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1875br., non massicoté et partiellement non coupé, tome IV imprimé sur papier vergé, (t. I et II débrochés, accroc avec ptt. mq. à la couv. du t. IV), int. frais Rare exemplaire de cette source essentielle sur la vie politique entre la Restauration et 1852. Elles ont été établies de manière posthume par son fils, R. Barrot et certains auteurs pensent qu’elles ont été quelque peu expurgées.
1757réf. 22365Paris DURAND 1757 -in-4 plein-veau 6 volumes, reliure plein veau havane marbré et raçiné in-quarto(binding full calfskin in-4) (19,6 x 26,2 cm), dosà nerfs (spine with raised band), décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), pièce de titre et de tomaison sur fond grenat (piece of title) avec double filets "or" en encadrement pour la pièce de titre et avec double filets "or" en encadrement et rinceaux "or" aux angles pour la pièce de tomaison, roulette "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, entre-nerfs à fleuron "or" dans un encadrement d'un double filet "or" avec rinceaux "or" aux angles, roulette "or" en tête et en pied, coiffe supérieure arasée au Tome 1 et léger manque de cuir (moins d'1/10ème de cm) à la coiffe inférieure du Tome 6, double filets "or" sur les coupes, toutes tranches lisses rouges, sans illustrations (no illustrations excepté des bandeaux, lettrinnes et culs-de-lampes historiés gravés sur bois en noir, [XVI (pièces liminaires) + LXII(préface) + 2ff (approbation et privilège) + 699] + [VI + 726 + 1ff (approbation et privilège)] + [VI + 784 + 1ff] + [VIII + 784] + [VIII + 772] + [IV + 776] pages, 1757 à Paris Chez DURAND Libraire Editeur,
réf. 46301 vol. in-8 br. sous couv. d'attente, Sur l'imprimé, De l'Imprimerie de J. M. Cuchet, Imp. Lib. de Mgr. le Duc d'Orléans, & des trois Ordres de la Province de Dauphiné, A Grenoble, 1788, 163 pp., parfait etat reliure demi percaline , avec plats en bradel
4 fort volumes in-4, demi-toile grise, dos lisses, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge. Les quatre premiers volumes qui contiennent les dépositions de témoins. Bon exemplaire, relié, très frais.
réf. 57316, Paris, Daniel Horthemels 1688, in-4, pl. veau brun moucheté, tit. doré sur dos à cinq nerfs, caissons richement ornés de fleurons et arabesques dorés, filets dorés encadrants, lettrines ornées, guirlandes ornementales, bandeaux gravés et vignettes, roulettes dorées sur les coupes, tr. rouge, (mors sup. fendillé, papier parfois acidifié), très bon état, ouvrage bien conservé, (14f.)-762p.+ table.
1658pl. veau brun moucheté de l’époque, dos à nerfs orné de délicates dentelles dorées, tit. doré sur p. de tit. rouge et noire, bandeaux et lettrines, (frottements, éraflures et petites coupures sur les plats, manque à un coin et une coupe, accident à la coiffe de tête, petit trou au dos et coiffe de pied trop courte, accroc à la coiffe de tête, gardes défraîchies, mouillures claires) Il ne faut pas confondre les deux Le Maistre juristes : Gilles Le Maistre fut président du Parlement de Paris à la fin du XVIème siècle alors que celui-ci, Antoine fut avocat au parlement et conseiller au Conseil d’État du Roi. Ses plaidoyers eurent un grand écho au point qu’on les republia encore au XIXème siècle. Ils constituent un bon tableau de la France de la première moitié du XVIIème siècle : plaidoyer pour une fille déshéritée par son père ; pour un fils mis en religion de force, pour l’éducation d’une petite fille du fait d’une séparation de biens ; contre une violence exercée durant la guerre civile ; pour l’exécution du traité de paix entre la France et l’Angleterre. Certains de ces plaidoyers présentent en outre des aspects théoriques tout à fait intéressants, V. tout spécialement le plaidoyer 12 pour montrer que dans le silence d’une coutume on doit plutôt suivre le droit romain que la coutume de Paris (contre l’opinion professée par Dumoulin), le plaidoyer sur l’application du traité entre la France et l’Angleterre qui pose la question de l’application entre particuliers d’un traité entre deux couronnes.
1772réf. 158511772 A Amsterdam chez Michel Rhey 1772. In-12. Pleine basane havane marbrée, dos à nerfs ornés , tranches marbrées, , reliure de l'époque en bel état, nous avons les tomes 3 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 1 5/ 16 / 17 / 18.
