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1758réf. 756281758. The Aftermath of a British Naval Failure Trial. Mordaunt Sir John 1697-1780 Defendant. The Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Held in the Council-Chamber at Whitehall On Wednesday the 14th And Continued by Several Adjournments to Tuesday the 20th of December 1757 Upon the Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Mordaunt By Virtue of His Majesty's Warrant Bearing Date the 3d Day of the Same Month. Published by Authority. London: Printed for A. Millar 1758. 116 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth. Moderate toning to interior light soiling to title page. $350. One of two issues from 1758 priority not established. Mordaunt commanded the British expedition against the French Atlantic port of Rochefort in 1757. Deeming an attempt too risky he returned without landing infuriating William Pitt who wanted to satisfy the public with a bold stroke against the French. Despite Pitt's anger Mordaunt was acquitted. English Short-Title Catalogue T44504. unknown
1815réf. 731031815. London 1815. London 1815. A Controversial 1815 Court Martial of One of Wellington's Generals Trial. Murray John Defendant. Gurney William Brodie 1777-1855 Reporter. The Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Murray Bart. By a General Court Martial Held at Winchester On Monday the 16th of January 1815 And Continued by Adjournment Till Monday the 6th of February 1815. Taken in Short Hand. London: Printed for T. Egerton 1815. vii 562 2 pp. followed by 8 blank ff. added by binder. Woodcut folding map. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards blind fillets to calf edges gilt-edged raised bands blind fillets and gilt-stamped title to spine edges rouged. Moderate rubbing to boards and extremities light wear to spine ends and corners which are bumped front joint just starting at head hinges cracked faint offsetting from plate to preliminaries. Light toning to interior light foxing to first third of text block ms. index in an early hand to first added blank. $350. Only edition. Murray was court-martialed for his mishandling of an engagement with Napoleon's army in Tarragona during the Peninsular War 1807-1814. A highly debated trial it resulted in Murray's acquittal of all charges except one: abandoning his cannon. That charge was later dismissed. Overall it seems that Murray's performance was marred by incompetence and cowardice. Many believed so at the time including Prince Regent George IV who denied Murray's petition to become a member of the Order of the Bath. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Library of Congress University of Minnesota US Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School Yale. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1149. unknown
1815réf. 684441815. London 1815. London 1815. A Controversial 1815 Court Martial of One of Wellington's Generals Trial. Murray John Defendant. Gurney William Brodie 1777-1855 Reporter. The Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Murray Bart. By a General Court Martial Held at Winchester On Monday the 16th of January 1815 And Continued by Adjournment Till Monday the 6th of February 1815. Taken in Short Hand. London: Printed for T. Egerton 1815. vii 562 pp. Woodcut folding map. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces and paper location label to spine. Some shelfwear and soiling with wear to lettering pieces hinges cracked front free endpaper detached partial vertical tear to folding map along fold line. Moderate toning and light foxing to text marks and annotations in early hand to several leaves light soiling and two faint library inkstamps to title page. $350. Only edition. Murray was court-martialed for his mishandling of an engagement with Napoleon's army in Tarragona during the Peninsular War 1807-1814. A highly debated trial it resulted in Murray's acquittal of all charges except one: abandoning his cannon. That charge was later dismissed. Overall it seems that Murray's performance was marred by incompetence and cowardice. Many believed so at the time including Prince Regent George IV who denied Murray's petition to become a member of the Order of the Bath. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Library of Congress University of Minnesota US Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. Yale Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1149. unknown
