‎Trial‎

‎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

‎Trial; Draper Edward Alured Defendant‎

‎The Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Alured Draper of the Third.‎

‎1808. 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

Bookseller reference : 68448

‎Trial; Eyre Edward John; Finlason W S Reporter‎

‎Report of the Case of the Queen v Edward John Eyre On His.‎

‎1868. 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

Bookseller reference : 71728

‎Trial; Fairchild Joy Hamlet‎

‎Trial of Rev Joy Hamlet Fairchild On a Charge of Adultery with Miss.‎

‎1845. 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

Bookseller reference : 66214

‎Trial; Fairchild Joy Hamlet‎

‎Trial of Rev Joy Hamlet Fairchild On a Charge of Adultery with Miss‎

‎1845. 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

Bookseller reference : 66215

‎Trial; Farmer Daniel Davis Defendant‎

‎Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer‎

‎1821. 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

Bookseller reference : 69443

‎Trial; Fauntleroy Henry; Egan Pierce‎

‎Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of Mr.Fauntleroy for Forgery.‎

‎1824. 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

Bookseller reference : 69962

‎Trial; Friend Sir John Defendant‎

‎The Arraignment Tryal And Condemnation of Sir John Friend Knight.‎

‎1696. London 1696. Sole edition. London 1696. Sole edition. Hanged Without Benefit of Counsel Trial. Friend Sir John d. 1696 Defendant. The Arraignment Tryal And Condemnation Of Sir John Friend Knight For High Treason In Endeavouring to Procure Forces from France to Invade this Kingdom And Conspiring to Levy War in this Realm for Assisting and Abetting the Said Invasion In Order to the Deposing of His Sacred Majesty King William And Restoring the Late King. At the Sessions-house in the Old-Bayly On Monday March 23. 1695/6. And Perused by the Lord Chief Justice Holt And the King's Council Who were Present at the Tryal. London: Printed for Samuel Heyrick at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn 1696. iv 44 pp. Main text preceded by "Order to Print" imprimatur leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities some fading to spine and parts of boards. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to a few leaves wear to fore-edge of final leaf. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. A nice copy. $150. Only edition. Friend was charged with high treason for participation in Jacobite assassination plot 1696 and denied counsel by Chief-Justice Sir John Holt. He was convicted and hanged one of the last two people condemned before the Treason Act of 1695 came into force. This act which allowed counsel in cases of treason may have helped. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 65591

‎Trial; Gascoigne Sir Thomas Defendant‎

‎The Tryal of Sr Tho. Gascoyne Bar. For High-Treason In Conspiring.‎

‎1680. A Survivor of the Popish Plot Trial. Gascoigne Sir Thomas 1593-1686 Defendant. The Tryal of Sr Tho. Gascoyne Bar. For High-Treason In Conspiring the Death of the King The Subversion of the Government And Alteration of Religion On Wednesday the 11th of February 1679. At the Bar of the Kings Bench Before the Right Honourable Sir William Scroggs Lord Chief Justice And the Rest of the Judges of that Court. London: Printed for Tho. Bassett and Sam. Heyrick 1680. Final leaf is a bound-in facsimile. 67 1 pp. Folio 11-3/4" x 7". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later quarter speckled calf over paper-covered boards lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing to extremities slight darkening to edges of boards. Moderate toning to text light browning to edges light foxing edgewear and minor tears to a few leaves light soiling to title page. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown stamps to endleaves perforated stamp to head of title page. $150. Only edition. A fictitious conspiracy to assassinate Charles II the Popish Plot 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. Gascoigne who was implicated by two disgruntled former servants was among the many who were implicated in the Popish Plot and one of the few who managed to escape execution. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Osgoode Hall University of Minnesota University of Michigan. English Short-Title Catalogue R6828. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 65749