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
1840réf. 848861840. Philadelphia: Printed by W.S. Martien 1840. Philadelphia: Printed by W.S. Martien 1840. A Foundational Text of American Family Law: The 1840 d'Hauteville Habeas Corpus Report Trial. D'Hauteville Custody Case. Sears David et al. Defendants. Report of the d'Hauteville Case: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania At the Suggestion of Paul Daniel Gonsalve Grand d'Hauteville Versus David Sears Miriam C. Sears and Ellen Sears Grand d'Hauteville: Habeas Corpus for the Custody of an Infant Child. Philadelphia: Printed by W.S. Martien 1840. 295 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22 x 14 cm. Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards later repair to head of spine. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front joint starting corners bumped and lightly worn early owner name "Clara A. Coolidge" to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to foot of text block. A very good copy. $450. Only edition. The d'Hauteville case was a 19th-century cause celebre that pitted an American heiress against her Swiss aristocratic husband in a battle that transfixed the Atlantic world. When Ellen Sears fled her 'tyrannical' husband to give birth in Philadelphia she challenged the centuries-old legal tradition of patria potestas-the absolute right of the father to his children. This report documents the court's revolutionary decision to prioritize the child's welfare over the father's 'property' rights. It is a cornerstone of American jurisprudence cited for decades as the origin of the 'Tender Years Doctrine' and the shift toward maternal custody for infants. This copy bears the contemporary ownership signature of Clara A. Coolidge likely of the prominent Boston family. Her possession of this specific report is noteworthy as the d'Hauteville case became a rallying cry for elite 19th-century women navigating the restrictive laws of coverture and custodial rights. See Grossberg A Judgment for Solomon: The d'Hauteville Case and Legal Experience in Antebellum America. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11423. unknown
1841réf. 816021841. From the Library of a Notable Worcester Doctor and Bibliophile Trial. Darnes William P. Defendant. Nelson Thomas S. Reporter. A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial of William P. Darnes On an Indictment Found by the Grand Jury of St. Louis County At the September Term 1840 Of the Criminal Court of Said County On a Charge of Manslaughter in the Third Degree For the Death of Andrew J. Davis Late of Northboro' Mass. In the City of St. Louis On the First of June 1840. Boston: Printed by Tuttle Dennett & Chisholm 1841. 269 pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later quarter cloth front and rear wrappers of pamphlet affixed to front and rear boards library shelf label to foot of spine. Light rubbing soiling and a few minor stains to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends corners and foot of front board hinges cracked front free endpaper detached. Light toning to interior light spotting in places tiny stain and embossed owner stamp of John Green M.D. to title page library discard inkstamp to verso of title page other embossed Green stamps to front wrapper and rear endleaf. $450. Second and final edition one of two issues both in 1841. Davis was the well-known owner of a St. Louis newspaper that published several highly critical columns about Darnes an important local politician. Enraged Darnes attacked Davis on the street with an iron rod striking him in the head. Davis was rushed to a hospital but died a few days later. Darnes was indicted. The trial lasted two weeks and engaged some of the best lawyers and medical experts in the area. The case turned on whether Davis died from the blow or his medical treatment. Both sides offered a strong case. In the end Darnes was convicted of fourth-degree manslaughter and fined $500. Our copy belonged to John Green III MD 1784-1864. A member of a distinguished Worcester MA family Dr. Green was an avid bibliophile and the founder of the Worcester Public Library to which he donated his personal library of nearly 12000 titles. This case not in McDade. Stevens St. Louis The Fourth City 1764-1911 I:369-370. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1057. unknown
1839réf. 738111839. Murder at Sea Trial. Ehlert Jacob Frederich Defendant. Sunderland Murder. The Trial of Jacob Frederich Ehlert For the Murder of Capt. Johan Fredrick Berkholdz Of the Ship Phoenix While Asleep in his Cabin On the Night of the 12th of June 1839. Convicted on the Evidence of his Accomplice Daniel Fredrick Muller. With an Account of His Execution. &c. Durham: Printed by George Walker 1839. 24 pp. Octavo 6-3/4" x 3-3/4". Unsewn pamphlet edges untrimmed. Light toning light foxing in a few places light soiling to edges light edgewear to bottom edge fold line to bottom right corner of final leaf which is starting to separate at ends but secure. $450. Only edition. Ehlert a sailor on the Norwegian brigantine Phoenix murdered the ship's captain Johann Friedrich Berkholdz while he was sleeping and threw the body overboard. The apparent motive was robbery as Muller his accomplice and a witness to the event later testified. Our account concerns Ehlert's trial and execution and ends with a poignant description of Captain Berkholdz's tombstone and the epitaph there. OCLC locates 8 copies 4 in North America Harvard Harvard Law School Harvard Medical School Princeton. unknown