1806réf. 739791806. Not a Soul We Believe Can Lament his Fate" Trial. Patch Richard Defendant c.1770-1806. Trial of R. Patch For the Murder of Isaac Blight Ship-Breaker of Rotherhithe In the County of Surry. Tried at Horsemonger-Lane In the Borough of Southwark Before the Lord Chief Baron Sir Archibald Mac Donald And a Respectable Jury of the County of Surry. Guilty-Death. London: Printed by Dewick and Clarke for T. Hughes and Crosby & Co. 1806. 34 2 pp. With a final advertisement leaf. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Light toning occasional light soiling to edges. Housed in lightly rubbed 8" x 5" three-quarter morocco folder and plain slipcase. $350. First edition. Patch the eldest son of a smuggler had been forced to mortgage his Exeter farm and subsequently fled to London in order to dodge his creditors. While there he met Blight a ship-breaker who proposed that he become a partner in the business. Patch agreed but lacked the money to pay for his share and killed Blight instead. Despite many attempts to conceal the crime he was convicted on strong circumstantial evidence in 1806. A second edition of our account appeared later in 1806 with additional material and a frontispiece. It is unclear whether our first edition was issued with a frontispiece though the copy at the Library of Congress has one. No records note the final advertisement leaf present in our copy. OCLC and Library Hub locate 3 copies of the first edition worldwide Library of Congress University of Leeds Bishopsgate Institute. unknown
1800réf. 760161800. A Privilege Withheld from a Catholic Peer Trial. Petre Robert Edward 9th Baron Petre 1742-1801 Complainant Dillon John Joseph Reporter. Report of a Case Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer In Easter Term 40 Geo. III. Between the Right Hon. Robert Edward Lord Petre Plaintiff And the Rt. Hon. Ld. Auckland And Lord Gower His Majesty's Postmaster General Defendants With an Appendix. London: Printed by Sampson Low No. 7 Berwick Street Soho; And Sold by E. Booker No. 56 New Bond Street; And E. Brooke Bell Yard Fleet Street 1800. iv 42 xlii pp. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent limp marbled wrappers. Light rubbing to extremities lower-outside corner of front wrapper mended. Moderate toning to interior light soiling to title page a few smudges to inside of rear wrapper. $350. Only edition. Dillon a Lincoln's Inn barrister published several works bearing on Catholic persecution. This one reports litigation preventing a Catholic peer from the right to free postage franking a privilege granted to peers in Parliament who were then required to be members of the Church of England. This small matter is used to illuminate a larger issue: the exclusion of Catholics from Parliament. English Short-Title Catalogue T104083. unknown
1876réf. 827311876. A Rare McDade Title Trial. Piper Thomas W. Defendant. Brown Edward P. Commonwealth of Massachusetts By Indictment Vs. Thomas W. Piper For the Murder of Mabel H. Young. Closing Argument for the Defence By Edward P. Brown Esq. Delivered February 9 1876. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1876. 112 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Faint vertical crease through center light soiling and edgewear to wrappers spine worn away at ends front wrapper partially detached. Light toning to interior small embossed library stamp to head of leaf 7 pp. 49-50 another to head of title page small deaccession inkstamp to its verso. $350. Only edition. Piper was the sexton of the Warren Avenue Baptist Church in Boston. He lured a five-year-old girl into the church tower then beat her to death with a cricket bat. Circumstantial evidence linked him to the earlier murder of another girl and attacks on several others. Found guilty he was hanged on the scaffold that was used for another notable Boston murderer: Professor John W. Webster. This is a rare title. OCLC locates 7 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard Social Law University of Missouri. McDade The Annals of Murder 752. unknown
1815réf. 786451815. A Deadly Riot at the Home of a Future Prime Minister Trial. Ripley James Primary Defendant. The Trial of James Ripley Richard Burton Robert Hebert And Richard Matthews For the Murder of Jane Watson At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey On Saturday the 8th of April 1815. Taken in Short Hand by Mr. W.B. Gurney Short-Hand Writer to Both Houses of Parliament. London: Printed for J. Hatchard 1815. 100 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet disbound and recently resewn spine reinforced with tissue. Light toning occasional light foxing small stains to a few leaves. $350. Only edition. Ripley was a butler and his fellow defendants soldiers. All were called upon to defend the house of Frederick John Robinson a senior trade minister and future Prime Minister after an angry mob gathered at his house; Robinson was the target of public ire for his sponsorship of the Corn Laws of 1815 which led to high grain prices that disproportionately burdened the poor. A woman was shot in the chaos and later died of her wounds. Ripley pled self-defense citing Hale Hawkins and Mansfield among others. He and his fellow defendants were acquitted. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Harvard. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 21:691. unknown
