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Trial; Russell Samuel
Trial of the Action in Favor of the Rev Samuel Russell of Boylston.
1831. Libel in Worcester Massachusetts Trial. Russell Samuel 1798-1835 Plaintiff. Trial of the Action in Favor of the Rev. Samuel Russell of Boylston Against John Howe of Boylston For Defamation: At the Supreme Judicial Court Holden at Worcester April A.D. 1831. Worcester MA: Spooner and Church Printers 1831. 27 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers untrimmed edges. Light soiling and moderate edgewear to wrappers front wrapper partially detached. Moderate toning and light foxing to text minor tears to edges of some leaves internally clean. $450. Only edition. "In protesting Russell's election to the school committee Howe allegedly accused him of lying to a colleague about an exchange of church ministers. Russell sued for libel but the jury found for the defendant. Russell's motion for a new trial was denied" Cohen. This pamphlet is a detailed summary of Russell's charges and the testimony of witnesses. Russell's motion for a new trial was based on an allegation that one of the jurors had improperly concealed a bias favoring Howe. This account contains the complete text of the court's opinion denying the motion. OCLC locates 10 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Social Law Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12028. unknown
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Trial; Pierce Aratus F Defendant
Trial of Aratus F. Pierce At Lockport N.Y. For the Murder of.
1873. A Successful "Mania Transitoria" Defense Trial. Pierce Aratus F. Defendant. Trial of Aratus F. Pierce At Lockport N.Y. For the Murder of William Bullock Eighth Judicial District Court of Oyer and Terminer Charles Daniels Presiding; Lorenzo Webster and G.L. Judd Associate Justices Tried at Adjourned October Term 1871. Lockport NY: M.C. Richardson and Co. 1871. 101 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Minor wear to spine ends a few small chips to edges light soiling to rear wrapper light toning to interior. A well-preserved copy of a scarce title. $1250. Only edition. Pierce killed a man who seduced his sister then refused to marry her. The trial is notable because it involved a successful defense based on the law of "mania transitoria" or momentary insanity McDade. OCLC locates 13 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard Social Law Supreme Court of New York U.S. Supreme Court. McDade The Annals of Murder 748. unknown
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Trial; Sacheverell Henry Defendant
The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell Before the House of Peers.
1710. A Triumph for Tories and High-Churchmen Trial. Sacheverell Henry 1674-1724 Defendant. The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell Before the House of Peers For High Crimes and Misdemeanors; Upon an Impeachment by the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled In the Name of Themselves And of All the Commons of Great Britain: Begun in Westminster-Hall the 27th Day of February 1709/10 And from Thence Continued by Several Adjournments Until the 23d Day of March Following. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1710. 456 pp. With an initial imprimatur leaf. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Modern black buckram gilt-stamped title to spine interior notably fresh a few page numbers affected by trimming. $95. First octavo edition. Dr. Henry Sacheverell was impeached for preaching two sermons that advocated the Tory doctrines of non-resistance and passive obedience. His punishment was unique. He was not allowed to preach for three years but he was allowed to perform other clerical functions and accept preferment during that time. His two sermons were ordered burned by the common hangman. Such a sentence was felt to be a triumph for him and the High-Church and Tory party and the news of it was received with great enthusiasm throughout the kingdom. English Short-Title Catalogue T176104. unknown
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Robinson Boardman; Becker Rosenthal Murder Trial
Mr Justice Precedent. 21" x 15-1/2" gouache image on 26" x 19-1/2
1914. New York 1912-1914. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" frame. New York 1912-1914. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" frame. "His Famous Wig Composed Entirely of Split Hairs and Adorned with the Ceremonial Crimson Tape" Robinson Boardman 1876-1952. Becker-Rosenthal Murder Trial. Mr. Justice Precedent. New York 1914. 21" x 15-1/2" gouache image on 26" x 19-1/2" sheet image signed twice and inscribed by Robinson caption in pencil below image most likely in another hand laid down on illustration board. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" wooden frame glazed. Light soiling a few minor stains and four crop-marks to margins outside of image which could be covered with a matte image fine. Several minor scuffs and nicks to frame. A unique item relating to a notable trial. $4500. This piece was created to illustrate "Leaden Footed Justice in New York State" an article that appeared in the Special Feature Section of the New York Tribune on Sunday March 1 1914. The caption reads: "Mr. Justice Precedent wearing his famous wig composed entirely of split hairs and adorned with the ceremonial crimson tape." The caption refers to the protracted nature of the Becker-Rosenthal Murder case which began on October 7 1912 restarted on May 2 1914 and finally concluded after a series of procedural events in 1915. The case involved a group of corrupt police offices led by Charles Becker who ran a protection racket on illegal casinos. Becker hired gangsters to kill a casino owner and rival gangster who was threatening to expose the racket. A breathtaking example of police corruption the investigation and trial was front-page news in New York for months. In the end Becker was sent to the electric chair at Sing Sing. This was the first time a police officer received the death penalty. The case lived on for several years in the popular imagination; it is mentioned for example in The Great Gatsby 1925. Robinson the creator of this illustration was a distinguished artist illustrator and cartoonist. A native of Nova Scotia he studied art in Boston and completed his training in Paris at the Academie Colarossi and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts both in Paris. "Mr. Justice Precedent" shows his affinity acquired in Paris for the work of Daumier Forain and Steinlen. Robinson produced work for several newspapers and periodicals. He created "Mr. Justice Precedent" when he was an editorial cartoonist for the Tribune a posit. unknown
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Trial; Supreme Court; United States
United States of America Petitioner v William M Butler Et Al.
1935. Washington DC 1935-1936. 19 items. Washington DC 1935-1936. 19 items. Documentary Record of Owens v. Butler A Supreme Court Case that Invalidated an Important New Deal Program Trial. Supreme Court United States. United States of America Petitioner V. William M Butler Et Al. Receivers of Hoosac Mills Corp. Rickert Rice Mills Inc. Petitioner V. Rufus W. Fontenot Individually and as Acting United States Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Louisiana. Record. Briefs. Oral Argument of George Wharton Pepper. Opinions 1935-1936 spine title. Washington DC 1935-1936. 19 items various paginations. Folding tables. Pamphlets in wrappers bound in cloth gilt title to spine bound-in typewritten table of contents. Some rubbing to extremities with minor wear to corners faint vertical crease through spine. Minor edgewear and a few tears to folding tables internally clean. $1500. Assembled by an unknown attorney or law clerk the 19 items in this volume a 2-part transcript 15 briefs an oral argument and the opinion of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts form a documentary record of Owens v. Butler 297 U.S. 1 1936 the case that brought about the demise of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. Part of Roosevelt's New Deal this was a Federal law that aimed to raise the value of crops by paying farmers and ranchers to reduce production. The money for these subsidies was generated through an exclusive tax on companies that processed farm products. This led to a series of seven suits by processors who believed they were being taxed unfairly. The most important of these was Owens v. Butler. As framed by the plaintiff's lawyers it asserted the right of a taxpayer to question the validity of a Federal tax. The Court decided in favor of Owens ruling that the taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment. As argued by Justice Roberts the tax was not valid because it was established in conjunction with coercive contracts with proceeds earmarked for the benefit of farmers complying with the prescribed conditions. The court also held that the basic premise of the act paying a farmer to produce less to manipulate prices went beyond the powers of the national government. The issues raised by Owens v. Butler were addressed by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which continue. unknown
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Trial; Osbourne Thomas Duke of Leeds
The Arguments of the Right Honourable the Earl of Danby the Second.
1682. An Important Ally of King Charles II Impeached by Parliament Trial. Osbourne Thomas Duke of Leeds Previously Earl of Danby 1631-1712. The Arguments of the Right Honourable the Earl of Danby the Second Time At the Court of King's-Bench at Westminster Upon His Lordship's Motion for Bail The 29th. Day of June Term. Trin. 1682. As They Were then Exactly Taken. London: Printed for Richard Tonson Within Grayes-Inn Gate 1682. 2 4 7-15 1 pp. Pagination irregular but complete. Folio 11-3/4" x 7-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in later thick-paper wrapper with hand-lettered title panel bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Light toning some soiling to wrappers and first and final leaves faint dampstaining to head of text block negligible light foxing to a few leaves. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. $100. Only edition. Danby was a prominent political figure who served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III. In 1678 Danby had endorsed King Charles's demand for payment by King Louis of France to avoid war. This issue was related to the hysteria surrounding the Popish Plot. A faction in Parliament treated this support as an assumption of royal authority which led eventually to his impeachment and imprisonment in the Tower for five years. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Georgetown Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania University of Washington Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue R11803. unknown
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Manuscript; Trial; Scotland; Robert Hunter
Trial of Robert Hunter Alias Robert Hunter Guthrie and John Mackie.
1818. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Who Stole My Cheese Manuscript. Trial. Glasgow Scotland. Trial of Robert Hunter Alias Robert Hunter Guthrie and John Mackie Running Title. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Last leaf partially blank docketed on verso. Folio 12-1/2" x 7.5". Disbound light soiling and edgewear three horizontal fold lines lower portion of final leaf lacking with no loss to text. Content in neat hand throughout. $1500. A curious collection of court documents involving a pair of men who were stealing and fencing stolen wheels of cheese from a warehouse. Sensing that the police were closing in on them they fled one is tempted to say "like mice" but were eventually apprehended. These documents appear to have been given to someone who organized them added annotations including the title on the first leaf and had them bound into a volume. unknown
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Trial; Layer Christopher Defendant
The Whole Proceeding upon the Arraignment Tryal Conviction and.
1722. A Leader of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1722 Trial. Layer Christopher 1683-1723 Defendant. The Whole Proceeding Upon the Arraignment Tryal Conviction and Attainder of Christopher Layer Esq; For High Treason In Compassing and Imagining the Death of the King. In the Court of King's-Bench at Westminster In Michaelmas Term; In the Ninth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord George By the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland: Annoq; Domini 1722. Perused by the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice And the Rest of the Judges of the Court of King's-Bench And by the Counsel for His Majesty And for the Prisoner. London: Printed by S. Buckley in Amen-Corner 1722 i.e. 1723. iv 152 pp. Leaves in Signature Y pp. 85-88 bound in reverse order. With an initial imprimatur leaf dated Jan. 21 1722/3. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent buckram gilt-stamped title to spine. Very light toning to text internally clean. $150. First edition. This is the standard contemporary account of Layer's trial which resulted from his leadership during Jacobite Rebellion of 1722. Also known as the Atterbury Plot this was the second attempt to return James II to the thrones of England and Scotland. The trial ended with the execution of Layer and most of his colleagues. One of them Francis Atterbury the Bishop of Rochester was banished. This account was reissued in Dublin in 1723. English Short-Title Catalogue T114598. unknown
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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
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Trial; Warrington Henry Booth Earl of Defend
The Tryal of Henry Baron Delamere for High-Treason In Westminster.
1686. London 1686.Sole edition. London 1686.Sole edition. A Member of a Plot to Depose James II Trial. Warrington Henry Booth Earl of 1652-1694 Defendant. The Tryal of Henry Baron Delamere for High-Treason In Westminster-Hall The 14th Day of January 1685. Before the Right Honourable George Lord Jeffreys Baron of Wemm Lord High Chancellour of England Constituted Lord High Steward on that Occasion. On Which Day After Full Hearing The Lord Delamere was Acquitted from All Matters Laid to His Charge. London: Printed for Dorman Newman 1686. iv 87 1 pp. Main text preceded by "Order to Print" imprimatur leaf. Collates complete. Folio 11-1/2" x 7-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter cloth over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light foxing to a few leaves. "7" in early hand to head of title page interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown stamp and annotation to front free endpaper. A nice copy. $200. Only edition. Warrington was indicted as a participant in Monmouth's rebellion an attempt by the Duke of Monmouth an illegitimate son of Charles II to the claim the throne and depose James II. The special charge against Delamere "was that at the time of Monmouth's rebellion he had gone secretly to Cheshire with the view of inciting a rising in the north of England." While it is nearly certain that Delamere sympathized with Monmouth's designs he was able to explain his journey as a wish to visit a favorite child who was dangerously ill. "Moreover Thomas Saxon the only witness who would positively swear to the correspondence of Delamere and Monmouth so hopelessly contradicted himself that he was afterwards convicted of perjury.": Dictionary of National Biography II:842-844. English Short-Title Catalogue R23568. unknown
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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
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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
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Trial; Thistlewood Arthur; Cruikshank Isaac
High Treason!! The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of Arthur.
1817. 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
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Trial; Parkyns Sir William; Perkins Sir William
The Arraignment Tryal and Condemnation of Sir William Parkins Knt.
1696. A Lawyer Who Played a Role in the First Jacobite Rebellion Trial. Parkyns Perkins Parkins Sir William 1649-1696 Defendant. The Arraignment Tryal and Condemnation of Sir William Parkins Knt. for the Most Horrid and Barbarous Conspiracy to Assassinate His Most Sacred Majesty King William; And for Raising of Forces In Order to a Rebellion And Encouraging a French Invasion Into This Kingdom. Who was Found Guilty of High-Treason March 24. 1695/6. At the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily. Together with a True Copy of the Papers Delivered by Sir William Parkins And Sir John Friend To the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex At the Time of Their Execution. London: Printed for Samuel Heyrick 1696. ii 48 pp. Lacking licence leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light soiling to extremities. Light browning and occasional foxing to text inkstain to fore-edge of title page smudges to a few other leaves. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown. A nice copy. $150. Only edition. Sir William Parkyns also spelled Parkins or Perkins was an English lawyer who was executed for his part in the first Jacobite Rebellion which aimed to restore the exiled James II to the English throne after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Parkyns did not participate personally; he purchased military equipment and ammunition for the Jacobites which he stored in his country house. Parkyns defended himself in court without success. He was found guilty and executed. English Short-Title Catalogue R11595. unknown
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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
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Trial; Hughes W. Hughes Editor
Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel.
1841. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. One of the Most Detailed Accounts of a Major Nineteenth-Century Financial Swindle Trial. Hughes W. Hughes Editor. "The Times" Testimonal: Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey Held at Croydon Monday August 16 1841 Before the Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas And a Special Jury; Together with the Proceedings of a Public Meeting of Merchants Bankers and Others Held at the Mansion House London Friday October 1 1841 On the Subject of Such Action And of the Committee then Appointed; And Also a List of Subscribers to "The Times" Testimonial. Published by the Committee. London: John Hatchard and Son Henry Butterworth and Pelham Richardson 1841. 179 1 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Recent quarter cloth over marbled boards printed paper title label to spine. Some toning to text light soiling to title page. A nice copy of a rare title. $1250. First edition. A sensational case of a million-pound plot to defraud continental bankers by forged letters of credit or lettres circulaires purporting to have been issued by the bankers Glyn Hallifax Mills & Co. The plot was exposed by a Times of London correspondent in a letter published in the newspaper on 26th May 1840 which referred to "the great forgery company established on the continent lately detected" and naming the co-conspirators. These included the Marquis of Bourbel "the chief of the gang" the Baron Louis d'Arjuzon alias De Castel Pipe "an Englishman who professes to be a solicitor in London" and Cunningham Graham "an anonymous partner in the house of Bogle Kerrich and Co." The case was sensational in both social and in banking circles. It exposed the largely unregulated and certainly sloppy banking practices associated with letters of credit easy to forge and difficult to police and the almost brilliant ingenuity of an international gang of con men. The naming of Allan George Bogle-who was almost certainly involved-triggered this libel action against John Joseph Lawson the printer and publisher of the Times and resulted in the award of one farthing damages for Bogle but enormous expense and the co. unknown
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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
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Trial; Stewart Archibald Defendant
The Trial of Archibald Stewart Esq; Late Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
1747. Stewart Archibald Defendant. Stewart Archibald Defendant. A Turncoat Trial. Stewart Archibald 1697-1780 Defendant. The Trial of Archibald Stewart Esq; Late Lord Provost of Edinburgh Before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland For Neglect of Duty and Misbehaviour in the Execution of His Office As Lord Provost of Edinburgh Before and at the Time the Rebels Got Possession of That City in the Month of September 1745. Extracted Under the Hand of the Clerk of Justiciary From the Books of Adjournal of that Court; And Containing the Whole Procedure had Therein From Mr. Stewart's First Appearance Before that Court The 24th March 1747. Till his Final Acquittance Therefrom The 2d November Thereafter. Edinburgh: Printed for Gideon Crawfurd 1747. 178; 203 1 pp. Two parts. The second has the drop-head title: Proceedings in the Second Trial of Archibald Stewart Esq. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Later buckram calf lettering piece to spine. Light soiling corners bumped and lightly worn. Moderate toning to text soiling and edgewear to title page lower corner lacking with minor loss to text. Ex-library. Stamps to boards edges and endleaves bookplate to front pastedown perforated stamps to title page following leaf. $250. Only edition. Stewart was tried for his failure to prevent Jacobite troops from taking Edinburgh. After a long trial he was acquitted though many believed he was a secret Jacobite who handed Edinburgh to the rebels. OCLC locates 9 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Indiana Supreme Court Library of Congress Social Law UC-Berkeley University of Georgia University of Miami University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania. English Short-Title Catalogue T140658. unknown
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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
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Trial: Stocks Michael Defendant
An Authentic Report Of The Trial Of Michael Stocks Esq. For Wilful.
1815. 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
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Trial; Muir Thomas Defendant
Robertson's Edition; An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir Esq.
1793. An Important Scottish Sedition Trial Trial. Muir Thomas 1765-1799 Defendant. Robertson's Edition. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir Esq. Younger Of Huntershill Before the High Court of Justiciary At Edinburgh On the 30th and 31st Days of August 1793 For Sedition. Edinburgh: Printed by J. Robertson And Sold at His Office No. 4 Horse-Wynd; And by H. D. Symonds No. 20 Pater-Noster Row; And James Ridgeway York-Street St. James's Square London 1793. 160 pp. Complete as issued. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Later cloth gilt fillets and title to spine. A bit of wear to spine ends and corners very light fading to spine. Moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Stamps to boards edges and endleaves bookplate to front pastedown perforated stamp to title page. $125. First edition one of four issues from 1793 3 by Robertson. Muir a Scottish advocate was sentenced to transportation to Australia for sedition in support of the French Revolution and Irish independence and agitation for parliamentary reform. He is among the five men honored by the Scottish Political Martyrs Monument in Edinburgh. Another monument in Muir's honor stands in Huntershill Village the site of his estate. Unlike the other 1793 issues ours was not issued with a portrait frontispiece. English Short-Title Catalogue T19436. unknown
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Lawyers American College of Trial
Anatomy of a Patent Case
BNA Books Bureau of National Affairs. Paperback. 1570188572 Unused Like New. . Fine. 2009-10-16. 1st. BNA Books, Bureau of National Affairs paperback
Bookseller reference : Z1570188572Z1 ISBN : 1570188572 9781570188572
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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. $3000. 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
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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
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Trial; Vair George Buchan Alston Gideon Defend
Report of the Trial by Jury David Armstrong Against George Buchan Vair
1823. Edinburgh 1823. Edinburgh 1823. Trial of a Would-Be Scottish Duelist Trial. Vair George Buchan Defendant. Alston Gideon Defendant. Report of the Trial by Jury David Armstrong Against George Buchan Vair and Gideon Alston For Sending a Challenge to Fight a Duel. Taken in Short-Hand. With an Appendix of Letters and Other Documents. Edinburgh: Printed for W. and C. Tait 1823. iv 134 2 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Contemporary calf with later rebacking blind fillets to boards gilt title to spine hinges mended. Moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn some gatoring along joints. Moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves internally clean. $400. Only edition. Vair a spirit-dealer in Leith was apparently engaged to Miss Dinah Grive "a lady in Dumfries." He objected to inappropriate attentions paid her by David Armstrong a writer. Vair alleged that Armstrong had caused the lady to break off her engagement and was therefore entitled to challenge him to a duel. Armstrong refused the challenge won the court case and was awarded 20 pounds in damages. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American law libraries LA County Library of Congress Social Law University of Pennsylvania. unknown
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Trial; Wikoff Henry Principal Defendant
Trial of Wikoff Vannoud And Cavallari For a Forced Marriage.
1852. Vannoud Louis; Cavallari Luigi. Vannoud Louis; Cavallari Luigi. A Sensational Case of Kidnapping Trial. Wikoff Henry 1813-1884 Principal Defendant. Vannoud Louis Defendant. Cavallari Luigi Defendant. Trial of Wikoff Vannoud And Cavallari For a Forced Marriage Between Miss Gamble and One of the Accused. Before the High Court of Genoa February 9-10 1852. London: William Shoberl 1852. 64 pp. Lithograph portrait frontispiece of Wikoff. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate soiling rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners. Light toning to text foxing to a few laves internally clean. $750. Only edition. An account of one of the sensational trials of the early 1850s. Wikoff or as he called himself Chevalier Wikoff was an American impresario occasional European correspondent for the New York Herald and possibly a spy for Lord Palmerston. He was engaged to Jane Catherine Gamble an English woman. Gamble changed her mind shortly before the wedding and fled to Genoa. Wikoff tracked her down and apparently tricked her into coming along with him to his apartment. Shortly afterwards Gamble filed a complaint of kidnapping that landed Wikoff in an Italian jail for 15 months. He was found guilty in an Italian court and forced to return her letters and "extorted promise of marriage." Ever enterprising Wikoff responded to the negative publicity with a memoir entitled My Courtship and Its Consequences 1855 which became a best-seller. Copies of The Trial of Wikoff are scarce. OCLC locates 7 worldwide: 2 in the British Library and 5 in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress University of Georgia University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania. unknown
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Manuscript; Trial; Pennsylvania
Grand Jury Presentment Concerning Improprieties in a Rape Case
1801. 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
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Trial; Knox Philander; Northern Securities Co
In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term 1903.
1904. 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
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Trial; Iturriaga Jose de Defendant
Respuesta a la Acusacion Formada por la Sindicatura and two others
1836. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. Notable Fraud Case at an Important Argentinian Trading House Trial. Iturriaga Jose de Defendant. Cavallero Manuel. Respuesta a la Acusacion Formada por la Sindicatura de los Concursos de Lezica y Hornung Contra D. Jose Iturriaga. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. iv 47 pp. Bound with Iturriaga Jose de. Breve Contestacion al Libelo Publicado por Manuel Sainz de la Maza. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. 8 pp. And O. G. Manifesto en Derecho a Favor de Jose de Iturriaga Acusado de Ocultacion de Unos Ganados y de Complicidad en la Falsificacion de su Firma Ejecutada por Federico Hornung. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. 83 pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards gilt ornaments and title reading Causa de Iturriaga to spine. Rubbing to extremities with heavy wear to corners chipping to head of spine hinges starting owner bookplate to front pastedown. Manuscript divisional title pages between items. Moderate toning and occasional foxing to text internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine small inkstamps to title page of Respuesta brief annotations to verso. Solid copies of three rare items. $750. Only editions. These items relate to a trial that followed the collapse of a notable Argentinian trading house. "Corruption or mismanagement by employees or partners of non-British houses frequently made news during the century. One of the more celebrated cases was the failure of Sebastian Lezica Brothers in September 1835. The manager of the house a German named Frederick Hornung apparently forged bills of exchange without the knowledge of his employers three Argentine brothers. After the failure of a British house Thwaites and Company and after the retention of money in the Chilean branch the Lezica Brothers had to raise money. Originally Hartung procured the signatures of a number of people including Thwaites; but when persons declined he began to forge names on bills of exchange--both the drawer's and drawee's names--in order to prevent bankruptcy. He thought this would need to be done for only a short time but he became involved until the total sum owed the market was over one and a half million pesos." Reber. OCLC locates 1 copy of Respuesta at UC-Berkeley 1 copy of Breve Contestacion at the. unknown
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Trial; Sickels et al v Corliss; Dickerson EN. E. N.
The Argument of Mr. Edward N. Dickerson With His Notes and.
1856. An Interesting Patent Case Trial. Sickels Et Al. v. Corliss Et Al. Dickerson Edward Nicoll 1824-1889. The Argument of Mr. Edward N. Dickerson: With His Notes and Explanations: The Charge of Judge Nelson: And the Verdict of the Jury in the Case of Sickels vs. Borden Defended by "The Novelty Iron Works" and Mr. Horatio Allen. New York: John S. Voorhies 1856. 67 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling some rubbing to extremities. Light toning to text foxing and faint dampstaining to a few leaves internally clean. $100. Argued by a great patent lawyer and reported at 22 Federal Cases 67 this case involved the infringement of Sickels's patent on a steam value device an important innovation that enabled the development of more powerful steam engines. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $720. Dickerson was the outstanding authority on patent law in the United States at this time. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11530. unknown
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Trial; Looker On in Vienna
Trial of Marshall and Ross for Barn-Burning: A Brief Exposure of a.
1859. A Case of Arson in Gloucester Massachusetts Trial. Looker-on in Vienna. Trial of Marshall and Ross for Barn-Burning: A Brief Exposure of a Systematic Attempt to Mislead the Public Mind And Create a False Sympathy in Behalf of Convicted Incendiaries. Gloucester MA: S.n. 1859. 20 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and negligible edgewear rear wrapper lacking light toning to text. $650. Only edition. Marshall and Ross we are never given their first names were a tenant and hired hand of a Mr. Niles a farmer. They were convicted of arson after Niles's barns were destroyed by fire. This verdict seemed unfair and the defense attorney petitioned successfully for an appeal. Published in the weeks leading up to the second trial this pamphlet offers an argument for their conviction. An interesting case it is also a fine record of the social setting of criminal law in small-town New England in the mid-nineteenth century. OCLC locates 5 copies in North America law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress Social Law University of Missouri. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1140. unknown
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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
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Trial; Thornton Abraham Defendant; Mary Ashford
Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford.
1817. 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
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Abraham P. Ordover Andrea Doneff National Institute for Trial Advocacy U. S.
Alternatives to Litigation: Mediation Arbitration and the Art of Dispute Resolution
LexisNexis / National Institute for Trial Advocacy 2002-07-01. 2. Paperback. Used:Good. LexisNexis / National Institute for Trial Advocacy paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX1556817495 ISBN : 1556817495 9781556817496
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Trial; Sacheverell Henry Defendant
The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell Before the House of Peers.
1710. A Triumph for Tories and High-Churchmen Trial. Great Britain. House of Lords. Sacheverell Henry 1674-1724 Defendant. The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell Before the House of Peers For High Crimes and Misdemeanors; Upon an Impeachment by the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled In the Name of Themselves And of All the Commons of Great Britain: Begun in Westminster-Hall the 27th Day of February 1709/10 And from Thence Continued by Several Adjournments Until the 23d Day of March Following. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1710. 456 pp. Bound with The Bishop of Salisbury's And the Bishop of Oxford's Speeches in the House of Lords On the First Article of the Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell; Also the Bishop of Lincoln's and Bishop of Norwich's Speeches At the Opening of the Second Article of the Said Impeachment. London: Printed And Sold by John Morphew Near Stationers-Hall 1710. 16; 16; 2 35-52; 53-63 1 pp. Four parts each with title page first three parts have individual pagination. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf raised bands and early hand-lettered paper spine label. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped spine label soiled and edgeworn. Light toning to text internally clean. An appealing copy. $150. First octavo editions both among several issues from the same year. Fundamental documents in the ideological controversy between Whigs and Tories that was to dominate 18th century England. Dr. Henry Sacheverell was impeached for preaching two sermons that advocated the Tory doctrines of non-resistance and passive obedience. His punishment was unique. He was not allowed to preach for three years but he was allowed to perform other clerical functions and accept preferment during that time. His two sermons were ordered burned by the common hangman. Such a sentence was felt to be a triumph for him and the High-Church and Tory party and the news of it was received with great enthusiasm throughout the kingdom. See Dictionary of National Biography XVIII:569-572. English Short-Title Catalogue T176104 T22852. unknown
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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
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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
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Trial; Wallace Richard Gibbs Frederick W.
The Case of Lord Henry Seymour's Will. Wallace v. the Attorney-General
1877. A Complicated Case of Inheritance and Succession. A Complicated Case of Inheritance and Succession. A Complicated Case of Inheritance and Succession Involving a Charity and the Laws of France and Great Britain Trial. Wallace Sir Richard 1818-1890. Gibbs Frederick Waymouth 1821-1898 Reporter. The Case of Lord Henry Seymour's Will Wallace v. the Attorney-General. London: Stevens and Haynes 1877. vii 98 48 pp. Includes forty-eight page publisher catalogue. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Original cloth blind rules to boards gilt titles to front board and spine. Some rubbing to extremities light fading to spine joints and front hinge just starting at ends. Early owner annotation to half-title interior otherwise fresh. $450. Only edition. Text in English and French. At head of title: "Les Hospices de Paris et de Londres." This was an unusually complicated case of inheritance and succession. "France . was the country to whose courts belonged the principal administration of his estate and his will was brought before the Court of Chancery here by Mr. Wallace . in aid of the French administration. The universal legacy gave rise to two questions . 1st what was the extent topographically of the word 'London' as used by the testator; and 2ndly what institutions were included within the description 'Les Hospices de Londres'" 1-2. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1218. unknown
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Trial; Nairne James Defendant
The Trial Before the Lord President of the Court of Session.
1833. A Scarce Scottish Defamation Case Trial. Nairne James 1782-1847 Defendant. The Trial Before the Lord President of the Court of Session Lord Mackenzie And a Special Jury Taken in Shorthand Of the Issues in the Action of Damages at the Instance of Lady Ramsay Widow of the Late Colonel Sir Thomas Ramsay of Balmain Baronet Against James Nairne W.S. For Falsehood and Defamation; Containing the Speeches of Counsel and Charge of the Lord President With the Whole Evidence And an Appendix of Letters and Documents. Edinburgh: Published for the pursuer by W. and R. Chambers; London: Orr and Smith 1833. iv 234 80 pp. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9". Original three-quarter cloth over paper-covered boards rebacked retaining original spine and printed paper title label hinges mended untrimmed edges. Some rubbing a few stains to boards early owner signature of John Osbourne Browne Esq. to front. Annotations in contemporary hand to foot of table of contents interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Shelf number to foot of spine bookplate to front pastedown date-due sheet and label to front free endpaper. A nice copy of a scarce title. $250. Only edition. A highly detailed record of a case involving accusations of marital infidelity by a colleague of Lady Ramsay's late husband. Lady Ramsay prevailed; the jury determined that her "character" was "perfectly pure and unsullied" and awarded her damages of 200 pounds sterling. 234. OCLC locates 10 copies in North American law libraries. Catalogue of the Library of Harvard Law School 1909 II:1171. unknown
Bookseller reference : 57324
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Trial; Sayre Dr Lewis A Defendant
The Alleged Malpractice Suit of Walsh vs. Sayre
1870. A Groundless Malpractice Suit Trial. Sayre Dr. Lewis A. 1820-1900 Defendant. The Alleged Malpractice Suit of Walsh vs. Sayre. New York: Geo. H. Shaw & Co. 1870. 190 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling a few chips to wrappers spine worn front wrapper detached rear wrapper lacking minor wear to corners of a leaves at ends of text internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamps to front wrapper and title page. $75. Sayre the first professor of orthopedic surgery in the United States and a founding member of the AMA was a leading physician of the nineteenth century. In 1870 a suit alleging malpractice was brought by John F. Walsh the guardian of Margaret Sarah Walsh a six-year-old girl. It was shown to be a groundless case and Sayre was acquitted. unknown
Bookseller reference : 56965
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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
Bookseller reference : 56616
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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
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Trial; William John Ambrose Defendant
The Trial of John Ambrose Williams For a Libel on the Clergy.