1808réf. 734641808. Adultery Trial Involving a Wealthy Heiress A Member of Parliament and the Diplomat who Acquired the Elgin Marbles Trial. Ferguson William Robert 1769-1840 Defendant. An Authentic Account of the Proceedings Under a Writ of Enquiry of Damages In an Action in the Court of King's Bench In Which the Right Hon. The Earl of Elgin was Plaintiff And William Ferguson Esq. Defendant For Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife: Executed Before the Sheriff of Middlesex And a Special Jury On the 22d of December 1807: Verdict .10000. London: Printed for J. Hatchard 1808. Only edition. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.6 x 12.7cm. ii 113 1 pp. Stab-stitched pamphlet edges untrimmed bound in later red pebbled cloth gilt title to spine. Some bubbling to boards. Small bookseller's ticket and bookplate of Geoffrey Briggs to front pastedown. Front hinge cracked after title page but secure. Moderate toning to interior negligible light foxing to a few leaves light soiling to first and final pages. A very good copy. $450. Only edition of a highly public high-society "Criminal Conversation." Mary Hamilton Bruce 1778-1855 Countess of Elgin was the wife of British diplomat Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin 1766-1841 best known for his acquisition of the sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens the Elgin Marbles. Ferguson also spelled "Fergusson" was a Whig Member of Parliament and an amateur geologist. When the earl discovered his wife's affair with Ferguson he sued him and won 10000 almost 1000000. today. A divorce followed and Ferguson married her on 20 April 1808. Our copy was owned by Sir Geoffrey Briggs 1914-1993 an English lawyer and judge who served as Chief Justice of Hong Kong and Brunei. Accounts of this trial are scarce including ours. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Minnesota Library of Congress. unknown
1917réf. 797951917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assn. 1917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assn. 1917. The Trial of America's Most Famous Anarchists Trial. Goldman Emma 1869-1940 Defendant. Berkman Alexander 1870-1936 Defendant. Anarchism on Trial: Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Before the United States District Court in the City of New York July 1917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association 1917. 87 9 pp. With 2 portraits of Berkman and Goldman and 9 pp. of publisher advertisements. Pamphlet in printed wrappers bound in recent quarter cloth over plain paper boards typed label to front board endpapers added 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" publisher's advertisement for this title laid in. Light shelfwear cloth starting to separate from rear board at head library bookplate to inner front board. Light toning to interior faint offsetting to front wrapper small clean tear to upper corner of title page which has punch and ink library stamps not affecting text small chips and tears to fore-edge of laid-in sheet. $450. Only edition. Published by Goldman's anarchist magazine Mother Earth this pamphlet documents the trial of anarchist activists Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman who were outspoken opponents of U.S. entry into World War I and called for men to refuse conscription. Both were found guilty of violating the Espionage Act which punished obstruction of the draft or encouragement of disloyalty to the United States. They were sentenced to two years in prison and a $10000 fine. Both were deported to Russia upon their release under the terms of the 1918 Anarchist Exclusion Act. Titled "The Present Situation in re Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman" the laid-in sheet encourages all "sufficiently interested in free speech and fair play" to circulate Anarchism on Trial and donate funds towards an appeal. unknown
1681réf. 809481681. The Cartoonist Executed: The Treason Trial of the "Protestant Joiner" Trial. College Colledge Stephen c.1635-1681. The Arraignment Tryal and Condemnation of Stephen Colledge for High-Treason In Conspiring the Death of the King The Levying of War And the Subversion of the Government. Before the Right Honourable Sr. Francis North Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas And Other Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery Held at the City of Oxon for the County of Oxon The 17th and 18th of August 1681. London: Printed for Thomas Bassett at the George in Fleetstreet And John Fish Near the Golden Tun in the Strand 1681. vi 30 27-62 69-84 79-102 pp. Pagination irregular. With imprimatur leaf. Folio 12-1/4" x 7-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent paper-covered boards pebbled-cloth spine with calf lettering piece endpapers renewed. Light browning to interior light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf minor worming near foot of gutter of first half of text block chipping to corners of several leaves notable chipping to edges of title page following leaf and final leaf of text corrections to page numbers in recent penciled hand to several leaves. $450. First and only contemporary edition. College a fine carpenter famously known as the "Protestant Joiner" was a radical Whig activist and inventor of the "Protestant Flail." This trial represents a peak in the Exclusion Crisis hysteria; after a London grand jury famously returned an "Ignoramus" refusal to indict verdict the Crown moved the proceedings to Oxford to ensure a conviction. Notably College's own satirical prints were used as evidence against him-a rare instance of political cartoons serving as a basis for a treason charge. He was subsequently executed via hanging drawing and quartering. English Short-Title Catalogue R015865. unknown