1853réf. 677241853. Madison: Published by Beriah Brown 1853. Madison: Published by Beriah Brown 1853. 1853 Impeachment Trial of a Wisconsin Judge Trial. Ryan Edward G. 1810-1880. Hubbell Levi 1808-1876 Defendant. Argument of Edward G. Ryan On the Trial of Levi Hubbell Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit Before the Senate of Wisconsin On an Impeachment Preferred by the Assembly for High Misdemeanors in Office. Madison WI: Published by Beriah Brown 1853. 154 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $350. Only edition. Judge Hubbell was charged with corruption while in office. His impeachment trial in the Wisconsin Senate resulted in an acquittal. Ryan was the prosecutor in the case. OCLC locates 11 copies 2 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14491. unknown
1869réf. 684631869. London 1869. London 1869. "The Great Convent Trial" Trial. Star Mother Mary Joseph Defendant. Kennedy Mary Magdalen Sister Defendant. The Trial of Saurin v. Star and Another: In the Court of Queen's Bench Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury. An Action by a Sister of Mercy Against Her Superior for an Alleged Conspiracy to Cause her Expulsion. The Report Copied Verbatim from the Times. London: Diprose and Bateman 1869. ii 264 pp. Woodcut portrait frontispiece of Saurin. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear a few minor stains minor edgewear to lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text minor tears to a few leaves faint embossed ink and library stamps to title page brief annotation to verso frontispiece detached and edgeworn just touching border of image title page partially detached. $350. Only edition. Mary Saurin Sister Mary Scholastica Joseph brought a case against her superior and another nun for assault and conspiracy to drive her from her convent and have her expelled from the order. Known as "the great convent trial" it was a sensational case that fueled contemporary prejudices against Catholics monastic orders and women. These themes are apparent in the Solicitor-General's opening remarks. This case shows "what women were capable of when they shut themselves up from their kind and did violence to the instincts of their nature and the great though mean and petty cruelty they could wreak upon a sister in the name of a religion of love" 2. The jury found in favor of the defendants on the counts of assault and for the plaintiff on the counts of libel and conspiracy to have her expelled from the convent. OCLC locates 6 copies in law libraries Harvard Northwestern UC-Berkeley and the Universities of Michigan Minnesota and Virginia. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1182. unknown
1892réf. 825691892. 3 woodcut illustrations. Laconia N.H. c.1892. 3 woodcut illustrations. Laconia N.H. c.1892. A Notable Case of Fratricide: McDade 852 Trial. Sawtell Isaac d. 1891 Defendant. The History of the Murder of Hiram Sawtell by His Brother Isaac Sawtell. Illustrated. Laconia NH: John J. Lane c. 1892. 32 pp. 3 woodcut text illustrations portraits. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and a few minor stains to wrappers light wear and creases to corners of wrappers and text block light wear to spine ends moderate toning to interior. A handsome copy. $350. Only edition. "Isaac was anxious to possess himself of his brother's property. Hiram was enticed into the country and murdered near Berwick Maine though there is some doubt whether the murder was in Maine or New Hampshire. Isaac cut off his brother's head and buried it separately" McDade. OCLC locates 5 copies Harvard Law School New Hampshire Historical Society New Hampshire State Library University of Michigan Yale Law School. We located another copy Cornell Law School. McDade The Annals of Murder 852. unknown
