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1825réf. 829431825. Nottingham: Sutton and Son 1825. Nottingham: Sutton and Son 1825. An Early And Unsuccessful Insanity Defense for the Impulsive Murder of a Woman Trial. Dewey Thomas d.1825 Defendant. A Copious Report of the Trial of Thomas Dewey For the Wilful Murder of Maria Austin Before the Hon. James Allan Park Knt. On Monday July 25 1825 At the Town Hall Nottingham. To Which is Added Some Particulars of His Life Character Behaviour And Execution. Copied from the Nottingham Review With Some Additions. Nottingham: Printed and Sold by Sutton and Son Review Office 1825. 22 pp. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 3-3/4"; 16.5 x 9.5 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior a few creases to rear wrapper faint dampstaining along spine and head of text block around gutter. A very good copy overall. $500. Only edition. Thomas Dewey stabbed Maria Austin a neighbor and acquaintance after a quarrel in which she told him not to order her children about. Dewey claimed insanity and several witnesses testified to this effect but the judge and jury disagreed. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Though it was unclear at trial whether a romantic connection between the two existed at the time of the murder the account appended to the trial in our work suggests that Dewey was a womanizer jealous of Austin's husband from whom she was estranged. It concludes with a poem titled "The Morning of Execution." OCLC locates 7 copies of this scarce title 3 in North America Harvard Law School Library of Congress University of Kansas. Library Hub locates no additional copies. unknown
1825réf. 829431825. Nottingham: Sutton and Son 1825. Nottingham: Sutton and Son 1825. An Early And Unsuccessful Insanity Defense for the Impulsive Murder of a Woman Trial. Dewey Thomas d.1825 Defendant. A Copious Report of the Trial of Thomas Dewey For the Wilful Murder of Maria Austin Before the Hon. James Allan Park Knt. On Monday July 25 1825 At the Town Hall Nottingham. To Which is Added Some Particulars of His Life Character Behaviour And Execution. Copied from the Nottingham Review With Some Additions. Nottingham: Printed and Sold by Sutton and Son Review Office 1825. 22 pp. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 3-3/4"; 16.5 x 9.5 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior a few creases to rear wrapper faint dampstaining along spine and head of text block around gutter. A very good copy overall. $500. Only edition. Thomas Dewey stabbed Maria Austin a neighbor and acquaintance after a quarrel in which she told him not to order her children about. Dewey claimed insanity and several witnesses testified to this effect but the judge and jury disagreed. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Though it was unclear at trial whether a romantic connection between the two existed at the time of the murder the account appended to the trial in our work suggests that Dewey was a womanizer jealous of Austin's husband from whom she was estranged. It concludes with a poem titled "The Morning of Execution." OCLC locates 7 copies of this scarce title 3 in North America Harvard Law School Library of Congress University of Kansas. Library Hub locates no additional copies. unknown books
1825réf. 742171825. A "Fatal Catastrophe" in Nottingham Trial. Dewey Thomas d.1825 Defendant. A Copious Report of the Trial of Thomas Dewey For the Wilful Murder of Maria Austin Before the Hon. James Allan Park Knt. On Monday July 25 1825 At the Town Hall Nottingham. To Which is Added Some Particulars of His Life Character Behaviour And Execution. Copied from the Nottingham Review With Some Additions. Nottingham: Printed and Sold by Sutton and Son Review Office 1825. 22 pp. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 3-3/4. Stab-stitched pamphlet resewn into recent plain wrappers recent white label with shelf mark to front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior library stamp to verso of title page several leaves trimmed close on right margin with no loss to text very light foxing to last few leaves small tear to fore-edge of title page not affecting text. $500. Only edition. Thomas Dewey stabbed Maria Austin a neighbor and acquaintance after a quarrel in which she told him not to order her children about. Dewey claimed insanity and several witnesses testified to this effect but the judge and jury disagreed. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Though it was unclear at trial whether a romantic connection between the two existed at the time of the murder the account appended to the trial in our work suggests that Dewey was a womanizer jealous of Austin's husband from whom she was estranged. It concludes with a poem titled "The Morning of Execution." OCLC locates 7 copies of this scarce title 3 in North America Harvard Law School Library of Congress University of Kansas. Library Hub locates no additional copies. unknown books