1807réf. 829601807. London 1807. London 1807. A Presentation Copy from the Author with an Additional Folding Map Not in Other Copies Trial. Harmer James 1777-1853. Holloway John d. 1807 Defendant. Haggerty Owen d. 1807 Defendant. Murder of Mr. Steele. Documents and Observations Tending to Shew a Probability of the Innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty Who Were Executed on Monday the 23d of February 1807 As the Murderers of the Above Gentleman. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by M. Jones 1807. iv 89 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.5 x 13 cm. Bound after Kinnard W. Jr. Plan of a Part of Hounslow Heath. By W. Kinnard Junior. In Relation to the Murder of Mr. Steele. S.l.: S.n. 1807. 2 ff. Octavo 5" x 3-1/2"; 13 x 9 cm. With a folding map of Hounslow Heath. Later buckram gilt title to spine endleaves added. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places small blind-embossed library stamp "Grendon Hall" to first few leaves creasing to map its upper right corner lacking without loss to image manuscript docket to its verso inscription "George Chetwynd/ from the Author" to head of title page slightly affected by trimming. $450. THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION. Only edition. James Harmer was one of the most prominent criminal defense lawyers of early 19th-century London later serving as an alderman and Sheriff of London. His immense knowledge of Old Bailey proceedings and his formidable court presence directly inspired Charles Dickens when creating the shrewd attorney Mr. Jaggers in Great Expectations. Driven by his extensive trial experience Harmer became a relentless crusader against wrongful convictions and an outspoken advocate for the reform of English criminal procedure. This work represents Harmer's meticulous investigation into the 1802 murder of lavender merchant John Steele on Hounslow Heath. John Holloway and Owen Haggerty were convicted entirely on circumstantial evidence and the dubious testimony of a paid informer. Despite public doubts-including Harmer's forceful evidence presented in this volume-both men were hanged at Newgate on February 23 1807. The trial captivated London to a sensational degree: an estimated 40000 spectators gathered for the execution. The dense crowd panic. unknown
1918réf. 823221918. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. An Important Trial for Organized Labor Trial. Haywood William 1869-1928. Evidence and Cross-Examination of William D. Haywood in the Case of the U.S.A. vs. Wm. D. Haywood et al. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. 312 pp. Portrait. Stapled in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling and faint creasing to wrappers owner signature Olga S. Halsey and small tear to head of front wrapper faint stain to rear wrapper tearing to spine. Light toning partial crack in text block after title page all leaves secure internally clean. $450. The Haywood trial concerned the murder of Frank R. Steunenberg who had called in federal troops to break miners' strikes as former governor of Idaho. Harry Orchard a former member of the Western Federation of Miners confessed to the crime but when threatened with hanging claimed that he had committed the murder on the orders of senior members of WFM leadership including William "Big Bill" Haywood. Haywood and two other men implicated in the plot were extradited to Idaho from Colorado and tried for murder. The trial became a flashpoint for organized labor. Famed American attorney Clarence Darrow led Haywood's defense successfully undermining Orchard's character and securing an acquittal after one of the passionate closing summaries that would become his trademark as an attorney. Olga Spencer Halsey c.1889-1970 the probable former owner of this item was a social scientist and researcher for the American Association for Labor Legislation. A passionate advocate of health insurance reform she drafted some of the first health insurance legislation in the U.S. unknown
1813réf. 566161813. 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
1822réf. 763231822. Clifford's Inn Seeks an Exemption from Poor Rates Trial. Hickin John. The Trial of an Action of Trespass in the Court of Common Pleas Guildhall Before the Right Honorable Lord Chief Justice Dallace and a Special Jury On the 28th of July 1821 Between John Allen Esq. Plaintiff And Frederick Waller and John Shaw Overseers of the Poor of St. Dunstan's in the West Defendants Respecting the Liability of the Honorable Society of Clifford's Inn to Payment of Rates for the Relief of the Poor; To Which are Prefixed Observations on the Liability of Places Usually Termed Extra Parochial Including the Inns of Court and Chancery To Payment of Poor Rates. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son 1822. viii lxxxix 1 79 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Near-contemporary pebbled cloth institutional name and seal to boards rebacked retaining existing spine with gilt title endpapers renewed. Faint dampstain to upper outside corner of rear board light rubbing to extremities light wear to corners library bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing faint dampstain to upper outside corner of first three leaves early underlining and annotations in several places a few affected by trimming ownership signature of John Jopson to title page which has a small ink library stamp along with a few other leaves. $450. Only edition. Extra-parochial areas such as universities and the Inns of Court were geographically defined areas considered to be outside of ecclesiastical or civil parishes and thus exempt from certain payments such as tithes or poor rates. As these areas became populated it became increasingly difficult to provide the governance and assistance to residents that parishes traditionally maintained. In 1822 Clifford's Inn sued after being assessed a poor rate. It was determined by the court that Clifford's Inn was functioning as part of the parish of St. Dunstan's in the West and the case was dismissed as a nonsuit. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Pennsylvania Social Law. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:165. unknown
1776réf. 802001776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. In Original Wrappers Trial. Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788 Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers In Westminster-Hall In Full-Parliament On Monday the 15th Tuesday the 16th Friday the 19th Saturday the 20th and Monday the 22d of April 1776; On the Last of Which Days the Said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was Found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Charles Bathurst 1776. iv 176 pp. Title page preceded by imprimatur leaf. Folio 15" x 10"; 38 x 25.4 cm. Original wrappers untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior light wear to spine ends moderate soiling to edges light toning to interior. A very good copy uncommon in wrappers. $450. Only edition. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. Famous because of this trial Kingston was often depicted directly or indirectly in popular and serious literature. She is believed to have been the inspiration William Makepeace Thackeray's character of Beatrix Esmond Baroness Bernstein in The History of Henry Esmond and The Virginians. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. English Short-Title Catalogue T92941. unknown
1882réf. 745731882. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. "One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 Trial. Kring Charles F. 1845-1883 Defendant. Kring Eugene. Love and Law In Two Parts. Part I. The Only True History of the Killing of Mrs. Dora C.J. Broemser by Chas. F. Kring: Together with the Autobiography of the Latter: Part II. Missouri's Fraud; Or The Full and Complete Legal History of the Case of the State of Missouri vs. Chas. F. Kring: Embracing a Description of the Many Trials and Appeals Together with Law Points Involved and Appellate Court's Decisions Thereon. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. 200 6 pp. 2 woodcut frontispieces. 14 woodcut plates. Final 5 pp. are advertisements. Octavo 9" x 6". Publisher's flexible cloth blind frame and gilt title to front cover which is detached. Light rubbing and a few spots to covers heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends early owner bookplate of T.J. Silvius to front pastedown his signature to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing to a few leaves fold lines and small chips to upper outside corners of preliminaries and first four leaves of main text. $450. Only edition. "Kring's case is one of those legal marathons peculiar to the United States. Infatuated with but rejected by Mrs. Broemser he shot her on January 4 1875. The death sentence in trial number 1 was reversed. Trials number 2 and 3 were mistrials. At trial number 4 Kring pled guilty to second-degree murder but after receiving a twenty-five-year sentence he got that reversed. At trial number 5 he received his second death sentence which the United States Supreme Court reversed in October 1882 by a five-to-four vote" McDade. This copy probably belonged to the T.J. Silvius who was a printer and publisher in Sunbury Pennsylvania Thomas J. Silvius 1854-1937. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Columbia Harvard St. John's University. Bell History of Northumberland County Pennsylvania 845-46. McDade The Annals of Murder 576. unknown
1875réf. 826551875. The Only Published Account of an 1873 Murder Near Syracuse New York: McDade 628 Trial. Linsday Owen Defendant. Tinsley Charles G. Reporter. Morgan Frederick J. Reporter. The Baldwinsville Homicide. Verbatim Report of the Trial of Owen Linsday For the Murder of Francis A. Colvin Containing the Testimony in Full; Opening and Closing Speeches of Counsel; Charge to the Jury &c. Printed from the Minutes of the Official Reporters. Also Accurate Likenesses of Linsday Colvin and Vader Engraved from Photographs Recently Taken. Syracuse NY: Published by Tinsley & Morgan Official Stenographers to the Supreme Court Truair Smith & Co. Printers 1875. 268 pp. Text in double columns. 6 plates. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers publisher advertisement to verso of rear wrapper fragment of early owner label to spine. Moderate soiling edgewear and a few small chips to wrappers spine ends abraded rear wrapper beginning to detach at ends. "C.F. Libby" in early hand to head of front wrapper price at its foot struck through. Moderate toning to interior corner folds and light edgewear to first few leaves of text block "Copy of Mayor Charles F. Libby of Portland Me." in small early penciled hand to head of title page. $450. Only edition of the only published account. In 1873 with the assistance of Vader Linsday contrived a plan to murder Colvin and steal his money a nest egg of about $3000 that he always kept with him. Linsday fatally struck Colvin in the back of his head with an axe then he and Vader sunk Colvin's body in the Seneca River and told people afterwards that Colvin left town to live in Syracuse. The crime was detected when the body was discovered two years later. Vader confessed in exchange for testimony and the charges against him were dropped. Linsday was convicted and hanged. Libby 1844-1915 a Maine lawyer and politician was Portland's mayor in 1882 and president of the American Bar Association from 1909 to 1910. He served in the Maine Senate from 1889 to 1892 and was the Senate's president from 1891 to 1892. Tinsley and Morgan's is the only published account of this case excepting reports in periodicals. OCLC locates 10 copies in law libraries Brooklyn Law School Harvard NY State Appellate Court NY State Supreme Court Northwestern Trial Cour. unknown
1807réf. 784721807. Bowie Ralph former owner. Bowie Ralph former owner. A Card Game and a Libel Case Trial. Livingston Maturin 1769-1847 Plaintiff. Cheetham James 1772-1810 Defendant. Sampson William 1764-1836 Reporter. The Trial of the Hon Maturin Livingston Esq. Against James Cheetham For a Libel; Held at the Sittings On the Twenty Eighth of Nov. 1807 Before the Hon. Judge Spencer. Taken in Short Hand. New York: Printed and Published by S. Gould Law Bookseller and Law Stationer 1807. 63 1 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning light foxing in a few places title page detached and lightly edgeworn early owner signature "R. Bowie" affected by trimming to its head. $450. Only edition. Livingston a member of the prominent Livingston family was a New York City lawyer and politician. "Cheetham was accused of libeling Livingston by charging in the Republican Watch Tower 14 September 1805 that the latter cheated at cards. The defendant was found guilty and fined $1000" McCoy. The R. Bowie who owned this pamphlet may be Ralph Bowie 1755-1816. Born and educated in Scotland he emigrated to the United States in the early 1780s for political reasons and established himself in York Pennsylvania where he became a connected and well-respected attorney. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11994. McCoy Freedom of the Press C296. unknown
1843réf. 822711843. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. The Only Mutiny Plot That Occurred on a U.S. Navy Ship Trial. MacKenzie Alexander Slidell 1803-1848 Defendant. Case of the Somers' Mutiny. Defence of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie Commander of the U.S. Brig Somers Before the Court Martial Held at the Navy Yard Brooklyn. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. 30 11 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling a few minor stains to exterior spine ends abraded faint traces of erased penciled annotation to front wrapper. Light toning to interior light foxing to p. ii. A well-preserved copy. $450. First and only edition. This trial concerns the only time a mutiny plot was discovered on a U.S. Navy ship. "Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was a career naval officer and author of many books. In 1842 while he was commander of the brig Somers Mackenzie executed three members of his crew for allegedly plotting a mutiny. The three Philip Spencer Samuel Cromwell and Elisha Small were executed without a hearing. The incident aroused much public interest and criticism since Spencer was the son of the secretary of war John C. Spencer. Although a court of inquiry cleared Mackenzie the secretary of the navy charged him with murder. A court martial held at Mackenzie's request found him innocent" Cohen. Because it was the first and as time would show only attempted mutiny in the history of the U.S. Navy this case attracted a fair amount of subsequent attention most recently Philip McFarland's 1985 account Sea Dangers: The Affair of the Somers. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13563. unknown
1857réf. 694891857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Bell Luther V. 1806-1862. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling and a few minor marks to exterior wear to spine ends and corners a few small chips to wrappers and edges of a few leaves moderate toning to interior. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He left a will made in 1842 that had been amended with three codicils signed by him some time after suffering a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested on the grounds of mental impairment. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At time of this pamphlet's publication Bell was president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a former superintendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane near Boston. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow containing this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown
