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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
1846715931846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. "More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State" Trial. Baker Abner Defendant. Crozier C.W. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker Jr. A Monomaniac Who Was Executed October 3 1845 For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of a Pardon And Narrative of the Circumstances Attending His Execution Etc. Etc. Trial And Evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. iv xiii 1 152 pp. Frontispiece Diagram of murder scene and additional portrait frontispiece of Baker. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Modern period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and fillets to spine endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine moderate toning and foxing faint dampstaining to most of text. $1500. Only edition. "Dr. Baker thought Bates was having an affair with his wife. On a street in Cumberland Kentucky he shot Bates in the back but was released as insane. The Bates family published and award for his capture and Baker family pride stung by the publication produced the doctor who was convicted and hanged. Like many Clay County cases this was more a struggle between two families than an affair of the state" McDade. OCLC locates 2 copies at Yale Law School and Los Angeles County Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 60. 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
24075np nd. 9 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued. Spine reinforced. Light dusting a few chips to blank upper margins. Good. <br/><br/> Jim West was convicted of first degree murder for killing George McNelly; he was sentenced to life. This his appeal brief was filed by his attorneys Sheeks & Sneed and R.L. Brockenbrough. West's claim of self-defense had failed at trial although the jury heard testimony that McNelly told West "I will see you before Saturday night and put more holes in you than there is in a sifter." His lawyers argue "Deceased had armed himself and prepared himself to kill West and flee the country. In his attempt to kill West he was killed himself-- a blessing to civilization and to society. 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
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
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
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
1801641361801. Bribes Threats and Alarms" Manuscript. Trial. Pennsylvania. Grand Jury Presentment Concerning Improprieties in a Rape Case. Erie County PA August 8 1834. 4 pp. 13" x 8" bifolium docketed on verso of second leaf. Horizontal fold lines a few with minor tears light browning and minor edgewear. Content in small hand filling three pages. Item accompanied by typed transcription. $1250. This appears to be a document from an unrecorded rape case. It reads in part: "We the grand jurors. have become satisfied that the following persons are also guilty of a wicked and felonious rape upon the body of Nancy Burns viz. Wm. Harper Lorentine Miller David McCummins and that proper measures be pursued for the arrest and punishment of these persons whom we also learn have fled the country. The grand jurors further present that ample proof has been given before them to show that some persons whose name are unknown to them have by bribes threats and alarms spirited away one of two or three very important witnesses in this very important matter. unknown 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
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
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
1904694071904. London: HMSO 1904. London: HMSO 1904. A Notorious Case of Wrongful Conviction that Led to the Creation of the English Court of Criminal Appeal Trial. Adolf Beck Case. Committee of Inquiry into the Case of Mr. Adolf Beck. Report from the Committee; Together with Minutes of Evidence Appendix And Facsimiles of Various Documents. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office 1904. xix 5 7-334 pp. 4 folding tables of facsimile documents. Complete. Contemporary library buckram red and black calf lettering pieces and gilt library name to spine faint embossed library stamp to front board endleaves added and later removed. Light rubbing to extremities light scuffing to lettering pieces faint binder stamp to front pastedown hinges partially cracked light toning to text a few minor creases and tears to folding tables. $1500. Adolf Beck was twice the victim of wrongful conviction on two related cases due to mistaken identity. The efforts of the judge who presided over his second trial led to the establishment of a committee of inquiry chaired by the noted jurist and Master of the Rolls Sir Richard Henn Collins 1842-1911. The committee determined that Beck was convicted twice through unreliable methods of identification erroneous eyewitness testimony and a rush to convict the accused. Along with its influence on police procedure the committee's report led to the creation of the English Court of Criminal Appeal in 1907. OCLC locates 4 copies in North America 2 in law libraries University of Michigan Yale. Other copies located at Harvard Law School and the Library of Congress. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1014. 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
