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1752rif. 691781752. London: P. Brown 1752. London: P. Brown 1752. The First Major Victory for Freedom of the Press in America Trial. Zenger John Peter 1697-1746 Defendant. The Trial of John Peter Zenger Of New-York Printer; Who was Tried and Acquitted For Printing and Publishing a Libel Against the Government With the Pleadings and Arguments of Both Sides. London: Printed for P. Brown 1752. iv 74 2 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine endleaves added. Light rubbing to extremities light toning to text light foxing in a few places. A handsome copy. $1750. London reissue of an account first published in New York in 1736 as A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger which was probably written by James Alexander the co-founder and main editorial voice of Zenger's newspaper the New-York Weekly Journal. Zenger was tried for seditious libel for publishing satirical comments about the governor of New York in his newspaper. Defended by the brilliant Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton his 1735 acquittal is generally regarded as the first major victory for freedom of the press in the American colonies and a precedent for the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. McCoy Freedom of the Press Z8. English Short-Title Catalogue T877. unknown books
1956rif. 184698Pretoria: The Government Printer 1956. A major moment in South African history First edition of the indictment for the "Treason Trial" in which Nelson Mandela and almost the entire anti-apartheid leadership were prosecuted. One defendant Ahmed Kathrada has signed beside his name; the signature was acquired by a collector in recent years. "The core of the treason charge related to a momentous - and for the government disconcerting - event at Kliptown on the outskirts of Johannesburg on 25-26 June 1955. The delegates were drawn from the ranks of the Congress Alliance a coalition of race-based anti-apartheid groups - the ANC still Africans only the Indian Congresses the Coloured People's Congress and the white mix of communists and non-communists. They had come together to draw up the country's first democratic constitution. Out of the deliberations came the endorsement of a Freedom Charter which to western eyes was an unexceptionable statement of democratic principles and equal rights owing something to the UN Charter but virtually nothing to the Communist Manifesto" Herbstein pp. 28-9. In response 156 individuals who attended or were associated with the meeting were arrested under the 1950 Suppression of Communism Act. The trial helped unite the anti-apartheid movement and attracted worldwide support for the struggle and international condemnation of the South African government. The trial lasted over four years after which all the accused were acquitted. However soon after Mandela and other defendants were imprisoned following the Rivonia Trial. 3 vols bound in 1 as issued folio. Ex library of the South African embassy in Bonn with their stamp to the front free endpaper and their shelf label and number to spine; binding rubbed and slightly worn and shaken contents toned. A good copy. Denis Herbstein White Lies: Canon Collins and the Secret War Against Apartheid 2004. unknown
1773rif. 16518Lyon, Aimé de La Roche, 1773 ; in-folio ; veau fauve marbré, titre en long sur tout le dos, armes dorées de la ville de Lyon au centre des plats, dans un double encadrement de filets dorés, tranches dorées (reliure de l’époque) ; 87 pp., (1) p. de Table.
1797rif. 55883Paris, Imprimerie nationale [puis] Baudouin, 1797, in-8, 4 volumes: I. 472pp. + II. 514-(2) pp. + III. 631-(1bl.) pp. + IV. 378-(2)-134 pp, demi-basane havane de l'époque, dos lisses filetés ornés de petits fers dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaisons ocre, tranches mouchetées (reliure trés légèrement frottée), Rare ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Le procès de la conjuration des Égaux par la Haute Cour de Justice de Vendôme constitue une des sources les plus importantes pour comprendre Babeuf et ses théories égalitaires, pour comprendre en quoi cette conjuration représente la première tentative pour transformer en une force pratique l'idée d'un nouvel ordre du monde, pour comprendre comment et pourquoi, pour la première fois, l'idéal communiste souhaita phagocyter une république chancelante. Né à Saint-Quentin d'un père fermier du Roi en 1760, François Noël Babeuf s'engagea dans la Révolution dès la convocation des États-Généraux en revendiquant la communauté des biens et des travaux. Pour lui, le but de la Révolution était d'instaurer l'Égalité. C'est cette théorie qu'il développa dans ses journaux le Courrier picard ou le Tribun du peuple, ou bien encore dans ses livres comme le Cadastre perpétuel. Déçu par Thermidor puis par le Directoire, il rassembla des rosbespierristes, des hébertistes et des démocrates révolutionnaires, afin de renverser le régime pour instaurer la constitution de 1793 et l'Égalité. Grâce aux informations d'un indicateur, Babeuf et ses complices sont arrêtés le 21 floréal an IV [1796] et une haute cour est constituée pour les juger le 20 février 1797. Le procès se déroule du 20 février au 26 mai 1797, en présence de deux ministres. Sur les 65 accusés, seuls Babeuf et l'un de ses complices Darthé sont condamnés à mort. Plusieurs autres sont condamnés à la déportation, et une majorité est acquittée. Bel ensemble en 4 volumes bien conservés, quelques charnières légèrement frottées. Couverture rigide
rif. 202Nüremberg, Secrétariat du Tribunal, 1947-1948 41 vol. in-8, bradel toile bleue (reliure de l'éditeur).
1757rif. 11021A Paris, chez Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1757. In-4 de XLII-610-(2)-28 pp., veau brun, dos lisse orné, triple filet doré sur les plats, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
rif. 396017 volumes in-8 (195 x 120 mm), plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos lisses ornés de compartiments garnis d'un riche décor de fleurons, palettes et guirlandes dorés, roulette d'encadrement sur les plats, pièces de titre et de tomaison de veau rouge, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches marbrées. Paris, Buisson et Chaudé, An premier de la République (1792-1793).
1789rif. 002011(Kehl) Société Littéraire-Typographique 1789
1872rif. 857421872. London 1872. Oblong sheet folded into 16 panels. London 1872. Oblong sheet folded into 16 panels. A Rare and Vibrant Victorian Pictorial Satire of the Century's Most Infamous Legal Charade Trial. Tichborne Case. The Tichborne Trial As Told to Our Grandchildren. London: H. G. Clarke and Co. c.1872. Oblong 34-1/4" x 11-1/2" 87 x 29 cm sheet 5-3/4" x 4-3/4" 14.5 x 12 cm when folded completely in sixteen panels glued into pictorial wrappers title to front wrapper and advertisements to its verso and rear wrapper. Front illustration and panels each with a woodcut vignette and accompanying satirical verse hand-colored. Unobtrusive light foxing and soiling a few small tears along fold lines not affecting images colors vivid. A well-preserved survival of a fragile and seldom-encountered form of Victorian popular ephemera. $1750. This folding satirical panorama was issued during the height of public fascination with the Tichborne case which captivated Victorian England in the 1860s and 1870s. In 1854 Roger Tichborne the 25 year-old heir to the Tichborne baronetcy disappeared while traveling in South America presumed to have died in a shipwreck. His mother refused to abandon hope. When she heard rumors that he was in Australia she placed several advertisements concerning his whereabouts in Australian newspapers. In 1865 an Australian butcher named Thomas Castro sometimes referred to as Arthur Orton claimed to be the missing heir. He failed to convince the courts was convicted of perjury and served a long prison sentence. The dispute over his identity continued until his death in 1898. The case generated a vast body of popular literature and has continued to captivate the public as recently as Zadie Smith's 2023 novel The Fraud. Our example is one of several known silhouette illustration satires of the case by Clarke & Co all of which are rare. The vivid hand-coloring highlights the illustration style which had the advantage for the publisher of emphasizing Orton's size. OCLC locates 7 copies of Clarke & Co. satires under this title 2 in law libraries Yale Harvard. unknown
1849rif. 717751849. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet 1849. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet 1849. An 1849 Murder in Petersburg VA: McDade 286 Trial. Epes William Dandridge 1806-1848 Defendant. Brunet James Monroe.H. d. 1856 Reporter. Trial of William Dandridge Epes For the Murder of Francis Adolphus Muir Dinwiddie County Virginia: Including the Testimony Submitted in the Case The Speeches of Counsel &c. To Which are Added the Confessions of the Prisoner An Account of His Execution &c. &c. Petersburg VA: J.M.H. Brunet Reporter 1849. 76 pp. Woodcut portrait of Epes on p.3. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later three-quarter calf over cloth recently rebacked gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to board edges some wear to corners. Moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places light soiling and edgewear to title page the following leaf and final leaf. $1850. "Muir threatened to foreclose farm property he had sold to Epes so Epes shot his creditor and hid his body on the farm. He faked a series of letters to account for Muir's absence but he pawned his victim's watch and led the police to his door" McDade. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries Harvard Jenkins Library of Congress University of Missouri University of Virginia US Supreme Court William & Mary. McDade The Annals of Murder 286. unknown books
