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1809595371809. Trial. Henry Joseph Defendant. Report of the Trial of Joseph Henry Esq. In the Sheriff's Court On Friday Jan. 20 1809 For Criminal Conversation with Lady Emily Best. London: Printed by B. McMillan 1809. ii 50 1 pp. Includes one-page advertisement. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior minor edgewear to first and final leaves light toning to interior. $350. A report of the inquiry to award damages after Lady Emily Best deserted her formerly wealthy husband who was currently living in a debtor's prison and her infant daughter. The trial resulted in an award of 2000. OCLC locates 2 copies at Cornell and Yale Universities. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1098. unknown
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
1879668961879. New Haven 1879. Only edition. New Haven 1879. Only edition. "The Most Mysterious of All the Cases Which Have Baptized Connecticut in Blood": McDade 449 Trial. Hayden Herbert H. b.1850 Defendant. Stannard Mary 1856-1878. Poor Mary Stannard! A 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 Printing Company 1879. 47 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm. 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. $650. 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
1809684561809. London 1809. London 1809. "The Weaver's Friend" Trial. Hanson Joseph 1781-1811 Defendant. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Indictment Against Joseph Hanson Esq.: for a Conspiracy to Aid the Weavers of Manchester in Raising Their Wages: Before Mr. Justice Le Blanc One of the Judges of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench And a Special Jury At the Lancaster Spring Assizes 1809. London: Printed and Published by T. Gillet C. Chapple and Sherwood Neely and Jones 1809. xiv 11 116 pp. Folding map. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent library cloth gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate toning light foxing in a few places soiling minor edgewear and faint library stamp to title page a few library marks to verso light soiling to verso of final leaf p. 116. $450. Only edition. Hanson was a social reformer who was imprisoned and fined for his efforts to institute a minimum wage and the right to bargain among other reforms for the weavers of Manchester. Considered a dangerous man by the authorities he was charged with sedition. Known as "the weaver's Friend" 39600 people contributed one penny each to his defence fund. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Library of Congress Yale. Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature II:19907. unknown books
1804704961804. A Landmark Case in the History of the First Amendment Trial. Hamilton Alexander 1757-1804 et Al. Crosswell Harry 1778-1858 Defendant. The Speeches at Full Length of Mr Van Ness Mr. Caines the Attorney-General Mr. Harrison And General Hamilton In the Great Cause of the People Against Harry Croswell On an Indictment for a Libel on Thomas Jefferson President of the United States. New York: Printed by G. & R. Waite 1804. 78 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning occasional light foxing negligible light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. $1250. Only edition. People of the State of New York v. Harry Croswell also known as People v. Croswell is a landmark case in the history of the First Amendment. It was a prosecution for criminal libel under the Sedition Act in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of Columbia County New York. Croswell was indicted for an article published in The Wasp a Federalist newspaper he edited that accused Jefferson of hiring James Callender to write articles attributing various crimes to Washington and Adams. Crosswell was defended by a distinguished team of lawyers among them Alexander Hamilton. In one of his greatest and most influential speeches and one of the last he gave in his lifetime Hamilton argued that freedom of the press consists in publishing the truth from good motives and for justifiable ends however it may reflect on its subjects. More important he argued for a rejection of libel based on English rules which remained a part of New York law especially the rule that truthfulness is not a reason for acquittal. Croswell was convicted but he was not sentenced or retried. And the cause of his case was mooted the following year when the New York State Legislature abandoned English libel law in favor of one based on Hamilton's argument. It became the law of the land when the other states and the Federal government followed New York's example. Ford Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 90. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13322. 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
1864712931864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. The First Person to Rob an American Bank. Not in McDade. Trial. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. A Citizen of Malden. Shall We Suffocate Ed. Green. Boston: James Redpath 1864. 61 3 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling staining and edgewear to wrappers and corners of text block spine abraded wrappers partially detached but secure. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to a few leaves early owner inscription to head of front wrapper. $1250. Only edition. Green the postmaster of Malden Massachusetts is believed to be the first person to rob an American bank. He was "a 'secretly drinking man' and had been short on his post office accounts. On December 15 1863 finding the bank manned solely by the seventeen-year-old son of the president he went back for his gun. Entering the bank he shot the youth twice through the head and carried off $5000. in bills. The crime was very quickly traced to him; his confession disclosed where he had hidden the money and he was condemned to die" McDade annotation to 381. Published during Green's trial this pamphlet condemns the large number of people who were ignoring the teachings of Christ by demanding his execution. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Trial Court Library of Worcester Yale. Not in McDade which lists two other accounts of this case 381 and 382. 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