1822. Notable Libel Trial With a Defence by Lord Brougham Trial. Williams John Ambrose 1793-1854 Defendant. The Trial of John Ambrose Williams For a Libel on the Clergy Contained in the Durham Chronicle of August 18 1821. Before Mr. Baron Wood and a Special Jury. Tried at the Summer Assizes At Durham On Tuesday August 6th 1822. To Which is Prefixed A Report of the Preliminary Proceedings in the Court of King's Bench London. Durham: Printed by J.A. Williams 1822. iv 57 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf light browning. Early owner signature to head of title page interior otherwise clean. $250. First edition. "When Queen Caroline died in 1821 the clergy of Durham refused to allow the bells to be tolled. Mr. John Ambrose Williams who owned the Durham Chronicle published an article in it attacking the conduct of the clergy who set the law in motion against Mr. Williams in the shape of a criminal information for libel. The case came for trial before a special jury at Durham. Mr. Scarlett afterwards Lord Abinger a most consummate advocate conducted the prosecution and Brougham the defense. Brougham made a magnificent speech but it was rather a political manifesto than a wise appeal to a jury at Durham who were not likely to be pleased with torrents of irony addressed to such topics as the revenues and management of their palatinate. The result was that his client was found guilty." Archer. This pamphlet was also issued the same year in London and Edinburgh. OCLC locates 2 copies of the Durham issue at Cambridge and Glasgow Universities. Archer William Ewart Gladstone and his Contemporaries 40. McCoy Freedom of the Press W297. unknown
Bookseller reference : 55115
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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
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Trial; Laidly William Defendant
Authentick Coppie of the Tryal of Scot and Mackpherson Anno 1712.
1737. 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
Bookseller reference : 54965
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Trial; Steinbach R Plaintiff; Flagg John H.
Point San Jose. Supplementary Brief. in Behalf of Claimants caption
1870. Claim Concerning Title to Point San Jose in San Francisco Trial. Steinbach R. Plaintiff. Flagg John H. Attorney. Point San Jose: Supplementary Brief in Behalf of Claimants. N.p. c.1870. 10 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Self-wrappers recto of first leaf and verso of terminal leaf soiled crease to lower corner internally clean. $20. Only edition. Located near the entrance to the Golden Gate Point San Jose was occupied by the U.S. military in 1863. The military claimed it was entitled to do this because the nation was in a state of war. It established a series of artillery batteries and continued to hold the land after the war. This irregular annexation was the basis of Steinbach's suit which was first filed in 1866. OCLC locates 3 copies all in California. Not found in Hollis. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51681
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Trial; Rye House Plot; Atkyns Sir Robert
A Defence of the Late Lord Russel's Innocency By Way of An Answer.
1689. The Legality of Lord Russell's Trial Trial. Rye House Plot. Atkyns Sir Robert 1621-1709. A Defence of the Late Lord Russel's Innocency By Way of An Answer or Confutation of a Libellous Pamphlet Intituled An Antidote Against Poyson; With Two Letters of the Author of This Book Upon the Subject of His Lordship's Tryal. Together with an Argument in the Great Case Concerning Elections of Members to Parliament Between Sr Samuel Barnardiston Bar. Plaintiff And Sr Will. Soames Sheriff of Suffolk Defend' in the Court of King's-Bench In an Action Upon the Case And Afterwards by Error Sued in the Exchequer-Chamber. London: Printed for Timothy Goodwin 1689. iii 51 pp. Title page preceded by advertisement leaf. Argument in the Great Case preceded by divisional title page. Folio 12" x 7". Disbound text secure. Some edgewear and soiling to first and final leaves worming through upper margins of most leaves with no loss to text. Toning small faint stains to a few leaves internally clean. $250. First edition. This is a reply to a pamphlet by Sir Bartholomew Shower that defended the legal position of the Russell trial. Atkyns was Russell's legal advisor. Russell 1639-1683 was implicated in and ultimately executed due to his supposed involvement in the Rye House Plot a plan to assassinate King Charles II and his brother and heir to the throne James Duke of York devised by a group of Whigs. Some historians believe this plot was largely fabricated by Charles II as a way to destroy the Whigs most notably Russell and Algernon Sydney 1623-1683 who were convicted and executed on the basis of flimsy evidence. English Short-Title Catalogue R4958. unknown
Bookseller reference : 53626
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Trial; Sickels et al; Dickerson EN. E. N.
The Argument of Mr. Edward N. Dickerson: With His Notes and.
1856. An Interesting Patent Case Trial. Sickels Et Al. v. Corliss Et Al. Dickerson Edward Nicoll 1824-1889. The Argument of Mr. Edward N. Dickerson: With His Notes and Explanations: The Charge of Judge Nelson: And the Verdict of the Jury in the Case of Sickels vs. Borden Defended by "The Novelty Iron Works" and Mr. Horatio Allen. New York: John S. Voorhies 1856. 67 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent facsimile printed wrappers. Faint dampstaining soiling cellotape residue and clean tears to title page. Light foxing internally clean. $50. Argued by a great patent lawyer and reported at 22 Federal Cases 67 this case involved the infringement of Sickels's patent on a steam value device an important innovation that enabled the development of more powerful steam engines. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $720. Dickerson was the outstanding authority on patent law in the United States at this time. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11530. unknown
Bookseller reference : 52766
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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
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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
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