1967WRCLIT73175New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1967. Cloth. Fine in near very good quite typically rubbed dust jacket. First edition of the defendant's own account of the events leading up to and including the 1925 trial. Publisher's review copy with slip promotional sheet and a photo of Scopes laid in. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1679709101679. Fronsac France 1679-1680. Fronsac France 1679-1680. Determining Compensation for Madame de Corbin's Property Manuscript. Case Concerning the Seizure of Property from Madame de Corbin A Widow. Rennes. Saint-Aignon France 1679-1680. 160 ff. Quarto 9-3/4" x 7". Contemporary limp vellum ties lacking faint hand-lettered annotation to front cover. Moderate soiling and a few stains worming in a few places some loss to lower rear corner and corners of 52 preceding leaves with no loss to text. Text in large neat hand to rectos and versos of all but the final leaf each section endorsed by a stamp of the Generalite de Bordeaux the administrative division that included Sait-Aignon. $1500. Carefully organized and clearly written this is a fair copy of notes taken for a case concerning the seizure of real estate from a Madame de Corbin a widow by a Pierre de Gombauld a local minor noble. It records the sale records of various parcels of land near Saint-Aignon each endorsed with an official stamp. Presumably these records were collected to help the court to determine an appropriate amount of financial compensation for Madame de Corbin's land. unknown books
1737549651737. London: Printed by John Baskett 1737. London: Printed by John Baskett 1737. Highway Robbery Trial. Laidly William Defendant. Authentick Coppie of the Tryal of Scot and Mackpherson Anno 1712: Laid Before the House Pursuant to Their Lordships Order for that Purpose 18 Aprilis 1737. London: Printed by John Baskett 1737. 33 1 pp. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Later quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to extremities minor blistering to boards partial crack near center of text block. Light toning to text. Later annotations in pencil to endleaves interior otherwise clean. $250. Trial of William Laidly alias Scot of Mossphennan for assault and robbery before the High Court of Justiciary. Laidly assisted by his brother and three servants attacked McPherson and stole 5 of 6 of his cattle. During the attack several cattle were driven over a cliff and died. Laidly and his brother were convicted and punished with substantial fines. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America 3 in law libraries Yale Harvard and the University of Washington. English Short-Title Catalogue T22795. unknown books
1705711441705. London: no publisher 1705. Macclesfield copy. London: no publisher 1705. Macclesfield copy. Contemporary Report of a Fundamental Case in English Constitutional and Tort Law Regarding the Right to Vote Trial. Needham Culverwell b.1656 Reporter. Ashby Matthew Plaintiff. White William Defendant. Ashby and White: Or The Great Question Whether an Action Lies at Common Law for an Elector Who Is Deny'd His Vote for Members of Parliament Debated and Resolv'd. Together with the Case of Jay and Topham: And the Defence Made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones for Their Judgment Given Therein: With Other Cases. London: S.n. 1705. ii 257 3 pp. Final page blank. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind panels to boards raised bands to spine. Some scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners joints just starting at ends hinges cracked armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield to front pastedown small embossed Macclesfield device to title page. Moderate toning faint dampspotting in a few places a few brief annotations to index initials in small early hand to foot of title page lower corner lacking from final index leaf below text. An appealing copy. $750. Only edition. Also known as the Aylesbury Election Case Ashby v. White is a fundamental case in English constitutional and tort law. Ashby was prevented from casting a vote in an Aylesbury election by White a constable who claimed Ashby was not an established resident of that town. The case was decided in Parliament in Ashby's favor and it established the following rule: the actions of one party may not hinder the rights of another. The present copy once belonged to the library of Shirbirn Castle the library of the Earls of Macclesfield one of the finest private libraries in Great Britain. English Short-Title Catalogue T84969. unknown books
