‎Trial‎

‎Trial; Bartlett Adelaide Defendant; Beal Edward‎

‎The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder Held at the Central.‎

‎1886. Baffling Case Involving Chloroform and Incest Trial. Bartlett Adelaide Defendant. Beal Edward Editor. Clarke Edward Preface. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder. Held at the Central Criminal Court Monday April 12 to Saturday April 17th 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. x 313 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Original cloth some shelfwear and dampstaining binding somewhat cocked crack near center of text block. Early owner signature to front free endpaper interior otherwise clean. $30. One of the more unusual and baffling English murder cases it involved liquid chloroform and an incestuous family. Mrs. Bartlett the lover of her brother-in-law was accused of poisoning her husband in order to inherit his estate. How she murdered him remains a mystery however. Although chloroform was found in his stomach no traces were found in his mouth or throat. Unable to determine how she could have killed her husband the jury did not convict Mrs. Bartlett. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 14689

‎Trial; Best John C. Defendant‎

‎The Official Report of the Trial of John C. Best for Murder.‎

‎1903. A Trial Discussed by Wigmore Trial. Best John C. 1865-1902 Defendant. The Official Report of the Trial of John C. Best for Murder. Superior Court of Massachusetts. Before Hon. Edgar J. Sherman and Hon. Jabez Fox Justices. From Notes of the Official Stenographers. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co. State Printers 1903. 863 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Original law calf red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing to extremities front hinge cracked but secure front board starting internally pristine. $95. First edition. John C. Best was indicted for the murder of George E. Bailey in 1901. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death in the electric chair. According to Wigmore this is "a good example of a trial for assassination motivated by hostility." Wigmore The Principles of Judicial Proof 1171. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 54963

‎Trial; Blackburn Henry; Moore Edward; Walsh C.‎

‎Full and Correct Account of the Trial Henry Blackburn Edward Moore‎

‎1853. 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

Bookseller reference : 71177

‎Trial; Bolo Paul; Sem Gorsat Georges‎

‎Affaire Bola-Pacha 68 Croquis d'Audience par Sem‎

‎1918. Paris: S.n. c. 1918. Paris: S.n. c. 1918. Sem's Account of a Notable Treason Trial Trial. Bolo Paul d. 1918 Defendant. Sem Gorsat Goursat Georges 1863-1934. Affaire Bola-Pacha: 68 Croquis d'Audience par Sem. Paris: S.n. c. 1918. 68 lithographic images on 24 sheets and a sheet of captions in a printed wrapper housed in a printed folder. 12-1/2" x 10." From a signed edition of 300 on Arches paper this number 283. Light soiling and edgewear to outer folder a few minor tears along fold lines short minor tear to spine of inner folder light stain to caption sheet plates fine. $1750. The Bolo Pasha affair involved a French traitor Paul Bolo who convinced the Egyptian Khedive Viceroy Abbas Hilmi to sponsor an anti-war movement in France through the press using $2500000 raised from German sources. Granted the title Pasha by the Khedive Bolo renamed himself Bolo Pasha. Convicted of treason he was executed by a firing squad in April 1918. Sem's caricatures portray the judge defendant witnesses and judges at various points in the trial. Gorsat or Goursat was a French caricaturist and illustrator active from the late nineteenth century to 1934. His lasting fame rests on his depictions of French ruling class and French high society during the Belle Epoque. He was a regular contributor to the leading French periodicals produced albums of caricatures depicting current events and social life and designed several path-breaking advertisements. His work is highly esteemed today. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 59757