‎Trial; Giles John Defendant‎

‎The Tryal of John Giles at the Sessions-House in the Old Bayly.‎

‎1681. Notable Seventeenth-Century Case of Assault and Battery Trial. Giles John Defendant. The Tryal of John Giles at the Sessions-House in the Old Bayly: Held by Adjournment from the 7th Day of July 1680 Until the 14th Day of the Same Month the Adjournment Being Appointed on Purpose for the Said Giles His Trial for a Barbarous and Inhumane Attempt to Assassinate and Murther John Arnold Esq. London: Printed by Thomas James for Randal Taylor 1681. 58 pp. Folio 11-1/2" x 7-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent buckram gilt-stamped title to spine. Negligible light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. Early hand-lettered numbers to upper left-hand corners of each leaf most affected by trimming interior otherwise clean. $250. Only edition. An account of a sensational case of assault and battery. John Arnold a justice of the peace from Monmouth was attacked by a gang of men armed with knives and swords. Stabbed several times Arnold survived the attack. One of these men Giles was apprehended and brought to trial. He was convicted fined compelled to offer sureties for good behavior for the rest of his life and sentenced to three hour-long sessions in the pillory over the course of three days one facing Lincoln's Inn another facing Gray's Inn and a third "by the May-Pole in the Strand." OCLC locates 13 copies 3 in North American law libraries Harvard Osgoode Hall Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue R24640. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 65824

‎Trial; Goodere Sir Samuel Principal Defen‎

‎The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony And Charles White.‎

‎1741. Fratricide on the HMS Ruby Trial. Goodere Sir Samuel 1687-1741 Principal Defendant. The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony And Charles White For the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere Bart. Brother to the Said Samuel Goodere On Board His Majesty's Ship the Ruby: At the Sessions of the Peace Oyer and Terminer And General Goal-Delivery Held in and for the City of Bristol And County of the Same City In the Guild-Hall of the Said City; Before the Right Worshipful Henry Combe Esq; Mayor of the Said City Michael Foster Esq; Serjeant at Law Recorder; And Others His Majesty's Justices of Goal-Delivery. Begun on Tuesday the 17th of March 1740. And Continued by Adjournment to Thursday The 26th of the Same Month 1741. Publish'd with the Approbation of Mr. Recorder. London: Printed by A. Millar Opposite to St. Clement's Church in the Strand et al. 1741. i 53 1 pp. Lacking initial advertisement leaf. Bookseller catalogue to verso of final leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior a bit of glue residue along spine light toning to interior light foxing to title page light foxing and a minor smudges to a few other leaves. $750. Only edition. The most complete account of this trial. Goodere was the captain of the HMS Ruby which was moored near Bristol England. Learning his brother Sir John Goodere was in that town Captain Goodere sent crew members to abduct him and bring him on board. Goodere confined him in a cabin and oversaw his murder which he claimed was a suicide. Shortly afterwards one of Sir John's friends in Bristol noticed that he had disappeared and asked the town's mayor to investigate the matter. This investigation resulted in the arrest trial and execution of Captain Goodere and his accomplices. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Northwestern Social Law University of Memphis Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T51718. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 71314

‎Trial; Gordon William Defendant‎

‎The Trial of Major William Gordon Of the 2d Or Queen's Regiment.‎

‎1814. 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

Bookseller reference : 68443

‎Trial; Gordon Mary Margaret; Pye Alleyne H.‎

‎A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial.‎

‎1814. 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

Bookseller reference : 71273

‎Trial; Great Britain; Home Office‎

‎Committee of Inquiry into the Case of Mr Adolf Beck Report from the.‎

‎1904. 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

Bookseller reference : 69407

‎Trial; Green Henry G Defendant‎

‎Trial of Henry G. Green For the Murder of His Wife New York 1845‎

‎1845. 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

Bookseller reference : 71891

‎Trial; Hamilton Alexander; Crosswell Harry Def‎

‎The Speeches at Full Length of Mr Van Ness Mr. Caines the Attorney‎

‎1804. 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. $2500. 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

Bookseller reference : 70496

‎Trial; Hamilton John Plaintiff‎

‎The Case of John Hamilton Against Joseph Hickey Attorney Wherein.‎

‎1751. London: Sold by John Hamilton 1751. London: Sold by John Hamilton 1751. Legal Malpractice Trial. Hamilton John Plaintiff. The Case of John Hamilton Against Joseph Hickey Attorney: Wherein the Abuses of the Law Occasionally Hinted at in a Pamphlet Lately Publish'd Are More Amply Set Forth. London: Sold by John Hamilton at His Lodgings at the Glove and Breeches The Middle of Swallow-Street Near St. James's Church 1751. ii 45 1 pp. With a half-title. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior. An attractive copy of a scarce title. $450. Only edition. In this angry possibly libelous pamphlet Hamilton claims Hickey his former attorney committed legal malpractice in a commercial dispute. Apparently the second part of a two-part pamphlet war it is a response to Hickey Against Hamilton and Hervey: Or A Proper Reply to the Case of John Hamilton As Set Forth by His Honourable Solicitor In Relation to the Acquittal of Joseph Hickey Attorney 1751. Taken together OCLC and the ESTC locate 15 copies 9 in North America 1 in a law library Harvard. English Short-Title Catalogue T20053. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 71474

‎Trial; Hanson Joseph Defendant‎

‎The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Indictment against Joseph.‎

‎1809. 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

Bookseller reference : 68456

‎Trial; Hathaway Richard Defendant‎

‎The Trial of Richard Hathaway At Surrey Assizes Begun and Held .‎

‎1754. London: R. Griffiths 1754. London: R. Griffiths 1754. "A False Accusation of Witchcraft" Trial. Hathaway Richard Defendant. The Trial of Richard Hathaway At Surrey Assizes Begun and Held in the Borough of Southwark March the 24th 1702 Upon an Information for Being a Cheat and Imposter And Endeavouring to Take Away the Life of Sara Morduck On a False Accusation of Witchcraft; In Which is Discovered the Malicious Designs of the Said Imposter With an Account of his Pretended Inchantment and Witchcraft. Before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Holt and Mr Baron Hatfell. To Which is Added A Short Account of the Trial of Richard Hathaway Thomas Wellyn and Elizabeth his Wife And Elizabeth Willoughby Wife of Walter Willoughby Upon an Information for a Riot and Assault upon Sara Morduck The Pretended Witch At the Said Assizes. London: Printed for R. Griffiths 1754. ii 92 pp. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Light toning to text light soiling and three minor tears to half-title light soiling to p. 92. light wear to fore-edges of title page and first couple of leaves of preface inner margin of final leaf bound close to gutter. $1500. Reissue of the only edition. "Hathaway's importance or at least notoriety continues today: his case is cited frequently in scholarship on English witchcraft as evidence of both judicial skepticism towards the crime of witchcraft and the continued popular belief in it" Apps. This pamphlet was originally published in 1702 as The Tryal of Richard Hathaway. This is a scarce title. The 1754 reissue is rare. OCLC locates 5 copies 3 in North America Boston Public Library Cornell Harvard. Apps "Motive Hunting in the Case of Richard Hatchaway" Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural Vol. 1 No. 1 2012 72. English Short-Title Catalogue N13804. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 70028

‎Trial; Hayden Herbert H; Stannard Mary‎

‎Poor Mary Stannard! Full and Thrilling Story of the Circumstances.‎

‎1879. 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

Bookseller reference : 66896

‎Trial; Henry Joseph Defendant‎

‎Report of the Trial of Joseph Henry Esq In the Sheriff's Court.‎

‎1809. 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 books‎

Bookseller reference : 59537

‎Trial; Hewlitt John Churcher Defendant‎

‎The Trial of John Churcher Hewlitt Acting Deputy Prothonotary.‎

‎1813. Scarce English Embezzlement Trial Trial. Hewlitt John Churcher Defendant. The Trial of John Churcher Hewlitt Acting Deputy Prothonotary of the Place-Court At the Old Bailey On Wednesday April 14 1813 on Charges Preferred by William Cruchley Of John-Street Bedford-Row Attorney-at-Law For Alleged Embezzlements of Moneys Arising from Fees of Office; On Seven Indictments Upon All of Which he was Most Honourably Acquitted. Taken in Short-Hand. London: Printed by Marchant and Galabin 1813. ii 16 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning several leaves unopened internally clean. $450. Only edition. Hewlett was accused of embezzlement by his employer Cruchley. This appears to be a vindication of Hewlitt's honor and innocence. It may have been published at his expense or urging. OCLC locates 4 copies in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard and Social Law. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 56616