1767réf. 727311767. London: for W. Griffin 1767. 56 23 1 pp. London: for W. Griffin 1767. 56 23 1 pp. A Sensational Inheritance Case Trial. Douglas Cause. A Concise Narrative of the Proceedings in the Douglas Cause: With Remarks Upon the Memorials: In a Letter to a Friend. London: Printed for W. Griffin 1767. 56 23 1 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Light toning light soiling to exterior light foxing in a few places a few creases to final leaf. $500. First edition. The "Douglas Cause" which involved claims on the estate of Duke Douglas was one of the most sensational Scottish trials of the eighteenth century. Douglas died without issue leaving his sister Lady Jane Douglas the heir presumptive. His relatives the Hamiltons had hoped to lay claim to the estate but were foiled when Lady Jane had twin sons at the age of 50. A bitter dispute ensued over whether these children were in fact legitimate but the case was decided against the Hamiltons and the estate went to Lady Jane's surviving child Archibald Stewart Douglas. This was a rancorous case which attracted a great deal of public attention most of it sympathetic to the young Douglas. A second edition was published later the same year. English Short-Title Catalogue T184001. unknown
1767réf. 727311767. London: for W. Griffin 1767. 56 23 1 pp. London: for W. Griffin 1767. 56 23 1 pp. A Sensational Inheritance Case Trial. Douglas Cause. A Concise Narrative of the Proceedings in the Douglas Cause: With Remarks Upon the Memorials: In a Letter to a Friend. London: Printed for W. Griffin 1767. 56 23 1 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Light toning light soiling to exterior light foxing in a few places a few creases to final leaf. $500. First edition. The "Douglas Cause" which involved claims on the estate of Duke Douglas was one of the most sensational Scottish trials of the eighteenth century. Douglas died without issue leaving his sister Lady Jane Douglas the heir presumptive. His relatives the Hamiltons had hoped to lay claim to the estate but were foiled when Lady Jane had twin sons at the age of 50. A bitter dispute ensued over whether these children were in fact legitimate but the case was decided against the Hamiltons and the estate went to Lady Jane's surviving child Archibald Stewart Douglas. This was a rancorous case which attracted a great deal of public attention most of it sympathetic to the young Douglas. A second edition was published later the same year. English Short-Title Catalogue T184001. unknown books
1836réf. 802841836. A Poisoning in Pennsylvania: McDade 280 Trial. Earls John 1802-1836 Defendant. Packer William F. Reporter Editor. Cummings Alexander Jr. Reporter Editor. Report of the Trial and Conviction of John Earls For the Murder of His Wife Catharine Earls Late of Muncy Creek Township Lycoming County Pennsylvania; In the Court of Oyer and Terminer Held at Williamsport For Lycoming County February Term 1836. Including the Arguments of Counsel At Length; Together with the Confession of the Prisoner. Williamsport PA: Printed by the Publishers Packer and Cummings 1836. iv 188 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Contemporary quarter sheep over paper-covered boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light soiling spotting and a few minor stains to boards joints cracked wear to spine ends edges of lettering piece and fore-edges of boards edges corners bumped front hinge partially cracked. Moderate toning to interior light browning in places light foxing to a few leaves "G.W. Stout/ from Elisha Allis/ Oct: 5 1870" to front pastedown. $500. Only edition. Earls murdered his wife with poison and this trial account discusses poisons at length. McDade notes: "Earls' motive was the usual other-woman. He gave as his reason for purchasing the poison 'to kill mink and muskrats' an imaginative variant. He poisoned his wife the day after she gave birth." "G.W. Stout" is likely George W. Stout 1830-1906 a prominent Easton Pennsylvania lawyer. The giver is likely Elisha Allis 1832-1893 also a resident of Easton. His wife Sarah was the daughter of William F. Packer 1807-1870 one of the reporters of our account who later became the governor of Pennsylvania. McDade The Annals of Murder 280. unknown
1836réf. 802841836. A Poisoning in Pennsylvania: McDade 280 Trial. Earls John 1802-1836 Defendant. Packer William F. Reporter Editor. Cummings Alexander Jr. Reporter Editor. Report of the Trial and Conviction of John Earls For the Murder of His Wife Catharine Earls Late of Muncy Creek Township Lycoming County Pennsylvania; In the Court of Oyer and Terminer Held at Williamsport For Lycoming County February Term 1836. Including the Arguments of Counsel At Length; Together with the Confession of the Prisoner. Williamsport PA: Printed by the Publishers Packer and Cummings 1836. iv 188 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Contemporary quarter sheep over paper-covered boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light soiling spotting and a few minor stains to boards joints cracked