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181214765A Paris, P. Didot l'Ainé, 1812. In-8 de 176 pp.Procès instruit par la Cour d'assises de Paris contre Michel Michel, Louis Saget, Louis-François-Alexandre Salmon, employés dans les bureaux de la guerre, et Jean-Nicolas-Marie Mosès, dit Mirabeau, garçon de bureau; accusés d'avoir entretenu des intelligences criminelles avec les agents d'une puissance étrangère, etc. Recueilli par M. Breton, sténographe. Paris, P. Didot l'aîné, 1812. In-8 de 166-(1) pp.Procès du lieutenant-général comte Drouot. Grand officier de la Légion d'Honneur. Précédé d'une note historique sur cet Officier-Général. Paris, S. C. L'Huillier, Pillet, Delaunay, 1816. In-8 de VIII-63 pp. 1 portrait gravé en frontispice. CRAUFURD (James). Mémoires, lettres et pièces diverses, publiés par Sir James Craufurd, contre M. le duc de Grammont, capitaine des gardes-du-corps, M. le duc de Guiche, son fils, premier Écuyer de S. A. R. Mr le duc d'Anjoulême et le comte Grimod (d'Orsay), général aux gardes, avec quelques lettres de M. le duc de Guiche et de M. le comte Grimod. Ces écrits forment la matière de deux actions en calomnie, entre sir James Craufurd, d'une part, et MM. les ducs de Grammont et de Guiche, de l'autre, qui doivent être jugées Samedi prochain, 11 mars, au Tribunal de police correctionnelle. Paris, Pélicier, 1820. In-8 de (4)-134 pp.Procès de la société dite Les Amis de la liberté de la presse. Paris, Brissot-Thivars, 1820. In-8 de (4)-LXVIII-81 pp.Ensemble 1 vol. in-8, demi-basane fauve à petits coins de vélin vert, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin vert, tranches jaunes (reliure de l'époque).
181714784Paris, Au bureau du Censeur européen, Delaunay, Renaudière, 1817. In-8 de (2)-100 pp. Édition originale. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur au président Girod de l'Ain. Précis et Consultation pour les auteurs du Censeur Européen. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Renaudière, (1817). In-8 de 96 pp. Édition originale. Signé : Mérilhou, avocat plaidant. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur au président Girod de l'Ain. BARROT (Odilon). Consultation. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Renaudière, (1817). In-8 de 14 pp. Procès de la souscription nationale, jugé par la cour dassises de Paris, le 1er juillet 1820 ; avec les réquisitoires officiels du ministère public, les plaidoiries entières de Messieurs les avocats, la réplique de Me Dupin, et tous les autres documens historiques et authentiques sur cette affaire; recueillis par deux membres du barreau de Paris. Paris, Baudouin frères, Delaunay, 1820. In-8 de (4)-III-(1)-387 pp. Édition originale. COMTE (charles). Défense de M. Comte, dans l'affaire de la Souscription nationale. Paris, Imprimerie de Fain, (1820). In-8 de 15 pp. Procès intenté par le Conseil municipal de Bordeaux, à l'auteur de la Tribune de Gironde. Relativement à la journée du 12 mars 1814. Périgueux, F. Dupont, 1820. In-8 de VIII-284 pp. Édition originale. Ensemble 1 vol. in-8, demi-basane fauve à petits coins de vélin vert, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin vert, tranches jaunes (reliure de l'époque).
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
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
1840700901840. A Watershed Moment in the History of Liberia Trial. Seys John Defendant. Trial of the Suit Instituted by the Collector of Customs for the Port of Montrovia Against the Superintendent of the Liberia Mission of the "Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church" Before the Supreme Court of Liberia In Session at Monrovia Sept. 4th and 5th 1840 With Most of the Pleadings. Monrovia: M.F.M.Press--W.P.Jayne Pr. 1840. 18 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 6-1/4". Stab-stitch pamphlet bound into later library buckram gilt title and library name to spine enleaves and blank leaves added. Light shelfwear light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves light soiling and "14." in small early hand to title page library stamp to its verso. $500. Only edition. Before it became independent in 1847 Liberia was administered by the American Colonization Society and was in effect a colony of the United States. The trial of John Seys which concerned the payment of customs duties by an American citizen indicated weaknesses in the Liberian Constitution concerning authority and jurisdiction. This trial which was decided in Seys's favor helped to instigate the cause of Liberian independence. Not in the Harvard Law Catalogue or the British Museum Catalogue. Huberich The Political and Legislative History of Liberia 647. unknown books
1815646021815. London 1815. 1st ed. London 1815. 1st ed. A Hand in the Scuttle Trial. Stocks Michael d. 1836 Defendant. 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 Knight Chief Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer And a special jury. Huddersfield England: Printed for the Editor By J. Lancashire 1815. iv 109 1 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to text newspaper article "Last Moments of Jonathan Martin" pasted over errata list the verso of p. 109 small newspaper clipping pasted to foot of title page. Early owner annotations to title page and following leaf light soiling and minor edgewear to final two leaves interior otherwise clean. $500. Only edition one of two issues both from 1815. 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. Including both edition OCLC locates 9 copies in North America 5 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Ohio State University of Georgia Yale. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown
1815646021815. London 1815. 1st ed. London 1815. 1st ed. A Hand in the Scuttle Trial. Stocks Michael d. 1836 Defendant. 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 Knight Chief Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer And a special jury. Huddersfield England: Printed for the Editor By J. Lancashire 1815. iv 109 1 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to text newspaper article "Last Moments of Jonathan Martin" pasted over errata list the verso of p. 109 small newspaper clipping pasted to foot of title page. Early owner annotations to title page and following leaf light soiling and minor edgewear to final two leaves interior otherwise clean. $500. Only edition one of two issues both from 1815. 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. Including both edition OCLC locates 9 copies in North America 5 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Ohio State University of Georgia Yale. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
1858664791858. 1858 Trial of the Head of New York City's Police Department for Neglect of Duty Trial. Tallmadge Frederick A. 1792-1869 Defendant. Gerry Elbridge T. 1837-1927 Reporter. Trial of Hon. Frederick A. Tallmadge General Superintendent of Metropolitan Police Before James W. Nye Esq. President and Hon. James S.T. Stranahan Thomas B. Stillman Esq. And James Bowen Esq. Commissioners of Police Hon. Daniel F. Tiemann Mayor of the City of New York And Hon. Samuel S. Powell Mayor of the City of Brooklyn Ex-Officio Commissioners of police: With the Argument of His Counsel. New York: Baker & Goldwin Printers 1858. 88 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Spine abraded covers detached lightly soiled and moderately edgeworn. Light toning to text small chips to fore-edges of a few leaves presentation inscription from Gerry to upper corner of front wrapper. $500. Only edition. "Frederick Tallmadge general superintendent of the Metropolitan New York City Police was charged with neglect of duty in a hearing before the Board of Police Commissioners. He allegedly did not respond to a call from the Quarantine Station on Staten Island where several hospitals had been set on fire by a mob. He was cleared of one charge censured on another and restored to duty" Cohen. OCLC locates 8 copies in North American law libraries Columbia Library of Congress New York University Northwestern Social Law University of Minnesota US Supreme Court Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14665. unknown books
1816699651816. Not Listed on COPAC or OCLC Trial. Taylor Edward Defendant. Taylor Robert Defendant. The Defence of Mr. Edward Taylor Delivered by Him on the Trial of Himself and His Brother Robert Taylor On the Sixteenth of January 1816 at the Old Bailey On an Indictment Charging them with Forging and Uttering a Certain Forged Order with the Indorsement Thereon For the Delivery of a Quantity of Hides The Property of Lubbock & Co. from the London Docks. London: Printed by Hay and Turner 1816. 14 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet title page detached lightly soiled and moderately edgeworn "7." in early hand to head moderate toning to text faint dampstaining to foot of text block. $500. Only edition. Taylor confesses his guilt explains his actions and asks the court to be lenient with his brother. He also asks the court to consider the two brother's responsibility for their widowed elderly mother. No copies listed on COPAC or OCLC. unknown books
1827699681827. Reverend Taylor is Tried for Blasphemy Trial. Taylor Robert 1784-1884 Defendant. Trial of the Rev. Robert Taylor A.B. & M.R.C.S.: Upon a Charge of Blasphemy With His Defence As Delivered by Himself Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury On Wednesday October 24 1827: And as Corrected and Supplied with the Additions which Occurred in Delivery From the Morning Chronicle Herald Times Sun &c. London: Printed by John Brooks 1827. 34 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light rubbing to extremities frontispiece partially detached moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places "6" in early hand to head of title page. $500. First edition one of two editions published in 1827. Taylor was tried for blasphemy after delivering an unorthodox sermon about Christ's character. He was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison. OCLC locates no copies of the first edition in North America and only 7 of the second 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Worcester MA Trial Court Library. COPAC locates 1 copy of the first edition London Library. McCoy Freedom of the Press T38. unknown books
1883703851883. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items. Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina Manuscript Archive. Argentina. Trial. Legal Documents Relating to a Railway Right-of-Way Case. Buenos Aires 1883-1884. 6 items: 4 notebooks in stiff wrappers 13" x 9" app. 100 pp. in all 2 folding maps bound into a folder 15-3/4" x 28" 12-1/2" x 21-1/2." Moderate edgewear and soiling light toning to text a few minor tears along fold lines of maps library stamps. $450. Written in English these documents relate to a right-of-way case brought against the British-owned Buenos Aires & Ensenada Port Railway by a group of affected property owners. The notebooks are marked A B C D. The front cover of Notebook A has a title reading: "MS Documents relative to the Case of Messrs Torres Martinez Triarte Doyhenard & Others against The Ensenada Railway Comp. 1883. Buenos Aires." The maps are bound into a folder with a title reading: "Planos de la Ensenada. unknown books
1869714831869. New York: Hurd & Houghton 1869. McDade 13. New York: Hurd & Houghton 1869. McDade 13. Sodomy "Transitory Insanity" and Murder: McDade 13 Trial. Andrews Samuel M. b.1830 Defendant. Davis Charles G. 1820-1903 Reporter. Report of the Trial of Samuel M. Andrews Indicted for the Murder of Cornelius Holmes Before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts December 11 1868. Including the Rulings of the Court upon Many Questions of Law And a Full Statement of Authorities upon the Subject of Transitory Insanity. New York: Published by Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge: Riverside Press 1869. iv 287 1 pp. Double sided frontispiece maps. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards raised bands and gilt title to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities. Moderate toning to text light edgewear to a few leaves. An attractive copy. $450. Only edition. "Holmes was beaten to death with stones by Andrews whom he had named as his heir in his will. The defendant pleaded insanity and self-defense for he had to fight off Holmes' attempted act of sodomy" McDade. Davis was the defense attorney in this case. McDade The Annals of Murder 13. unknown books
1848714031848. OCLS 2 copies. No copies found in U.S. law schools. OCLS 2 copies. No copies found in U.S. law schools. Poisoned by His Doctor Trial. Coolidge Valorous P. c.1823-1849 Defendant. Trial of Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge For the Murder of Edward Mathews At Waterville Maine As Reported For and Published in the Boston Daily Times. N.p.: S.n. 1848. 40 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed edges. Some wear to corners moderate browning heavier browning to leaves at beginning and end of text faint dampstaining in a few places tiny inkspots to a few leaves. $450. Only edition. Coolidge murdered Mathews with a shot of poison-laced brandy because Mathews refused to loan him money. When the body was found Coolidge was summoned by the coroner's jury to perform an autopsy on his own victim. After an inept series of attempts to hide his crime Coolidge was convicted and sentenced to hang. He cheated the gallows however by committing suicide. OCLC locates 2 copies none in law libraries. We located a copy however at Yale Law School. McDade The Annals of Murder 211. unknown books
1845662141845. In All He Might Have Had 15 or 20 Connections with Me" Trial. Fairchild Joy Hamlet 1790-1859 Defendant. Weeks James E.P. Reporter. Trial of Rev. Joy Hamlet Fairchild On a Charge of Adultery with Miss. Rhoda Davidson. Boston: Boston Daily Times 1845. 32 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places. $450. At head of text: "Times" Report the first of three editions published by the Boston Daily Times. One of several publications about this celebrated notorious case consuming much contemporary print. Fairchild allegedly seduced a young woman Rhoda Davidson of Edgecomb Maine while she was a domestic in his family. She had a child and nominated Fairchild as the father. Fairchild claimed that rival ministers had defamed him by calling him a habitual libertine and adulterer. This pamphlet includes witnesses' testimony including that of Miss Davidson. "In all he might have had 15 or 20 connections with me." The pamphlet closes with the verdict of Not Guilty; "the audience burst out in involuntary applause which was immediately checked." Another earlier issue does not include the jury verdict the pamphlet noting that deliberations were ongoing. Accounts of this case are scarce. OCLC loctaes 3 copies of our account American Antiquarian Society Harvard Law School New Hampshire Historical Society. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13693. unknown books
1845662151845. In All He Might Have Had 15 or 20 Connections with Me" Trial. Fairchild Joy Hamlet 1790-1859 Defendant. Weeks James E.P. Reporter. Trial of Rev Joy Hamlet Fairchild On a Charge of Adultery with Miss. Rhoda Davidson. Boston: Boston Daily Times 1845. 32 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into recent stiff wrappers with quarter buckram spine small typed title label to front cover. Light wear to spine ends and corners of wrappers moderate toning light foxing to some leaves. Ex-library. Tiny inkstamp to bottom margin of p.2. A well-preserved copy. $450. At head of text: "Times" Report the first of three editions published by the Boston Daily Times. One of several publications about this celebrated notorious case consuming much contemporary print. Fairchild allegedly seduced a young woman Rhoda Davidson of Edgecomb Maine while she was a domestic in his family. She had a child and nominated Fairchild as the father. Fairchild claimed that rival ministers had defamed him by calling him an habitual libertine and adulterer. This pamphlet includes witnesses' testimony including that of Miss Davidson. "In all he might have had 15 or 20 connections with me." The pamphlet closes with the verdict of Not Guilty; "the audience burst out in involuntary applause which was immediately checked." Another earlier issue does not include the jury verdict the pamphlet noting that deliberations were ongoing. Accounts of this case are scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of our account American Antiquarian Society Harvard Law School New Hampshire Historical Society. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13693. unknown books