‎Trial; Boorn Jesse; Boorn Stephen; Sargeant L.‎

‎The Trial Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn for.‎

‎1873. A Constant Reminder that Innocent Persons Can Be Convicted" Trial. Boorn Stephen Defendant. Boorn Jesse Defendant. Sargeant Leonard 1793-1880 Reporter. The Trial Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn for the Murder of Russell Colvin And the Return of the Man Supposed to Have Been Murdered. Manchester VT: Journal Book and Job Office 1873. 48 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers publisher advertisement to rear wrapper. Light soiling to wrappers light foxing to front wrapper light toning to text. A well-preserved copy. $150. As noted by McDade this famous case is a "constant reminder that innocent persons can be convicted. Russell Colvin the alleged victim had married a sister of the Boorns and had several children by her. He was mentally deficient and disappeared in 1812. Local gossip credited the Boorns with having disposed of him presumably because he was a burden on the family. In the spring of 1819 the Boorns were arrested and either from fear or mental weakness they told stories involving each other in the death of Colvin--Stephen's amounting to a confession of murder. They were tried and sentenced to be hanged; the state legislature however commuted Jesse's sentence to life imprisonment. As a last resort a notice was placed in the papers requesting information about Colvin. A farmer in Monmouth County New Jersey believed he recognized a hired man in the vicinity from the description. This man who was mentally deranged was enticed to Manchester arriving.six weeks before the day set for Stephen's execution. It was definitively established that he was the missing Colvin; he had apparently wandered off on his own volition annotation to Entry 111. Though published fifty-four years after the event the pamphlet was prepared by one of the defense counsellors and contains important information on the discovery and return of Colvin." McDade The Annals of Murder 113. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 69444

‎Trial; Bromwich Andrew; Atkins William‎

‎The Trial Conviction and Condemnation of Andrew Brommich and William‎

‎1696. Three Survivors of the Popish Plot Trial. Bromwich Andrew c.1640-1702 Defendant. Atkins William 1601-1681 Defendant. Kern Charles Defendant. The Trial Conviction and Condemnation of Andrew Brommich and William Atkins For Beiug sic Romish Priests Before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs At Summer Assizes Last at Stafford Held There for the County of Stafford; Where They Received Sentence of Death Accordingly. Together with the Tryal of Charles Kern At Hereford Assizes Last for Being a Romish Priest. London: Printed for Robert Pawlett 1679. 20 pp. Folio 12" x 7". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light soiling and rubbing to extremities. Moderate toning and faint dampspotting to text faint dampstaining to title page and a few other leaves. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. A nice copy. $250. Only edition. The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy to assassinate Charles II. It provoked a spasm of anti-Catholic hysteria in England and Scotland that led to the executions of at least 22 men between 1678 and 1681 and harsh laws against Catholics. As Catholic priests Bromwich Atkins and Kern were guilty by association. All three escaped death. The jury failed to convict Kern Bromwich and Atkins were found guilty and sentenced to death. However Lord Chief Justice Scroggs granted clemency to Atkins due to his age; he died in prison. Bromwich was treated likewise when evidence disputing his guilt was produced after the trial. Like Atkins he was imprisoned. He was released in 1685 when James II put an end to the persecution of Catholics. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries Harvard New York University University of Minnesota. English Short-Title Catalogue R18341. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 65695

‎Trial; Butler Cathrine O'Brien Plaintiff‎

‎The Trial and Particulars of the Case Wherein the Lessee of.‎

‎1802. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. Will the Church Allow Her to Stay on Land Donated by Her Brother Trial. Butler Cathrine O'Brien 1730-1807 Plaintiff. The Trial and Particulars of the Case Wherein the Lessee of Catharine O'Brien Butler Was Plantiff And the Rev. A. Dunn Secretary to the Roman Catholic Collage of Maynooth Defendant. Tried at the Last Trim Assizes 1802. With a Circumstantial Account of the Testimony Given by the Rev. Father Gahan. Second Edition. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. 20 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound pamphlet all leaves detached moderate edgewear soiling to title page and verso of final leaf "9." in small early hand to head of title page. $350. Second and final edition published the same year as the first. This case concerned the will of Catharine O'Brien Butler's brother John Butler 12th Baron Dunboyne who had left his property to the St. Patrick's College Maynooth. OCLC locates 3 copies 2 in North America Emory Pitts Theological Seminary Newberry Library which are both first editions. COPAC locates 1 copy Ushaw College Durham which has a second edition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 69963

