself during the time of the killing Hayden was arrested after it was discovered that he had purchased an ounce of arsenic "to kill rats" the day of his former servant's death. At the three-month trial a clairvoyant testified to the defendant's innocence the first such incident in an American courtroom. A hung jury resulted in Hayden's release" Nash. OCLC locates 12 copies 2 in law libraries University of Missouri Yale. Nash Encyclopedia of World Crime 1493. McDade The Annals of Murder 449. unknown books
1878714661878. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co. 1878. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co. 1878. An Axe-Murder in Camden NJ: McDade 494 Trial. Hunter Benjamin F. d. 1879 Defendant. Hunter-Armstrong Tragedy. The Great Trial. Conviction of Benj. F. Hunter for the Murder of John M. Armstrong. Philadelphia: Barclay & Company 1878. ii 19-86 pp. Main text in parallel columns. 7 full-page woodcuts. Octavo 9-1/2" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers cover title reads in part: The Life Trial and Execution of Benjamin F. Hunter. Light soiling moderate edgewear and a few chips and tears to edges of wrappers which are beginning to detach at foot of spine. Moderate toning to text faint dampstaining to a few leaves. $850. First edition one of five issues. "Hunter had lost $7000 when he invested in Armstrong's music-publishing company. Thinking to turn his loss into a profit he insured Armstrong's life $25000. With a hired assistant Tom Graham he enticed Armstrong to Camden New Jersey and there bashed his head in with an axe which he had carefully marked with the initials of another man to throw suspicion on him. Though he remained unconscious Armstrong survived and Hunter calling at his home hastened his death by tearing the bandages from his head. Graham confessed and hunter was convicted and hanged and he was actually hanged by hand" McDade. Other issues of this pamphlet have different cover titles and paginations. All are scarce. OCLC locates 7 copies of our 86-page issue 1 in a law library University of Missouri. McDade The Annals of Murder 494. unknown books
1814684711814. London 1814. London 1814. The Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 Trial. Random Charles Baron de Berenger Principal Defendant. Dundonald Thomas Cochrane Earl of 1775-1860 Principal Defendant. Gurney William Brodie 1777-1855 Reporter. The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger Sir Thomas Cochrane Commonly called Lord Cochrane The Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone Richard Gathorne Butt Ralph Sandom Alexander M'Rae John Peter Holloway And Henry Lyte; For a Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench Guildhall On Wednesday the 8th And Thursday the 9th of June 1814: With the Subsequent Proceedings in the Court of King's Bench; Taken in Short Hand. London: Sold by J. Butterworth and Son 1814. 604 4 pp. Folding table. Includes four-page publisher catalogue. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine. Light shelfwear and some soiling. Light browning and foxing to text early owner signature Joseph Tate and faint library stamp to title page a few library annotations to verso another owner signature "Wm Green. 1843" at head of main text brief early annotations in a few places. $850. Only edition. Gurney's is the most detailed account of one of the greatest English fraud cases of the nineteenth century. In 1814 Berenger a Prussian aristocrat posing as an aide to Britain's ambassador to Russia announced that Napoleon had been killed by Russian Cossacks. This news caused stock prices to rise. After discovering that Berenger's news was a hoax which caused prices to drop investigators discovered that six men had profited substantially from the false information. All were alleged to have been conspirators with Berenger. One of these men was Cochrane a Member of Parliament an admiral and one of the greatest naval heroes of the Napoleonic Wars. The case against him was weak and circumstantial but he was to the surprise of many convicted sentenced to 12 months in prison fined 1000. and ordered to stand in the pillory opposite the Royal Exchange for one hour. In subsequent weeks he was dismissed from the Royal Navy and expelled from Parliament. On the orders of the Prince Regent Cochrane was humiliated by the loss of his appointment Knight of the Order of the Bath. A month later however Cochrane was re-elected unopposed and following a public outcry his sentence to th. unknown books
1875393<p><b>The Tilton versus Beecher Trial. Beach William A.</b> <i>Admit Bearer to Trial Tilton vs. Beecher At the City Court Room. </i>Signed "W. A. Beach." A printed ticket form to be used by William A. Beach 1809 – 1892 the senior counsel of the legal team representing the plaintiff Theodore Tilton. Printed on decorated heavy paper 6.5 cm x 10 cm. Condition fine. </p><p>A rare surviving paper admission ticket-pass for repeated entry to the most sensational trial in nineteenth-century America this special ticket-pass signed by an officer of the City Court in Brooklyn admitted an unidentified bearer to the legal action brought by Tilton against his wife's lover Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for alienation of affection. On August 20 1874 Theodore Tilton started his lawsuit against Henry Ward Beecher for alienation of affections. The trial began January 11 1875 and lasted six months. </p><p>Unlike the blue paper "day pass" tickets which were collected at the door of the courtroom gallery this special ticket-pass was returned to the bearer and may have been used by a member of Mr. Tilton's legal team. The Tilton-Beecher trial was lurid front-page news in every major newspaper in America for months and ended with a hung jury. </p><p>On May 22 1871 a letter to the editor of the New York<i> World </i>written by Victoria Woodhull was published in which she said among other things "My judges preach against 'free love' openly and practice it secretly; their outward seeming is fair but inwardly they are full of 'dead men's bones and all manner of uncleanness.' For example I know of one man a public teacher of eminence who lives in concubinage with the wife of another public teacher of almost equal eminence." The "public teacher of eminence" was Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the wife was Mrs. Theodore Tilton. </p>For the better part of three years many measures were taken to protect the reputation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's brother from ruin. As in politics the cover-up of Mrs. Tilton's adulterous relationship with Beecher was ultimately unsuccessful. During the trial scalpers sold tickets to the trial for as much as five dollars apiece. Some days thousands of spectators were turned away. Those lucky enough to obtain one often went without lunch to hold it for the day. books
1853711771853. Unrecorded Account the Murder "Of an Aged Couple Near Stafford" Trial. Blackburn Henry Defendant. Moore Edward Defendant. Walsh Charles Defendant. Full and Correct Account of the Trial Henry Blackburn Edward Moore And Charles Walsh For the Murder of an Aged Couple Near Stafford. Stafford England: Buxton Printer 1853. 8 pp. 12mo. 5" x 3-1/2". Whip-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers. Light soiling and edgewear light toning ink spot to verso of final leaf. $750. Only edition. An especially gruesome account of the Ash Flats Murder. John and Jane Blackburn were robbed and bludgeoned to death in their home. The criminals tried to hide their crime by burning the house but the fire was extinguished before the bodies were destroyed. Other evidence of the crime also survived including blood stains and the murder weapon. Blackburn Walsh and Moore were tried for the crime. Blackburn was freed and Walsh and Moore were sentenced to death. Moore later confessed that he acted alone which spared Walsh's life. The final page of our account has a moralizing account of the crime in verse. Our imprint appears to be unrecorded. No copies located on OCLC or COPAC. unknown books