‎Trial; Hughes T B; King v Bebb‎

‎A Report of the Case of the King Against Bebb Bankrupts.‎

‎1811. A Notable Study of Tax Indebtedness Trial. Hughes T.B. A Report of the Case of the King Against Bebb and Others. Assignees of Castell and Powell Bankrupts; On an Extent: With Explanatory Notes and an Appendix of Some Cases and Records in Extents Which Have Not Been Before Printed. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1811. iv 244 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine small shelf label to foot. Light soiling moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked front free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to text faint stains to foot of pp. 176-177 two library inkstamps and embossed stamp to title page annotations to verso. $250. Only edition. Abolished in 1947 a writ of extent was a remedy employed by the crown to recover unpaid taxes from a debtor or bankrupt. This book a combination of treatise and report examines the nature of these writs through a scholarly account with notes and a historical appendix of the important Exchequer case of John Bebb and others assignees of the bankrupt London banking house of Castell and Powell. Bebb and others assignees of Castell and Powell were countersued by the government for the right to assets that would cover payment of bills of exchange drawn by a Newcastle bank against tax-collection funds they were holding on deposit. The drafts had been accepted by the now bankrupt Castell and Powell who had turned them over to the commissioners of excise as collateral for the Newcastle tax deposits payable in thirty days. At issue was the right of the Crown to sue a debtor Castell and Powell of a tax-owing debtor the Newcastle bank. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:175. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 68386

‎Trial; Hughes Dr. John W. Defendant‎

‎The Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes for the Murder of Miss Tamzen Parsons‎

‎1866. An "Unparalleled" Record of Love Bigamy and Murder: A Variant Not Recorded in McDade Trial. Hughes Dr. John W. Defendant. The Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes For the Murder of Miss Tamzen Parsons; With a Sketch of His Life As Related by Himself. A Record of Love Bigamy and Murder Unparalleled in the Annals of Crime. Cleveland: Printed by the Leader Company 1866. 58 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet with printed back wrapper. Some wear to edges occasional foxing and faint dampstaining. Small typed label stating--incorrectly--"McDade 493" to head of title page internally clean. $750. "Jealous and intoxicated Hughes on the streets of Bedford Ohio shot the seventeen year old girl he had seduced. At his execution he spoke for fifteen minutes until the sheriff reminded him 'Time is going.' Then he dropped" McDade. Our copy is not in McDade which lists one with the following imprint: "Cleveland: John K. Stetler & Co. 1866." See McDade The Annals of Murder 493. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 47159

‎Trial; Hughes T B; King v Bebb‎

‎A Report of the Case of the King Against Bebb Bankrupts.‎

‎1811. A Notable Study of Tax Indebtedness Trial. Hughes T.B. A Report of the Case of the King Against Bebb and Others. Assignees of Castell and Powell Bankrupts; On an Extent: With Explanatory Notes and an Appendix of Some Cases and Records in Extents Which Have Not Been Before Printed. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1811. iv 244 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine small shelf label to foot. Light soiling moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked front free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to text faint stains to foot of pp. 176-177 two library inkstamps and embossed stamp to title page annotations to verso. $250. Only edition. Abolished in 1947 a writ of extent was a remedy employed by the crown to recover unpaid taxes from a debtor or bankrupt. This book a combination of treatise and report examines the nature of these writs through a scholarly account with notes and a historical appendix of the important Exchequer case of John Bebb and others assignees of the bankrupt London banking house of Castell and Powell. Bebb and others assignees of Castell and Powell were countersued by the government for the right to assets that would cover payment of bills of exchange drawn by a Newcastle bank against tax-collection funds they were holding on deposit. The drafts had been accepted by the now bankrupt Castell and Powell who had turned them over to the commissioners of excise as collateral for the Newcastle tax deposits payable in thirty days. At issue was the right of the Crown to sue a debtor Castell and Powell of a tax-owing debtor the Newcastle bank. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:175. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 68386