‎Trial; California; Santa Monica; Gambling‎

‎Criminal L.A. No. 4227: In the Supreme Court of the State of.‎

‎1939. Was the Gambling Ship in International Waters Trial. California. Gambling. Criminal L.A. No. 4227: In the Supreme Court of the State of California: The People of the State of California Plaintiff and Respondent Vs. Anthony Stralla and Harold Adams Defendants Harold Adams Defendant and Appellant. Additional Brief for Appellant. Chauncey Tramutolo Attorney for Appellant George M. Naus Of Counsel for the Defendant. San Francisco: Pernau-Walsh Printing Co. 1939. iv 35 pp. Pamphlet in stiff wrappers bound into contemporary three-quarter morocco over cloth raised bands and lettering pieces to spine patterned endpapers. Negligible light rubbing to spine ends and corners signed inscription to verso of front free endpaper by presiding judge Louis Goodman. $350. The grand jury of Los Angeles County convicted Adams and others for operating a gambling ship in the waters of Santa Monica Bay at a point four miles beyond the end of the municipal pier of the city of Santa Monica and approximately six miles landward from a line drawn between the headlands Point Vicente on the south and Point Dume on the north. The case hinged on whether the ship's location was in international waters. Adams appealed his conviction and the order denying his motion for a new trial. In this brief Adams's lawyer argues that the ship was in international waters because the territorial limit is measured from the shoreline not the pier. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70400

‎Trial; Caldwell Oscar T Defendant‎

‎Trial of Oscar T Caldwell Late a conductor on the Chicago and.‎

‎1855. Chicago IL: 1855. Only edition. Chicago IL: 1855. Only edition. Brought to Justice by the Pinkertons Trial. Caldwell Oscar T. Defendant. Smith J. Victor Reporter. Trial of Oscar T. Caldwell Late a Conductor on the Chicago and Burlington Railroad Line For Embezzlement: Before the Recorders Court of the City of Chicago at the September Term 1855. Chicago: Daily Democratic Press Steam Print 1855. 35 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers spine reinforced. Light soiling minor edgewear spine abraded but secure some toning to text. $150. Only edition. Caldwell's trial was the result of an investigation by the Pinkerton detective agency then a five-year old company. Caldwell was convicted. The rear wrapper carries an advertisement for the Pinkerton & Company. OCLC locates 6 copies in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Rutgers St. John's University Social Law University of Missouri. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13985. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 66898

‎Trial; Carlile Richard Defendant‎

‎The Report of the Proceedings of the Court of King's Bench.‎

‎1822. A Notable Freethinker and Publisher Of Thomas Paine Reports One of His Blasphemy Trials Trial. Carlile Richard 1790-1843 Defendant and Reporter. The Report of the Proceedings of the Court of King's Bench In the Guildhall London On the 12th 13th 14th And 15th Days of October: Being the Mock Trials of Richard Carlile For Alledged sic Blasphemous Libels In Publishing Thomas Paine's Theological Works and Elihu Palmer's Principles of Nature; Before Lord Chief Justice Abbott And Special Juries. London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile 1822. xx 203 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet without wrappers bound into recent marbled boards with paper title label. Toning light soiling to title page creases to corners of a few leaves. An appealing copy. $750. Only edition. Carlile was one of the most prolific freethinking journalist-publisher-political activists of his day. As one would suspect he was often at odds with the government. In 1819 he was fined 1500 pounds and imprisoned for three years for six counts of "blasphemous libel." He published this account of the first day of his 1819 trial after his release. It deals with the information against him for publishing Thomas Paine's Age of Reason and Examination of the Passages in the New Testament Quoted from the Old and Called prophecies concerning Jesus Christ which Carlile issued as The Age of Reason Part the Third. Portions of these were read in court by Carlile with commentary. Carlile reissued this pamphlet in 1826. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1035. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 55651