1822réf. 848091822. The Plaintiff was Represented by Two Distinguished Scottish Jurists Trial. Stevenson Duncan 1776-1867 Defendant. Report of Trial of the Issues In the Action of Damages for Libel in the Beacon James Gibson of Ingliston Esq. Clerk to the Signet- Pursuer Against Duncan Stevenson Printer in Edinburgh Defender. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. London: Hurst Robinson and Co. and James Ridgway 1822. 139 2 pp. With a half-title. Publisher advertisement to recto of final leaf verso blank. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 20.95 x 13.33 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent watered cloth gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to binding. Light toning to interior negligible light spotting to a few leaves. A very good copy. $350. Only edition. Gibson 1765-1850 later Sir James Gibson-Craig 1st Baronet was a lawyer government official and Whig politician. An article in The Beacon a Tory newspaper alleged that he passed forged bank notes. Represented by Francis Jeffrey 1773-1850 and Henry Cockburn 1779-1854 two eminent Scottish jurists who were also notable literary figures Gibson prevailed and was awarded 500 in damages. Library Hub locates 3 copies outside of Scotland. Macleod "Craig Sir James Gibson" Moss "Stevenson Duncan" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 24:250. unknown
1822réf. 733861822. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. The Plaintiff was Represented by Two Distinguished Scottish Jurists Trial. Stevenson Duncan 1776-1867 Defendant. Report of Trial of the Issues In the Action of Damages for Libel in the Beacon James Gibson of Ingliston Esq. Clerk to the Signet - Pursuer Against Duncan Stevenson Printer in Edinburgh - Defender. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. vi 139 1 2 2 pp. Publisher advertisement to recto of final leaf verso blank. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards by Philip Dusel marbled edges. Moderate toning to interior slightly heavier in a few places illegible early owner signature to rear endleaf. $350. Only edition. Gibson 1765-1850 later Sir James Gibson-Craig 1st Baronet was a lawyer government official and Whig politician. An article in The Beacon a Tory newspaper alledged that he passed forged bank notes. Represented by Francis Jeffrey 1773-1850 and Henry Cockburn 1779-1854 two eminent Scottish jurists who were also notable literary figures Ingliston prevailed and was awarded 500 in damages. Macleod "Craig Sir James Gibson" Moss "Stevenson Duncan" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. Macleod "Craig Sir James Gibson" and Moss "Stevenson Duncan" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 24:250. unknown
1827réf. 829331827. Albany: Printed by John B. van Steenbergh 1827. Albany: Printed by John B. van Steenbergh 1827. "The Guiding Genius of the Crime was His Wife": McDade 940 Trial. Strang Jesse Defendant. Trial of Jesse Strang For the Murder of John Whipple At a Special Court of Oyer and Terminer Holden in Albany in July 1827. Albany: Printed by D. M'Glashan No. 3 Beaver-St. 1827. 35 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later quarter sheep over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners library bookplate with de-accession stamp to front pastedown. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior. A very good copy. $350. Jesse Strang living under the alias Joseph Orton was involved in an affair with Elsie Whipple. Strang shot Elsie's husband John Whipple after several unsuccessful attempts by the lovers to poison him. Strang was convicted and executed. Elsie was tried individually and acquitted. McDade notes: "The murder of John Whipple was unusual in two respects: one the actual killing followed months of the most careful planning and preparation; two the guiding genius of the crime was his wife." McDade The Annals of Murder 934. unknown
1776réf. 732761776. London: S.n. 1776. London: S.n. 1776. Perhaps the Most Notorious English Example of a Rigged Election Trial. Sykes Francis 1730-1804 Defendant. The Trial of the Cause on the Action Brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer Esq; Member for the Borough of Shaftesbury Against Francis Sykes Esq; For Bribery Committed at Shaftesbury Previous to the General Election In October 1774. Tried by a Special Jury On Saturday the 27th of July 1776. At the Assize Held at Dorchester for the County of Dorset Before The Honourable Sir James Eyre One of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. London: S.n. 1776. 19 1 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 10" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent marbled boards wit cloth spine imitation calf lettering piece to front board. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining throughout mostly along fore and bottom edges. $350. Only edition. The Shaftesbury Election of 1774 was perhaps the most notorious English example of a rigged election. After learning that Sykes won the election after distributing thousands of pounds of bribes to the voters Mortimer disputed the outcome. Mortimer brought actions against Sykes for twenty-six acts of bribery won his case was awarded 11000. in damages and given his seat in the House of Commons. OCLC locates 8 copies in North America 3 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue N13883. unknown
1809réf. 822571809. One of the Great Scandals of Georgian England Trial. Wardle Gwyllym Lloyd 1762-1833 Reporter. Frederick Augustus Prince Duke of York and Albany 1763-1827 Defendant. A Circumstantial Report of the Evidence and Proceedings Upon the Charges Preferred Against His Royal Highness the Duke of York in the Capacity of Commander in Chief In the Months of February and March 1809. Before the House of Commons. Including the Whole of the Original Letters of His Royal Highness the Duke of York; The Speeches Correctly Taken in Full Of the Various Members; With All the Other Documents Produced in the Course of the Investigation And the Decision of the House of Commons Upon This Very Important Subject. Illustrated by Portraits. Albion Press Edition. London: Printed for James Cundee Ivy-Lane 1809. viii 3-700 pp. Stipple-engraved frontispiece 12 stipple-engraved plates. Complete. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands gilt fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spine edges colored yellow. Negligible light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn small bookseller stamp Lawrance & Hill London to verso of front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in places finger smudges to a few leaves small hale to leaf 3E2 pp. 403-404 with minor loss to text. $350. Only edition. This trial was one of the great scandals of Georgian England. In 1806 it was discovered that Mary Anne Clarke the mistress of Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany 1763-1827 commander-in-chief and the second son of King George III was selling commissions for personal profit presumably with Frederick's cooperation. Investigated by Parliament Frederick was exonerated but he resigned his post however because a large minority voted against him. He was reinstated two years later. Clarke was forced to leave London. She was convicted for libel in 1813 and served a nine-month prison sentence. She then moved to France and spent the rest of her life there. Lloyd a former military officer and the reporter of this account initiated the case as a Member of Parliament. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 26:691. unknown
1693réf. D12884Printed by Edward Jones. and Published by him and Randal Taylor 1693. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Modern half calf and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering on spine; 300x187mm; pp. 4 64. Binding is fine. Text block browned as expected; tiny chips at corners of first two leaves. In December 1692 the young but already dissolute Cornish peer Charles 4th Lord Mohun was involved in a fracas arising from a botched attempt to kidnap the popular actress Anne Bracegirdle. Mohun was acting as accomplice to a young army officer Captain Hill who had taken a fancy to Bracegirdle and decided not to take no for an answer. Their plan to bundle her into a coach was thwarted by the intervention of several of Bracegirdles neighbours but principally by her fellow actor William Mountford. In the ensuing scuffle Mountford was stabbed; he died shortly after. His trial was one of the society events of the year as Mohun had already been part of numerous duels and brawls and tho he was not yet a member of the House his father had been a good Whig and the young Lords future vote was not something that either party were keen to squander. His acquittal proved as sensational as the trial itself had been. One newsletter commented bitterly that a commoner would not have been so fortunate; others debated the intricacies of an attempted appeal that it was thought Mountfords widow intended to lodge but which was expected to be stifled by the Lords. Perhaps most intriguing of all was the conclusion drawn by Queen Mary herself that the verdict was symptomatic of a rot at the very heart of society. Mohun did not learn his lesson. He continued to brawl and only a few years later he was again arrested for another murder of an apparently unrelated Captain Hill. On this occasion he was spared a trial though and took advantage of a royal pardon. Over the next few years he repaid his Whig colleagues trust in him by proving a dependable lieutenant in the House. He may well have been fulfilling precisely the same role when he took the field against the Tory Duke of Hamilton with fatal consequences for both. Printed by Edward Jones... and Published by him and Randal Taylor hardcover
1891réf. 2111902160200342Nihonkan Main Store Tokyo 1891. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Nihonkan Main Store (Tokyo) paperback