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
1804684321804. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. A Famous English Case Involving Abduction and Assault Trial. Gordon Loudoun Harcourt Defendant. An Apology for the Conduct of the Gordons; Containing the Whole of Their Correspondence Conversation &c. With Mrs. Lee: To Which is Annexed An Accurate Account of Their Examination at Bow Street And Their Trial at Oxford. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. xxxiv 35-143 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet title page mounted and re-hinged. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text "3" in early hand to head of title page. $150. Later edition. This colorful trial for abduction and assault was the result of a misguided love affair. The plaintiff Mrs Lee claimed that she had been abducted by Lonsdale Gordon and his brother the author of this pamphlet. Both were ultimately acquitted. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 10:951. unknown books
1824699621824. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. One of the Last People Executed for Forgery in Great Britain Trial Fauntleroy Henry 1785-1824 Defendant. Egan Pierce 1772-1849 Reporter. Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of Mr.Fauntleroy For Forgery At the Session's-House In the Old Bailey On Saturday The 30th of October 1824 Before Mr.Justice Park and Mr.Baron Garrow. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. 67 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and edgewear moderate toning to text minor chips and tears to a few leaves early owner signature and "5" to head of title page. $750. Only edition. Fauntleroy was an English banker convicted of forgery. He admitted his guilt but pleaded that he forged documents in order to access funds to pay his firm's debts. Several bankers and merchants stepped forward to defend his integrity during the trial but he was sentenced to death. He appealed his case twice without success. Appeals for clemency followed but they were not successful. He was hanged in November 1824 one of the last people executed for forgery before it ceased to be a capital crime in 1836. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 9:70. unknown books
1821694431821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel Trial. Farmer Daniel Davis 1793-1822 Defendant. Rogers Artemas Reporter. Chase Henry B. Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer At Goffstown On the 4th of April A.D. 1821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. 72 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior light rubbing to extremities light browning and occasional light foxing to text. $250. Only edition. "Mrs. Ayer had charged Farmer with fathering her child. He beat her to death with a cudgel sic and tried to burn her house" McDade. The report states that the murder weapon was an iron shovel. Farmer was found guilty and executed. McDade The Annals of Murder 300. unknown books
1821664751821. Concord NH: Hill and Moore 1821. Concord NH: Hill and Moore 1821. He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel Trial. Farmer Daniel Davis 1793-1822 Defendant. Rogers Artemas Reporter. Chase Henry B. Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer At Goffstown On the 4th of April A.D. 1821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. 72 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fragments of wrapper along spine. Light rubbing to extremities light browning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $350. Only edition. "Mrs. Ayer had charged Farmer with fathering her child. He beat her to death with a cudgel sic and tried to burn her house" McDade. The report states that the murder weapon was an iron shovel. Farmer was found guilty and executed. McDade The Annals of Murder 300. unknown books
1821664751821. Concord NH: Hill and Moore 1821. Concord NH: Hill and Moore 1821. He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel Trial. Farmer Daniel Davis 1793-1822 Defendant. Rogers Artemas Reporter. Chase Henry B. Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer At Goffstown On the 4th of April A.D. 1821. Concord NH: Published by Hill and Moore 1821. 72 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fragments of wrapper along spine. Light rubbing to extremities light browning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $250. Only edition. "Mrs. Ayer had charged Farmer with fathering her child. He beat her to death with a cudgel sic and tried to burn her house" McDade. The report states that the murder weapon was an iron shovel. Farmer was found guilty and executed. McDade The Annals of Murder 300. unknown
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