wear to spine ends edges of lettering piece and fore-edges of boards edges corners bumped front hinge partially cracked. Moderate toning to interior light browning in places light foxing to a few leaves "G.W. Stout/ from Elisha Allis/ Oct: 5 1870" to front pastedown. $500. Only edition. Earls murdered his wife with poison and this trial account discusses poisons at length. McDade notes: "Earls' motive was the usual other-woman. He gave as his reason for purchasing the poison 'to kill mink and muskrats' an imaginative variant. He poisoned his wife the day after she gave birth." "G.W. Stout" is likely George W. Stout 1830-1906 a prominent Easton Pennsylvania lawyer. The giver is likely Elisha Allis 1832-1893 also a resident of Easton. His wife Sarah was the daughter of William F. Packer 1807-1870 one of the reporters of our account who later became the governor of Pennsylvania. McDade The Annals of Murder 280. unknown books
1824réf. 699621824. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. The Trial and Execution of Henry Fauntleroy: A Landmark Case in British Financial History Trial Fauntleroy Henry 1785-1824 Defendant. Egan Pierce 1772-1849 Reporter. Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of Mr.Fauntleroy For Forgery At the Session's-House In the Old Bailey On Saturday The 30th of October 1824 Before Mr.Justice Park and Mr.Baron Garrow. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". 67 1 pp. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and edgewear; moderate toning to text. Minor chips and tears to a few leaf margins not affecting text. Early ownership signature and "5" to head of title page. A very good copy. $500. Only edition. Henry Fauntleroy was a prominent English banker whose conviction for forgery became a cause celebre. Though he admitted to the acts he maintained they were committed solely to sustain his firm's credit. Despite the testimony of numerous merchants to his character and multiple appeals for clemency he was executed in November 1824. He remains one of the last individuals in Great Britain to be hanged for forgery before it ceased to be a capital offense in 1836. The ownership inscription on the title page belongs to "Thos. Fisher / 3 Union Street / Bath" likely Thomas Fisher 1787-1863 a mid-nineteenth-century British solicitor. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 9:70. unknown
1824réf. 699621824. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. The Trial and Execution of Henry Fauntleroy: A Landmark Case in British Financial History Trial Fauntleroy Henry 1785-1824 Defendant. Egan Pierce 1772-1849 Reporter. Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of Mr.Fauntleroy For Forgery At the Session's-House In the Old Bailey On Saturday The 30th of October 1824 Before Mr.Justice Park and Mr.Baron Garrow. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". 67 1 pp. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and edgewear; moderate toning to text. Minor chips and tears to a few leaf margins not affecting text. Early ownership signature and "5" to head of title page. A very good copy. $500. Only edition. Henry Fauntleroy was a prominent English banker whose conviction for forgery became a cause celebre. Though he admitted to the acts he maintained they were committed solely to sustain his firm's credit. Despite the testimony of numerous merchants to his character and multiple appeals for clemency he was executed in November 1824. He remains one of the last individuals in Great Britain to be hanged for forgery before it ceased to be a capital offense in 1836. The ownership inscription on the title page belongs to "Thos. Fisher / 3 Union Street / Bath" likely Thomas Fisher 1787-1863 a mid-nineteenth-century British solicitor. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 9:70. unknown books
1886réf. 742401886. The Personal Copy of the Author who was the Attorney General at the Time Trial. Goodwin Henry K. Defendant. Sherman Edgar J. 1834-1914. Commonwealth vs. Henry K. Goodwin: Charged by Indictment with the Wilful Murder of Albert D. Swan: Eighth Day of the Trial Before Charles Allen and William S. Gardner Justices. Edgar J. Sherman Attorney General Henry F. Hurlburt District Attorney For the Government. Benjamin F. Butler John P. Sweeney For the Prisoner. Argument of the Attorney General In Behalf of the Government. Lawrence MA: American Electric Job Print 1886. 43 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4"; 22.2 x 14.6 cm. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling a few tiny stains and moderate edgewear and chipping to wrappers which are partially detached but secure owner signature in faint pencil Edgar J. Sherman to front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior folds to lower outside corners of first 8 leaves. A very good copy. $500. Only edition. Goodwin shot Swan because he thought Swan was trying to cheat him out of his patents relating to the telephone. He was convicted of second degree murder. This pamphlet contains the argument of Edgar J. Sherman who led the state's case against Swan. It appears to have been his personal copy. Attorney general of Massachusetts from 1883 to 1887 Sherman went on to serve as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. This is a rare title. OCLC locates 5 copies 1 in a law library Social Law. McDade The Annals of Murder 360. unknown