‎Trial; Caroline of Brunswick; Hayter Sir George‎

‎A Descriptive Catalogue of the Great Historical Picture Painted by.‎

‎1823. London: Printed by W. Hersee 1823. London: Printed by W. Hersee 1823. "The Great Historical Picture" Trial. Caroline of Brunswick 1768-1821 Defendant. Hayter Sir George 1792-1871 Artist. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Great Historical Picture Painted by Mr. George Hayter Member of the Academy of Sr. Luke &c. &c. &c. Representing the Trial of Her Late Majesty Queen Caroline of England With a Faithful Interior View of the House of Lords And One Hundred and Eighty-Nine Portraits; Amongst Which are Included Those Princes of the Royal Family With Most of the Peers and Distinguished Personages Who Were in the House on that Memorable Occasion and Who did the Artist the Honor to Sit: Containing in the Whole Upwards of Three Hundred Figures: Now Exhibiting at Mr. Cauty's Great Rooms No. 80-1/2 Pall Mall. London: Printed by W. Hersee 1823. vii i 9-16 pp. Folding title page. 5 etched folding plates. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers. Light toning slightly heavier in placesa few minor creases and tears to plates. $300. Only edition. Hayter's painting depicted one of the most sensational trials in English history: the repudiation of Queen Caroline by King George IV. After she refused to grant a divorce and renounce her title of Queen Consort the Earl of Liverpool introduced The Pains and Penalties Bill in Parliament in order to compel the king's demands through legislation. The bill alleged that Caroline had an affair with a commoner Bartolomeo Bergami while in Italy. The bill was approved by the House of Lords but it was not submitted to the House of Commons where it would have been defeated. Despite the King's best attempts Caroline was always a popular favorite. Indeed her popularity increased during the trial. Although she prevailed in the court of popular opinion she fell ill and died shortly after the coronation of George IV. She was certain that she was poisoned by one of the King's agents. OCLC locates 1 copy in a law library Harvard. Another copy located at Yale Law School. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 11:987. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 71243

‎Trial; Charnock Robert Primary Defendant‎

‎The Tryals and Condemnation of Robert Charnock.High-Treason.‎

‎1696. Trial of the Leaders of the First Jacobite Rebellion Trial. Charnock Robert 1663-1696 Primary Defendant. The Tryals and Condemnation of Robert Charnock Edward King and Thomas Keyes for the Horrid and Execrable Conspiracy to Assassinate His Sacred Majesty K. William in Order to a French Invasion of This Kingdom. Who Upon Full Evidence Were Found Guilty of High-Treason at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily March 11 1695/6 Together With a True Copy of the Papers Delivered by Them to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex at the Time of Their Execution. London: Printed for Samuel Heyrick and Isaac Cleave 1696. iv 76 pp. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities moderate toning to text spark burns and finger smudges to a few leaves minor dampstaining to foot of title page and following few leaves. Early owner signature to front endleaf interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. $450. First edition. Charnock Keyes and King were tried and executed for their leading roles in the first Jacobite Rebellion which aimed to restore the exiled James II to the English throne after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The leading figure was Charnock who held a captain's commission from King James. This report contains a record of the charges against the defendants and the circumstances surrounding their plot to assassinate King William III the arguments and testimony for the prosecution and defense the judgment sentence and the final statements of the condemned before their execution. Another edition was published in Dublin in 1696. English Short-Title Catalogue R4539. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 65003

‎Trial; Clapp Theodore Defendant‎

‎A Report of the Trial of the Rev. Theodore Clapp Before the.‎

‎1833. 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

Bookseller reference : 66194

‎Trial; Clark Stephen Merrill Defendant‎

‎Account of the Short Life and Ignominious Death of Stephen Merrill.‎

‎1821. Salem Mass.: Published by T.C. Cushing 1821. Salem Mass.: Published by T.C. Cushing 1821. Trial and Execution of a Teen-Age Arsonist in Salem Massachusetts Trial. Clark Stephen Merrill 1804-1821 Defendant. Account of the Short Life and Ignominious Death of Stephen Merrill Clark Who was Executed at Salem on Thursday the Tenth Day of May 1821 at the Early Age of 16 Years and 9 Months For the Crime of Arson. Salem: Published by T.C. Cushing 1821. 16 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed edges. Light browning and faint dampstaining small early bookseller description affixed to verso of title page. $950. Only edition. In 1820 Clark burned down a stable and an adjacent building. There was no loss of life but he was tried for a capital crime found guilty and sentenced to death. The jury recommended commutation to no avail. He was sixteen years of age when he committed the crime seventeen when executed. His case helped to advance a successful movement to reduce the number of capital crimes. By 1852 murder was the only capital offense. OCLC locates 13 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard Social Law Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12137. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 71824

‎Trial; Cook Samuel Defendant‎

‎A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook Draper Dudley For.‎

‎1827. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window Trial. Cook Samuel 1786-1861 Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook Draper Dudley For an Alleged Seditious Libel Tried at Worcester Aug. 1 1827 Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short Hand by an Eminent Writer. Dudley Worcester: Sold by S. Cook Draper 1827. ii 72 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places "4" in early hand to head of title page. $850. Only edition. Cook a linen draper and political radical was found guilty of displaying in his shop window a handbill promoting a nailers' strike that accused government ministers of contributing to the starvation of the people. However his punishment was light being bound over for the sum 200 to receive sentence "when called upon." This pamphlet was published by Cook to raise money for his legal expenses. A note at the foot of p. 72 is an appeal for additional financial assistance: "S. Cook will be happy to receive and Subscriptions towards his late expenses and towards such subsequent proceedings as may be deemed requisite." OCLC locates 4 copies 2 in North America Duke Southern Illinois University. McCoy Freedom of the Press Supplement IC318. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 68418

‎Trial; Coolidge Valorous P Defendant‎

‎Trial of Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge for the Murder of Edward Mathews.‎

‎1848. 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

Bookseller reference : 71403

‎Trial; Cork Edmund Boyle Earl of Defendant‎

‎The Trial of Lord Dungarvan at the Old Bailey on Monday the 17th.‎

‎1791. London 1791. London 1791. A Cautionary Tale for "Young Gentlemen" Trial. Cork Edmund Boyle Earl of 1767-1856 Defendant. The Trial of Lord Dungarvan At the Old Bailey On Monday the 17th of January 1790 Before Mr. Baron Thompson. Taken Accurately in Short Hand by a Gentleman of the Middle Temple. Counsel for the Prosecution Mr. Knowles and Mr. Const. For his Lordship Mr. Shepherd Mr. Garrow and Mr. Cullen. London: Printed for Mr. Lewis 1791. 6 ii 3-38 2 pp. Includes two-page publisher catalogue. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Quarto 10" x 8". Recent three-quarter morocco over cloth gilt rules to boards gilt title to spine untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities some toning to text light soiling to half-title which has an owner signature of William Owen Trinity College dated 1794 repairs to corners and fore-edge of frontispiece. Ex-library. Stamps to boards and free endpapers bookplate to front pastedown. A solid copy of a rare title. $1250. Only edition. The frontispiece depicts Elizabeth Weldon the prostitute who initiated the suit. In an attempt to extort money she threatened Boyle also known as Viscount Dungarvan due to his Irish properties with a bogus lawsuit. She said she would claim he took money from her clothing after he purchased her services. However Cork called her bluff and eventually prevailed in court. Clearly a salacious case it is presented here as a cautionary tale for "young gentlemen whose levity may bring them into a familiar situation." The reporter warns that it "may not always be in the power even of a man of fashion to refute the plausible tale of an artful woman although a prostitute. It may not always happen that an innocent defendant shall have the same circumstances to protect his honour as my Lord Dungarvan" ii. OCLC locates 2 copies both in law libraries Columbia Harvard. English Short-Title Catalogue N013878. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 62370