1868717281868. London: Chapman and Hall 1868. London: Chapman and Hall 1868. The Trial of Governor Eyre for His Brutal Suppression of a Rebellion in Jamaica Trial. Eyre Edward John 1815-1901 Defendant. Finlason W.F. 1818-1895 Reporter. Report of the Case of the Queen v. Edward John Eyre On His Prosecution In the Court of Queen's Bench For High Crimes and Misdemeanours Alleged to Have Been Committed by Him in His Office as Governor of Jamaica; Containing the Evidence Taken from the Depositions The Indictment And the Charge of Mr. Justice Blackburn. London: Chapman and Hall Piccadily And Stevens & Son Bell Yard Lincoln's Inn 1868. xl 111 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Original textured cloth blind frames to boards gilt title to front board colored endpapers. Light soiling and few minor stains and dampspots two tiny worm tracks to front board light chipping to spine ends rear joint starting corners bumped and somewhat worn hinges cracked a few cracks to text blockearly armorial institutional library bookplate Bayswater to front pastedown later signature Sybil William and small library inkstamp to front free endpaper. Light browning to text light soiling to endleaves presentation inscription from Finlason to the Archbishop of Westminster to head of title page. $650. Only edition. Eyre famous as an explorer of Australia was Governor of Jamaica from 1862 to 1865. He was tried in 1868 for his brutal response to the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 an uprising of non-white Jamaicans in response to several years of political and economic suppression. His handling of the rebellion was deeply controversial in England and it resulted in his 1868 trial. However many believed he had acted decisively to restore law and order. Queen v. Eyre ended with an acquittal as did a second civil trial. Our report by Finlason which includes the evidence taken from court depositions the indictment and the charge is scarce. OCLC locates 6 copies in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard University of Windsor. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1073. unknown books
1849717751849. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet 1849. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet 1849. An 1849 Murder in Petersburg VA: McDade 286 Trial. Epes William Dandridge 1806-1848 Defendant. Brunet James Monroe.H. d. 1856 Reporter. Trial of William Dandridge Epes For the Murder of Francis Adolphus Muir Dinwiddie County Virginia: Including the Testimony Submitted in the Case The Speeches of Counsel &c. To Which are Added the Confessions of the Prisoner An Account of His Execution &c. &c. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet Reporter 1849. 76 pp. Woodcut portrait of Epes on p.3. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later three-quarter calf over cloth recently rebacked gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to board edges some wear to corners. Moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places light soiling and edgewear to title page the following leaf and final leaf. $1850. "Muir threatened to foreclose farm property he had sold to Epes so Epes shot his creditor and hid his body on the farm. He faked a series of letters to account for Muir's absence but he pawned his victim's watch and led the police to his door" McDade. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries Harvard Jenkins Library of Congress University of Missouri University of Virginia US Supreme Court William & Mary. McDade The Annals of Murder 286. 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
1802652951802. Providence R.I. 1802. Providence R.I. 1802. Body Snatching in Rhode Island Trial. Dorrance John 1747-1813 Plaintiff. Report of the Case John Dorrance Against Arthur Fenner Tried at the December Term of the Court of Common Pleas In the County of Providence A.D. 1801. To Which are Added The Proceedings of the Case of Arthur Fenner vs. John Dorrance Carefully Compiled from Notes Correctly Taken by Several Gentlemen Who Were Present During the Whole Course of the Trial. Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler 1802. iv 116 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet untrimmed edges. Moderate toning foxing and faint stains to a few leaves light soiling to exterior internally clean. $400. First edition. A bizarre case involving a suit and counter suit between a justice of the Court of Common Pleas Dorrance and the Governor of Rhode Island Fenner who libeled Dorrance with a charge that he exchanged the body of a suicide left in his care to one Dr. Pardon Bowen for a one beaver hat which Dorrance "had the impudence to wear. while. officiating as moderator of a town meeting." Dorrance and Fenner were obviously political rivals and the trials resulted in two confusing verdicts but the real interest here is the medical background which recounts in great detail the measures taken by local medical doctors and their students to acquire corpses for classroom dissection. OCLC locates 11 copies in law libraries. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11968. unknown books
1811684001811. An Important Scottish Divorce Case Trial. Dodson John Reporter. Dalrymple Divorce Cause. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Consistorial Court of London On the Sixteenth Day of July 1811 By the Right Honourable Sir William Scott Chancellor of the Diocese In the Cause of Dalrymple the Wife Against Dalrymple the Husband. With an Appendix Containing the Depositions of the Witnesses the Letters of the Parties and Other Papers Exhibited in the Cause. London: Printed for J. Butterworth 1811. vii 96 iv cclxxvi pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth lettering piece and small location label to spine. Light soiling light rubbing to extremities hinges cracked front free endpaper partially detached rear free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to text library stamps and early owner signature to title page brief library annotations to verso. $250. Only edition. An important case in Scottish marriage law. In 1804 John Dalrymple met Johanna Gordon in Edinburgh began a secret relationship with her then left for Malta with the military. Upon returning a few years later he married someone else an act which provoked Ms. Gordon's suit for breach of contract. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1056. unknown books
1803708901803. New York: Printed by George F. Hopkins 1803. New York: Printed by George F. Hopkins 1803. Lord Admiral Nelson Testified as a Character Witness Trial. Despard Edward Marcus 1751-1803 Primary Defendant. The Trial of Colonel Despard and His Associates For High Treason And a Conspiracy &c. &c. Before Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough and the Other Commissioners At the New Sessions-House In the County of Surry sic Great Britain 1803. Published from the London Morning Chronicle. New York: Printed by George F. Hopkins at Washington's-Head no. 118 Pearl-Street 1803. 56 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed edges. Light browning title page detached lightly soiled and moderately edgeworn with loss to corners early owner signature to head moderate edgewear and light soiling to final leaf light foxing to a few leaves. $250. Only American edition. After a brilliant military career in the West Indies where his achievements impressed Lieutenant later Lord Admiral Nelson Colonel Despard was recalled from his command and dismissed on frivolous charges. He tried to clear his name and seek compensation but his complaints led to imprisonment without trial for two years. Financially ruined and bitter he came to resent the establishment. He joined the radical London Corresponding Society and revolutionary United Irishman and took part in a plot to organize uprisings in London and Ireland the latter with support from French revolutionaries. After the plot was foiled Despard and six others were convicted of treason. A highlight during the trial was Lord Admiral Nelson's testimony as a character witness on Despard's behalf. Despard and his co-conspirators share the dubious distinction of being the last men in Great Britain sentenced to be hanged drawn and quartered. However the king commuted their sentences to death by hanging followed by decapitation. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14127. unknown books
1819647361819. Woodward William Henry. Woodward William Henry. First Report of the Landmark Dartmouth College Case Trial. Dartmouth College Case. Farrar Timothy 1788-1874 Reporter. Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against William H. Woodward. Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New-Hampshire November 1817. And on Error in the Supreme Court of the United States February 1819. Portsmouth N.H.: Published by John W. Forster And West Richardson And Lord Boston 1819. iv 406 pp. Octavo 9" x 5". Later nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to corners hinges cracked. Moderate toning and light foxing to text. Early owner signature and annotation to head of title page interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown two small inkstamps to title page residue from card pocket to rear pastedown. A solid copy. $750. First published report. This is probably the most important American case concerning the contract right of corporations. The New Hampshire legislature passed a bill in 1816 that revoked Dartmouth College's original charter and converted the college from a private to a state institution. The college challenged the constitutionality of this act in the state Supreme Court without success but the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the state's decision in a landmark opinion based on the contract clause of the Constitution. This decision represented "an assurance for all investors in American corporate enterprises that the terms upon which they had committed their capital could not be unilaterally altered by a state. At a time when corporations were first being widely used it thus encouraged the expansion of American business enterprise. The decision vested the Corporation with indestructible contract rights even against its creator" Schwartz 86 111. "By construing the contract clause as a means of protecting corporate charters from state interventions Marshall derived a significant limitation on state authority. As a result various forms of private economic and social activity would enjoy security from state regulatory policy. Marshall thus encouraged through constitutional sanction the emergence of the relatively unregulated private autonomous economic actor as the major participant in a liberal political economy th. unknown books
1868672661868. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1868. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1868. A Protracted Plagiarism Case Against Richard Henry Dana Trial. Curtis Benjamin Robbins 1809-1874. Dana Richard Henry 1815-1882 Defendant. Circuit Court of the United States. District of Massachusetts. William Beach Lawrence in Equity vs. R.H. Dana Jr. Et Als. Closing Argument for the Complainant on the Question of Piracy. B.R. Curtis J.J. Storrow For the Complainant on the Question of Piracy. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1868. vii 3-255 pp. Octavo 10-1/2" x 7". Original printed wrappers. Spine abraded a few chips to edges light toning to text. Ex-library. Shelf number and hand-lettered institution name to head of front wrapper small inkstamp to title page. $650. Only edition. William Beach Lawrence edited two editions of Henry Wheaton's Elements of International Law. Dana then the U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts was the editor of a later edition. Lawrence accused Dana of plagiarism and initiated a copyright lawsuit that lasted 13 years. The court supported Lawrence in minor matters such as the arrangement of notes and verification of citations but maintained that Dana's notes were original. The trial brought together some of the finest legal minds of the era including Curtis the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who had dissented in the Dred Scott Case and then resigned from the Court. OCLC locates 11 copies. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1129. 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 to wrapper along spine untrimmed edges. Moderate toning early owner signature to verso of final leaf. $650. 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 books