1805234821805. Trial. Argument of the Hon. William Smith in Giving Judgment on the Case of the Hon. Mr. Justice Johnson. In the Court of Exchequer on the 7th of Feb. 1805. Dublin: M.N. Mahon 1805. 104 pp. Disbound. Internally clean. $75. unknown books
1876714061876. Pottsville PA 1876. McDade 689. Pottsville PA 1876. McDade 689. "Fraternalism Gone Bad": McDade 689 Trial. Mollie Maguires. Argument of Franklin B. Gowen Esq. Of Counsel for the Commonwealth In the Case of the Commonwealth vs. Thomas Munley Indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Schuylkill County Pa. For the Murder of Thomas Sanger A Mining Boss At Raven Run On September 1st 1875. Stenographically Reported by R.A. West. Pottsville PA: Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms 1876. 36 pp. Tipped-in advertisement for the Pinkerton Detective Agency before title page Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling faint verical crease through center moderate edgwear wrappers beginning to detach at ends a few tiny holes to front wrapper light toning to text. $250. Only edition. "'Fraternalism gone bad' might best describe the situation in the mining regions of Pennsylvania where the local chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians held sway. An inner group known as the Mollie Maguires.committing numerous murders. Its control of the area was finally broken up by a Pinkerton detective named James McParlan who had secretly spent months undercover in the group. June 21 1877 saw the end of ten Mollies; six were hanged that day at Pottsville Pennsylvania for the murder of Frank Yost a policeman of Tamaqua and four others were hanged at Mauch Chunk three for the murder of John Jones a mining boss. Three more were executed at Bloomsburg Pennsylvania on March 25 1878 for the murder of Alexander Rea a mining paymaster killed during the holdup of a mine payroll" McDade. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Touro University of Pennsylvania Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 689. unknown books
1853677241853. Madison: Published by Beriah Brown 1853. Madison: Published by Beriah Brown 1853. 1853 Impeachment Trial of a Wisconsin Judge Trial. Ryan Edward G. 1810-1880. Hubbell Levi 1808-1876 Defendant. Argument of Edward G. Ryan On the Trial of Levi Hubbell Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit Before the Senate of Wisconsin On an Impeachment Preferred by the Assembly for High Misdemeanors in Office. Madison WI: Published by Beriah Brown 1853. 154 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $350. Only edition. Judge Hubbell was charged with corruption while in office. His impeachment trial in the Wisconsin Senate resulted in an acquittal. Ryan was the prosecutor in the case. OCLC locates 11 copies 2 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14491. 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. This appears to be an unrecorded issue. OCLC locates no copies of this imprint. 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
1838716931838. New York 1838 Only edition. New York 1838 Only edition. An Important Event in the History of Freedom of the Press and Abolition Trial. Lincoln William S. Reporter. Trow John Fowler Editor. Alton Trials: Of Winthrop S. Gilman Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long Amos B. Roff George H. Walworth George H. Whitney William Harned John S. Noble James Morss Jr. Henry Tanner Royal Weller Reuben Gerry And Thaddeus B. Hurlbut; For the Crime of Riot Committed on the Night of the 7th of November 1837 While Engaged in Defending a Printing Press From an Attack Made on It at That Time By an Armed Mob. Written Out From Notes of the Trial Taken at the Time By a Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. Also The Trial of John Solomon Levi Palmer Horace Beall Josiah Nutter Jacob Smith David Butler William Carr And James M. Rock Together with James Jennings Solomon Morgan And Frederick Bruchy; For a Riot Committed in Alton On the Night of the 7th on November 1837 in Unlawfully and Forcibly Entering the Warehouse of Godfrey Gilman & Co. And Breaking Up and Destroying a Printing Press. Written out from notes taken at the time of trial by William S. Lincoln. New York: Published by John F. Trow 1838. iv 5-158 1 pp. Lithographed frontispiece. Last page is a publisher's advertisement. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/4". Original patterned cloth gilt title to spine. A few minor dampspots to boards spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge just starting at head. Light toning somewhat heavier in places occasion light foxing. $650. Only edition. In 1837 a mob destroyed a printing establishment in Alton Illinois that produced abolitionist tracts owned by Elijah Parish Lovejoy an important abolitionist. He was killed while trying to defend his press. For many Lovejoy was a martyr to the cause of free speech. Abolitionists said this event proved that slavery posed a danger to the liberties of all Americans. OCLC locates 11 copies in U.S. law schools. William Lincoln was a member of the Alton Bar. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12163. unknown books