‎Trial; Court Martial; Kentish Guards‎

‎Trial of Colonel David Pinniger Lt Col William P. Maxwell Major.‎

‎1852. 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

Bookseller reference : 66591

‎Trial; Cowper Spencer Defendant‎

‎The Tryal of Spencer Cowper Esq and Two Related items‎

‎1699. 3 titles bound together. London 1699. 3 titles bound together. London 1699. "The Murder of Mrs. Sarah Stout A Quaker" Trial. Cowper Spencer 1669-1728 Principal Defendant. The Tryal of Spencer Cowper Esq; John Marson Ellis Stevens And William Rogers Gent. Upon an Indictment for the Murther of Mrs. Sarah Stout a Quaker. Before Mr. Baron Hatsell At Hertford Assizes July 18 1699. Of Which They were Acquitted. With the Opinions of the Eminent Physicians and Chyrurgeons on Both Sides Concerning Drowned Bodies Delivered in the Tryal. And the Several Letters Produced in Court. London: Printed for Isaac Cleave in Chancery-Lane Matt. Wotton in Fleet-street and John Bullord 1699. ii 22 i.e.46 pp. Folio 11-1/2" x 7". Bound with P.D. The Hertford Letter: Containing Several Brief Observations on a Late Printed Tryal Concerning the Murder of Mrs. Sarah Stout. London: Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster 1699. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". And A Reply to the Hertford Letter: Wherein the Case of Mrs. Stout's Death is More Particularly Considered; And Mr. Cowper Vindicated from the Slanderous Accusation of Being Accessory to the Same. London: Printed; And Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster 1699. 8 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Three titles in an 11-1/2" x 7-1/2" binding. Three-quarter cloth over paper-covered boards gilt title to spine. Light soiling dampspotting and offsetting to boards some rubbing to extremities early owner bookplate top front pastedown. Light browning and foxing to interior internally clean. $2500. Only editions. Spencer Cowper a judge was indicted for the murder of Sarah Stout. He was at her house late on the evening before she was found drowned in a river. Cowper's alleged motivations were a desire to end an illicit love affair and avoid payment of a debt. Cowper's lawyers argued that Stout's parents wanted to hide the fact that their daughter committed a suicide a heinous act among Quakers. The defence also suggested a political motivation: a desire by local Tories to harm the career of a rising Whig. Cowper had been at the woman's house late on the evening before she was found drowned in the river but there was little material evidence against him. Also his lawyers benefited from expert medical testimony from three leading physicians Samuel Garth Hans Sloane and William Cowper." He. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 64643

‎Trial; Curtis Benjamin Robbins; Dana Richard H.‎

‎Circuit Court of the United States District of Massachusetts.‎

‎1868. 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

Bookseller reference : 67266

‎Trial; Dartmouth College Case; Farrar Timothy‎

‎Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against.‎

‎1819. 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

Bookseller reference : 64736

‎Trial; Despard Edward Marcus Defendant‎

‎The Trial of Colonel Despard and His Associates For High Treason.‎

‎1803. 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

Bookseller reference : 70890

‎Trial; Dodson John Reporter; Dalrymple Divorce‎

‎A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Consistorial Court of.‎

‎1811. 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

Bookseller reference : 68400

‎Trial; Dorrance John Plaintiff‎

‎Report of the Case John Dorrance Against Arthur Fenner Tried at.‎

‎1802. 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

Bookseller reference : 65295

‎Trial; Douglas Cause; Anderson William‎

‎The Speeches and Judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords.‎

‎1768. One of the Most Sensational Scottish Trials of the Eighteenth Century Trial. Douglas Cause. Anderson William Reporter. The Speeches and Judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland Upon the Important Cause His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and Others Pursuers; Against Archibald Douglas Esq; Defender. Accurately Taken Down and Published by William Anderson Writer in Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour Auld And Smellie 1768. vi 2 620 pp. Bound after Murray Alexander Reporter. The Cases Given in to the Court of Session Previous to the Pleadings in the Important Cause of Suppositio Partus George-James Duke of Hamilton And Others Pursuers; Against Archibald Douglas Esq; Defender. Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour Auld and Smellie 1768. 1-8 17-61 1 pp. Lacking Signature B pp. 9-17. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style with gilt-edged raised bands and existing lettering piece gilt tooling to board edges endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards corners bumped and somewhat worn retained early owner armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light soiling to title page of Cases Given into the Court of Session. $175. Only editions. The "Douglas Cause" which involved claims on the estate of Duke Douglas was one of the most sensational Scottish trials of the eighteenth century. It also involved one of the greatest jurists of the eighteenth century Lord Mansfield who presided over the case. Stuart a lawyer who had been tutor to the Duke's children represented Hamilton against Douglas and distinguished himself highly but the case was decided in Douglas favor - the result according to Stuart of Lord Mansfield's gross impartiality during trial. This was a rancorous case and it attracted a great deal of public attention most of it sympathetic to Douglas. English Short-Title Catalogue 131822 T20317. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 66907