1886réf. 742401886. The Personal Copy of the Author who was the Attorney General at the Time Trial. Goodwin Henry K. Defendant. Sherman Edgar J. 1834-1914. Commonwealth vs. Henry K. Goodwin: Charged by Indictment with the Wilful Murder of Albert D. Swan: Eighth Day of the Trial Before Charles Allen and William S. Gardner Justices. Edgar J. Sherman Attorney General Henry F. Hurlburt District Attorney For the Government. Benjamin F. Butler John P. Sweeney For the Prisoner. Argument of the Attorney General In Behalf of the Government. Lawrence MA: American Electric Job Print 1886. 43 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4"; 22.2 x 14.6 cm. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling a few tiny stains and moderate edgewear and chipping to wrappers which are partially detached but secure owner signature in faint pencil Edgar J. Sherman to front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior folds to lower outside corners of first 8 leaves. A very good copy. $500. Only edition. Goodwin shot Swan because he thought Swan was trying to cheat him out of his patents relating to the telephone. He was convicted of second degree murder. This pamphlet contains the argument of Edgar J. Sherman who led the state's case against Swan. It appears to have been his personal copy. Attorney general of Massachusetts from 1883 to 1887 Sherman went on to serve as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. This is a rare title. OCLC locates 5 copies 1 in a law library Social Law. McDade The Annals of Murder 360. unknown books
1814réf. 712731814. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Divorce and the Conflict of Laws Trial. Gordon Mary Margaret Pye Alleyne H. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial Court of Scotland By the Honourable the Judges of that Court In the Divorce Cause of Mrs. Mary Margaret Gordon Or Pye The Wife Against Lieut. Col. Pye The Husband As Printed in the Appendix of the Lord Advocate's Petition to the Court of Session in Scotland. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-3/4". Disbound. Light soiling to exterior light rubbing to extremities "11" in early hand to head of title page. Moderate toning to interior faint spotting to a few leaves. $500. Only edition. An interesting case that involved the conflict of English and Scottish divorce law Gordon v. Pye held that a Scottish court did not have the power to dissolve the marriage of two English subjects who married in England and were currently living there. It is one of a group of Scottish cases cited by Story in his discussion of marriage in Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws 1834. No print copies of this report located on OCLC. Library Hub locates a printed copy at the British Library. We located additional printed copies at Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown
1814réf. 684431814. Canterbury 1814. Canterbury 1814. Manslaughter on the Parade Ground Trial. Gordon William Defendant. The Trial of Major William Gordon Of the 2d Or Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards On a Charge of the Murder of George Gregory A Private in the Same Regiment at the Guildhall Sandwich On Friday April 15 1814. As Taken by a Short Hand Writer. Canterbury: Printed by Rouse Kirkby and Lawrence 1814. iv 145 pp. Octavo 8-5/8" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and fragment of paper shelf label to spine. Light soiling light staining to spine and front joint which is starting at head front joint cracked title page partially detached. Moderate toning faint dampstaining to corners of a few leaves moderate soiling library stamp and a few minor stains to title page a few library annotations to verso. $500. Only edition. Gordon fatally impaled Private Gregory on his sword during a review on a parade ground. At first it appeared that Gordon used excessive force when the private fell out of ranks. The trial showed that Gregory his reflexes impaired by alcohol lost his footing and fell into the major's sword. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American libraries Columbia Harvard LA County Library of Congress Social Law University of Georgia. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown
1814réf. 712731814. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Divorce and the Conflict of Laws Trial. Gordon Mary Margaret Pye Alleyne H. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial Court of Scotland By the Honourable the Judges of that Court In the Divorce Cause of Mrs. Mary Margaret Gordon Or Pye The Wife Against Lieut. Col. Pye The Husband As Printed in the Appendix of the Lord Advocate's Petition to the Court of Session in Scotland. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-3/4". Disbound. Light soiling to exterior light rubbing to extremities "11" in early hand to head of title page. Moderate toning to interior faint spotting to a few leaves. $500. Only edition. An interesting case that involved the conflict of English and Scottish divorce law Gordon v. Pye held that a Scottish court did not have the power to dissolve the marriage of two English subjects who married in England and were currently living there. It is one of a group of Scottish cases cited by Story in his discussion of marriage in Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws 1834. No print copies of this report located on OCLC. Library Hub locates a printed copy at the British Library. We located additional printed copies at Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown books
1814réf. 684431814. Canterbury 1814. Canterbury 1814. Manslaughter on the Parade Ground Trial. Gordon William Defendant. The Trial of Major William Gordon Of the 2d Or Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards On a Charge of the Murder of George Gregory A Private in the Same Regiment at the Guildhall Sandwich On Friday April 15 1814. As Taken by a Short Hand Writer. Canterbury: Printed by Rouse Kirkby and Lawrence 1814. iv 145 pp. Octavo 8-5/8" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and fragment of paper shelf label to spine. Light soiling light staining to spine and front joint which is starting at head front joint cracked title page partially detached. Moderate toning faint dampstaining to corners of a few leaves moderate soiling library stamp and a few minor stains to title page a few library annotations to verso. $500. Only edition. Gordon fatally impaled Private Gregory on his sword during a review on a parade ground. At first it appeared that Gordon used excessive force when the private fell out of ranks. The trial showed that Gregory his reflexes impaired by alcohol lost his footing and fell into the major's sword. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American libraries Columbia Harvard LA County Library of Congress Social Law University of Georgia. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown books
1821réf. 849031821. Elizabeth-Town NJ: J. and E. Sanderson 1821. Elizabeth-Town NJ: J. and E. Sanderson 1821. A Schoolteacher Sues to Redeem Her Reputation and Save Her School Trial. Hall Eunice Plaintiff. Rogers Daniel Reporter. Report of the Trial of Eunice Hall vs. Robert Grant For Slander. Tried Before the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex In New-Jersey And a Special Jury In June Term 1821. Taken in Short Hand by Daniel Rogers Counsellor at Law. With an Abridgement of the Arguments of Counsel And an Appendix. Elizabeth-Town NJ: Printed by J. and E. Sanderson 1821. 137 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6"; 24.10 x 15.20 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing and faint dampstaining to wrappers heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends. Moderate toning and light foxing faint dampstaining to sections of text corner folds to several leaves clean tear to leaf 7 pp. 49-50 early owner inscription "Robt. Fitch/ August 29th 1822" to front endleaf. $500. Only edition. Robert Grant a physician who treated one of Hall's students alleged that Hall a teacher was responsible for the student's death which destroyed her reputation and that of the school she kept. Hall sued Grant for fifteen counts of libel; the jury awarded her $250 in damages. The first page has a statement by Grant that indicates his interest in the publication of this pamphlet. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress NYU Nova Southeastern University University of Minnesota University of Missouri Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11981. Felcone New Jersey Books 2nd ed. 1982. unknown
1821réf. 849031821. Elizabeth-Town NJ: J. and E. Sanderson 1821. Elizabeth-Town NJ: J. and E. Sanderson 1821. A Schoolteacher Sues to Redeem Her Reputation and Save Her School Trial. Hall Eunice Plaintiff. Rogers Daniel Reporter. Report of the Trial of Eunice Hall vs. Robert Grant For Slander. Tried Before the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Essex In New-Jersey And a Special Jury In June Term 1821. Taken in Short Hand by Daniel Rogers Counsellor at Law. With an Abridgement of the Arguments of Counsel And an Appendix. Elizabeth-Town NJ: Printed by J. and E. Sanderson 1821. 137 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6"; 24.10 x 15.20 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Moderate rubbing and faint dampstaining to wrappers heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends. Moderate toning and light foxing faint dampstaining to sections of text corner folds to several leaves clean tear to leaf 7 pp. 49-50 early owner inscription "Robt. Fitch/ August 29th 1822" to front endleaf. $500. Only edition. Robert Grant a physician who treated one of Hall's students alleged that Hall a teacher was responsible for the student's death which destroyed her reputation and that of the school she kept. Hall sued Grant for fifteen counts of libel; the jury awarded her $250 in damages. The first page has a statement by Grant that indicates his interest in the publication of this pamphlet. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress NYU Nova Southeastern University University of Minnesota University of Missouri Yale. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11981. Felcone New Jersey Books 2nd ed. 1982. unknown books
1830réf. 777401830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. Libel and Press Freedom in 1830 New Hampshire Trial. Hill Horatio b.1807 Defendant. Barton Cyrus 1795-1855 Defendant. Report of the Case of Timothy Upham against Hill & Barton Publishers of the New-Hampshire Patriot For Alleged Libels At the Court of Common Pleas Rockingham County March and October Terms.1830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. 159 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet front and rear wrappers lacking later hand-lettered title to spine edges untrimmed. Light browning light edgewear to several leaves light foxing and soiling in a few places light creasing to last few leaves pencil marks and brief annotations to a few pages small tear to title page affecting text without loss to legibility final leaf separated with small tears but secured by thread. $500. Only edition. Hill and Barton publishers of the New Hampshire Patriot and Star Gazette accused Upham of impropriety during his time as Collector of Customs at Portsmouth and "impaired his candidacy for Governor by calling him a smuggler and a federalist" Cohen. Upham sued for damages of $10000; the trial resulted in a hung jury and the case was slated for retrial at the court's next session. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title in law libraries Yale Library of Congress Harvard University of Missouri The Ohio State University. Cohen Bibliography of American Law 12070. McCoy Freedom of the Press U236. unknown books
1819réf. 745771819. Concord NH: 1819. Concord NH: 1819. Daniel Webster for the Defense: A Landmark in His Career as a Lawyer Trials. Jackman Joseph. Goodridge Elijah Putnam 1787-1851 Defendant. The Sham-Robbery Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge On His Own Person In Newbury Near Essex Bridge Dec. 19 1816. With a History of His Journey to the Place Where He Robbed Himself. And His Trial with Mr. Ebenezer Pearson Whom He Maliciously Arrested for Robbery. Also the Trial of Levi & Laban Kenniston. Concord NH: Printed for the Author 1819. 151 1 pp. Bound with Powers Michael 1769-1820 Defendant. The Trial of Michael Powars sic For the Murder of Timothy Kennedy Before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Boston April 11 1820. Boston: Published by Thomas G. Bangs 1820. 35 pp. 12mo 6-1/2" x 4-1/4"; 16.5 x 10.8 cm. Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine early owner label of Albert C. Jenks to front board. Moderate rubbing to boards heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners front board beginning to separate but secure rear hinge cracked armorial bookplate of Asa P. French dated 1913 and pasted over an earlier bookplate to front pastedown description of this item clipped from a bookseller catalogue tipped-in to front free endpaper. Light browning and foxing to interior. $500. Sham-Robbery: only edition; Trial: second and final edition published in the same year as the first. This volume collects accounts of two trials in which Daniel Webster served as a defense attorney. Jackman's Sham-Robbery is a detailed account by one of the accused of one of the trials connected with this Massachusetts case one of the most famous cases of its day. The respected and well-connected Major Goodridge's accusation of robbery against the witless low-life Kenniston brothers was supported by popular sentiment until Webster began his defense which meticulously unraveled the major's story and led to an acquittal. The trial was a landmark in Webster's legal career and his final address to the jury first printed here is considered a classic example of his oratorical skill. The Powers case involved a fatal encounter in Boston. As McDade notes: "Even the great Daniel Webster could not save Powers who was condemned for killing Kennedy. unknown books
1857réf. 716411857. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. An Accused Adulterer Defended by Richard Henry Dana Trial. Kalloch Isaac Smith 1831-1887 Defendant. Only Full Report of the Trial of Rev. I.S. Kalloch on Charge of Adultery: Complete History of the Affair Doings of the Church Kalloch's Pulpit Defence Arrest Arraignment Trial And Result. With Accurate Portraits of Kalloch and the Beautiful Lady in Black And the Lecture Room of the Lechmere. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. 64 pp. Woodcut pictorial title page. Two woodcut text illustrations. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial self-wrappers bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Moderate toning and dampstaining to text repairs to edges of first and final leaves. $500. Only edition. "Isaac Smith Kalloch accused of adultery in this prosecution was a Baptist clergyman and was supported by the trustees of his church throughout this affair. . The jury could not reach a verdict in the case which was tried in the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas Criminal Session in Cambridge Massachusetts" Cohen. Kalloch was defended by the eminent lawyer and politician Richard Henry Dana Jr. 1815-1882. The Full Report includes the judge's charge but not the jury's final verdict. Kalloch moved to San Francisco where he continued to generate controversy by skirting the bounds of decency. When he decided to run for mayor of San Francisco in 1879 he came under attack from the San Francisco Chronicle's editor-in-chief Charles de Young who was backing another candidate. DeYoung hoping to end Kalloch's campaign accused the minister of having an affair. Kalloch responded by claiming that De Young's mother ran a brothel. In response DeYoung ambushed Kalloch on a street and shot him twice. Kalloch survived the wounds. Due in part to the sympathy of voters he was elected the 18th Mayor of San Francisco. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Brigham Young University Harvard LA County Social Law Library of Congress University of Cincinnati University of Minnesota. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13700. unknown
1857réf. 716411857. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. An Accused Adulterer Defended by Richard Henry Dana Trial. Kalloch Isaac Smith 1831-1887 Defendant. Only Full Report of the Trial of Rev. I.S. Kalloch on Charge of Adultery: Complete History of the Affair Doings of the Church Kalloch's Pulpit Defence Arrest Arraignment Trial And Result. With Accurate Portraits of Kalloch and the Beautiful Lady in Black And the Lecture Room of the Lechmere. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. 64 pp. Woodcut pictorial title page. Two woodcut text illustrations. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial self-wrappers bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Moderate toning and dampstaining to text repairs to edges of first and final leaves. $500. Only edition. "Isaac Smith Kalloch accused of adultery in this prosecution was a Baptist clergyman and was supported by the trustees of his church throughout this affair. . The jury could not reach a verdict in the case which was tried in the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas Criminal Session in Cambridge Massachusetts" Cohen. Kalloch was defended by the eminent lawyer and politician Richard Henry Dana Jr. 1815-1882. The Full Report includes the judge's charge but not the jury's final verdict. Kalloch moved to San Francisco where he continued to generate controversy by skirting the bounds of decency. When he decided to run for mayor of San Francisco in 1879 he came under attack from the San Francisco Chronicle's editor-in-chief Charles de Young who was backing another candidate. DeYoung hoping to end Kalloch's campaign accused the minister of having an affair. Kalloch responded by claiming that De Young's mother ran a brothel. In response DeYoung ambushed Kalloch on a street and shot him twice. Kalloch survived the wounds. Due in part to the sympathy of voters he was elected the 18th Mayor of San Francisco. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Brigham Young University Harvard LA County Social Law Library of Congress University of Cincinnati University of Minnesota. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13700. unknown books
1830réf. 714241830. Scarce Account of a Famous Salem Murder: McDade 569 Trial. Knapp John Francis 1810-1830 Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of John Francis Knapp for the Murder of Joseph White Esq. of Salem On the Sixth of April 1830. Boston: Published by Charles Ellms 1830. 35 1 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut title vignette of murder. Half-title reads: Knapp's Second Trial Conviction And Sentence. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking. Light soiling to exterior moderate toning to text some chipping short tears and wear to fore-edges of leaves through p. 19 with no loss to text faint spotting in a few places faint dampstaining to a few leaves. A scarce title. $500. First edition one of five known variants/issues of this sensational 19th-century murder pamphlet. The trial details a gruesome and calculated insurance fraud plot. Benjamin Hunter having lost a $7000 investment in John M. Armstrong's music-publishing company sought to recoup his losses-and turn a profit-by taking out a $25000 life insurance policy on Armstrong. Hunter and a hired accomplice Tom Graham lured Armstrong to Camden New Jersey where Hunter brutally attacked him with an axe. In a calculated move to mislead investigators Hunter had pre-marked the axe with another man's initials. Remarkably Armstrong survived the initial assault though he remained unconscious. In a chilling final act Hunter visited the dying man at his home and hastened his death by tearing the bandages from his head wounds. Graham ultimately confessed leading to Hunter's conviction and subsequent hanging. All Barclay & Company issues of this pamphlet feature varying cover titles and paginations and all are genuinely scarce on the market. OCLC locates only 7 copies of this specific 86-page issue with only one held in a law library University of Missouri. OCLC locates 9 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 569. unknown
1830réf. 714221830. The Jury Could Not Decide: McDade 572 Trial. Knapp John Francis Defendant. Trial of John Francis Knapp as Principal in the Second Degree for the Murder of Capt. Joseph White Before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a Special Session Commenced at Salem July 20 1830. Reported for the Publishers. Boston: Published by Dutton and Wentworth 1830. 60 pp. Woodcut maps and illustration of the murder weapon. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Negligible light soiling to exterior tiny smudge to title page light toning. A nice copy of a scarce title. $500. Only edition. The murder of Joseph White a wealthy retired sea captain a conspiracy by a relative Joseph Knapp who hired his brother John Francis Knapp and the brothers Richard and George Crowninshield was one of the most famous trials of the 1830s. Joseph Knapp received immunity for turning in the Crowninshields. George Crowninshield had a good alibi that prevented his conviction. Richard Crowninshield escaped justice by hanging himself. John Francis Knapp was tried twice. He was convicted in his second trial and sentenced to death. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 572. unknown
1830réf. 714241830. Scarce Account of a Famous Salem Murder: McDade 569 Trial. Knapp John Francis 1810-1830 Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of John Francis Knapp for the Murder of Joseph White Esq. of Salem On the Sixth of April 1830. Boston: Published by Charles Ellms 1830. 35 1 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut title vignette of murder. Half-title reads: Knapp's Second Trial Conviction And Sentence. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking. Light soiling to exterior moderate toning to text some chipping short tears and wear to fore-edges of leaves through p. 19 with no loss to text faint spotting in a few places faint dampstaining to a few leaves. A scarce title. $500. First edition one of five known variants/issues of this sensational 19th-century murder pamphlet. The trial details a gruesome and calculated insurance fraud plot. Benjamin Hunter having lost a $7000 investment in John M. Armstrong's music-publishing company sought to recoup his losses-and turn a profit-by taking out a $25000 life insurance policy on Armstrong. Hunter and a hired accomplice Tom Graham lured Armstrong to Camden New Jersey where Hunter brutally attacked him with an axe. In a calculated move to mislead investigators Hunter had pre-marked the axe with another man's initials. Remarkably Armstrong survived the initial assault though he remained unconscious. In a chilling final act Hunter visited the dying man at his home and hastened his death by tearing the bandages from his head wounds. Graham ultimately confessed leading to Hunter's conviction and subsequent hanging. All Barclay & Company issues of this pamphlet feature varying cover titles and paginations and all are genuinely scarce on the market. OCLC locates only 7 copies of this specific 86-page issue with only one held in a law library University of Missouri. OCLC locates 9 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 569. unknown books
1830réf. 714221830. The Jury Could Not Decide: McDade 572 Trial. Knapp John Francis Defendant. Trial of John Francis Knapp as Principal in the Second Degree for the Murder of Capt. Joseph White Before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a Special Session Commenced at Salem July 20 1830. Reported for the Publishers. Boston: Published by Dutton and Wentworth 1830. 60 pp. Woodcut maps and illustration of the murder weapon. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Negligible light soiling to exterior tiny smudge to title page light toning. A nice copy of a scarce title. $500. Only edition. The murder of Joseph White a wealthy retired sea captain a conspiracy by a relative Joseph Knapp who hired his brother John Francis Knapp and the brothers Richard and George Crowninshield was one of the most famous trials of the 1830s. Joseph Knapp received immunity for turning in the Crowninshields. George Crowninshield had a good alibi that prevented his conviction. Richard Crowninshield escaped justice by hanging himself. John Francis Knapp was tried twice. He was convicted in his second trial and sentenced to death. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 572. unknown books