réf. 38036Janesville Wis.: Barker Burnett & Hall Printers & Publishers 1855. First edition 8vo 205 x 135 mm 48pp. some light spotting orig. green upper printed wrapper lower wrapper missing disbound. "Mayberry knowing Alger was returning with a sum of money met him on the road in Harmony Wisconsin and killed him with a hatchet while riding with him. Wisconsin had abolished the death penalty and a mob seized Mayberry after his conviction and hanged him in the streets."McDale. McDale The Annals of Murder. Janesville, Wis.: Barker, Burnett & Hall, Printers & Publishers, 1855 unknown
1968réf. 250798Los Angeles 1968. unbound. Autographed first day Olympic Trial Covers signed in full by several athletes who went on to participate in the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City. Each Trial Cover contains a black shadow figure engaging in the participant's sport as well as the athlete's signature. Signatures include George Foreman boxing Deborah Meyer swimming Spencer Heywood basketball Al Oerter discus and Sue Gossick diving. Twenty-one covers total each measuring 3.5 x 6.5 inches. Los Angeles California. Postmarked August 28 1968. Fine condition. unknown
1855réf. 723181855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist Trial. Beale Stephen T. Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis And Judges Black and Woodward On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases And the Letters of Prof. Gibson Prof. Wiltbank Wm. Badger Esq. W.L. Hirst Esq. Rev. Albert Barnes Dr. Henry Boardman &c. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. 30 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet removed from a volume rear wrapper lacking spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text chip to fore-edge of title page at foot with no loss to text. $400. Only edition. This trial account reflects contemporary anxiety about ether which was used for the first time in 1846. Narcissa Mudge claimed she was raped by her dentist Dr. Beale while unconscious from ether during a procedure. Beale was convicted. This account of the trial is written by someone who characterizes the dentist as an innocent victim. He argues that Mudge's accusation was based on false memory a side-effect induced by ether. His case is supported by the testimony concerning the effects of ether by a group of dentists and other authorities. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13774. unknown
1833réf. 784701833. The Last Public Execution in Pennsylvania: McDade 335 Trial. Getter Charles d.1833 Defendant. Trial of Charles Getter For the Murder of His Wife; Late of Forks Township Northampton County And Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In the Court of Oyer and Terminer And General Goal sic Delivery Held at Easton In and For the County of Northampton On the Third Monday of August Anno Domini 1833. Containing the Arguments of Counsel At Length. Reported by a Member of the Easton Bar. Philadelphia: Printed at Alexander's General Printing Office 1833. 71 1 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 4-3/4"; 22.2 x 12 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities light fading to spine front joint starting at head faint offsetting to endleaves. Light toning and light foxing to interior. $400. Only edition. "In this case" McDade writes "the social and civic pressure to make the poor girl an honest woman produced disastrous consequences. Getter held in jail on a charge of fornication and bastardy married Rebecca Lawall when given the choice of doing that or remaining in jail. Six weeks later saddled with a wife he did not want he choked her to death." Getter was the last person to be publicly executed in Pennsylvania; public execution was banned after a public outcry over the indifference of the vast crowd to Getter's hanging. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Yale Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Worcester Trial Court Law Library Jenkins Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 335. unknown
1876réf. 780061876. Boston 1876. Boston 1876. Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas McDade 679 Trial. Miller George d. 1876 Defendant. Glew John Defendant. Smith William d. 1876 Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller John Glew And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell JJ. Boston: Printed Under the Direction of the Clerk of the Court 1876. 141 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Rubbing to spine ends wrappers beginning to detach at ends tiny chip to fore-edge of rear wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places. $400. Only edition. "The Jefferson Borden was bound for London from New Orleans. Corydon Trask Patterson was the mate and in the course of a mutiny he was hit with an iron bar and thrown overboard. The mutiny was suppressed and at this trial Glew was acquitted and Miller and Smith were condemned" McDade. This official account includes the indictment arraignment pleas assignment of counsel to prisoners empaneling of the jury evidence charge to the jury verdict remarks of the Court on passing sentence and the sentences. McDade The Annals of Murder 679. unknown
réf. 19780Note from Lincoln's Inn dated 16 September 1820. Engraving published by A. Wivell 40 Castle Street East Marylebone and T. Kelly 17 Paternoster Row. Undated. ONE: ANS. 1p. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. The second leaf bears the address part of which has been cut away: '<.> Wright Esq <.> Panton Square <.> Coventry Street'. Reads: 'Sir I am much in want of the copies of V. <> & the other speeches & I hope you can let me have my own or other copies I am Your most Obt. Servant Wm. Vizard'. TWO: Engraving of 'Willm. Vizard Esqr. Her Majesty's Solicitor. Engraved by T. Wright from a Drawing by A. Wivell.' At bottom right-hand corner 'P 2/6'. Dimensions of image 9.5 x 8 cm. On 17 x 12 cm paper. Aged and worn with dog-eared corner and slight staining at head. The National Portrait Gallery in London does not hold a copy of this item in its collection. Note from Lincoln's Inn, dated 16 September 1820. Engraving published by A. Wivell, 40 Castle Street, East, Marylebone, and T. K unknown
1817réf. 745791817. 2 titles in 1. 2 titles in 1. High-Stakes 1817 Irish Scandal: A Scarce Pair of "Crim. Con." Pamphlets Defended by Distinguished Anglo-Irish Barrister Phillips Trial. Blake Martin Joseph Defendant. Crim. Con. A Full Faithful & Impartial Report of that Curious Extraordinary and Interesting Trial with Speeches of Counsel and Judge's Charge In the Case Wherein Mark Browne Esq. Was Plaintiff and Martin Jos. Blake Esq. Defendant In an Action of Damages for Crim. Con. With the Plaintiff's Wife. Tried in the Court of Common Pleas Dublin On the 9th and 10th Days of July 1817 Before the Right Honorable Lord Norbury and a Special Jury of the City of Dublin; Damages laid at 30000. Dublin: Printed by J. Charles 1817. 48 pp. Bound with Phillips Charles 1787-1859. The Speech of Charles Phillips Esq. In the Case of Brown Versus Blake for Adultery; Delivered Before Lord Norbury and a Special Jury on the 9th July 1817. Dublin: Printed at the Hibernia Press Office For John Cumming 1817. 31 pp. Octavo 8" x 5"; 20.3 x 12.7cm. Two titles bound together. Stab-stitched pamphlet in later plain wrappers. Two vertical fold lines to front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in places early library stamps to head of page 3 of Crim. Con. verso of title page head of page 7 and verso of final leaf of Speech. A very good copy of two scarce Irish legal pieces. $450. Crim. Con.: First edition; Speech: only edition. A second edition of Crim. Con. was published shortly after in 1817. Although it was a typical adultery trial Browne v. Blake attracted a fair amount of attention because of the high-stakes damages sought 30000 and the fact that Blake's lawyer was Charles Phillips: a leading Anglo-Irish barrister. Phillips was renowned for his oratory and expertise with adultery cases. Phillips successfully secured a defense verdict. Both titles are scarce. OCLC locates 5 copies of Crim. Con. all first editions 1 in a North American law library LA County and no copies of Speech. Crim. Con.: British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 3:582. unknown
1855réf. 821721855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease 1855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease 1855. Rare Account of an 1855 New Haven Murder Case: McDade 178 Trial. Clark Willard d.1855 Defendant. McFarland Henry H. Reporter. Report of the Trial of Willard Clark Indicted for the Murder of Richard W. Wight Before the Superior Court of Connecticut Holden at New Haven On Monday September 17 1855. New Haven: Thomas H. Pease. T.J. Stafford Printer 1855. 217 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 21.6 x 14 cm. Disbound. Moderate toning a few signatures at beginning and end of text block loose light foxing in places light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf residue from wrappers and binding to spine. $450. Only edition. McDade offers a neat summary of this case: "Clark was apparently infatuated with a girl who married Wight. With no warning he shot Wight through the head while Wight was kneeling to tie a bundle. The crime and trial were in New Haven Connecticut; Clark was acquitted on the ground of insanity." OCLC does not locate any printed copies but we found examples at the American Antiquarian Society the University of Michigan Medler Crime Collection Clements Library and Yale Law School. McDade The Annals of Murder 178. unknown