1739rif. 706801739. York: Printed by Ward and Chandler 1739. 6th ed. York: Printed by Ward and Chandler 1739. 6th ed. Unrecorded Imprint With an Added Hand-Colored Portrait of the Criminal Trial. Turpin Richard c.1705-1739 Defendant. Kyll Thomas Reporter. The Whole Life and Trial at Large of the Notorious Highwayman Richard Turpin At York Assizes On the 22d Day of March 1739 Before the Hon. Sir William Chapple Knt. Judge of Assize And One of His Majesty's Justices of the Court of King's Bench. Taken Down in Court by Mr. Thomas Kyll Professor of Short-Hand. To Which is Prefix'd An Exact Account of the Said Turpin From His First Coming Into Yorkshire To the Time of His Being Committed Prisoner to York Castle; Communicated by Mr. Appleton of Beverly Clerk of the Peace for the East-Riding of the Said County. With a Copy of a Letter which Turpin Received from his Father While Under Sentence of Death. To which is Added His Behaviour at the Place of Execution On Saturday the 7th of April 1739. Together with the Whole Confession he Made to the Hangman at the Gallows; Wherein he Acknowledg'd Himself Guilty of the Facts for Which he Suffer'd Own'd the Murder of Mr. Thompson's Servant on Epping-Forest And Gave a Particular Account of Several Robberies which he Had Committed. The Sixth Edition. To Which is Prefix'd a Large and Genuine History of the Life of Turpin From his Birth to his Execution; And of All his Transactions and Robberies And the Various Methods he Took to Conceal himself. The Whole Grounded on Well-Attested Facts And Communicated by Mr. Richard Bayes At the Green Man on Epping-Forest and Other Persons of the County of Essex. York: Printed by Ward and Chandler Booksellers At their Printing-Office in Coney-Street; And Sold at Their Shop without Temple-Bar London 1739. Price Sixpence. vi 2 18 iii-vii 1 3-25 1 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece of Richard "Dicky" Dickinson. Added Colored portrait of Turpin dated 1742 preceding p. iii. Complete. Octavo 8" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine small bookplate Waite Collection to front pastedown. Moderate toning somewhat heavier in places light foxing to title page and a few other leaves faint dampstaining to margins of Turpin portrait. $1850. Sixth edition. Turpin a charismatic highwayman was one of the "media sensations" of his day especially after his executi. unknown books
1864rif. 36882np 1864. 4to. Written in ink and signed at the end by Royce on the verso of a single leaf. Several small holes text unaffected a few closed tears two archival tape repairs. Good. This unusual insightful document illuminates the laws of war applicable during the bitter American Conflict. Royce's Petition seeking justice for Gurley is directed to the Confederate Commission of Exchange. Its author Confederate Captain Moses Strong Royce was captured in Tennessee and imprisoned at Nashville. His cell-mate Captain Frank R. Gurley had allegedly murdered Union General Robert McCook of Ohio near Huntsville Alabama in August 1862. In October 1863 Gurley was captured and charged with the murder. Gurley Union officials claimed was a guerrilla who shot McCook while the General was lying in an ambulance. Southerners claimed that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a regular soldier in the Confederacy's 4th Alabama Cavalry; and that he killed McCook according to the laws of war. The pages of Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fanned the flames claiming that guerrillas or lawless Confederate cavalrymen caused the general's death; feelings ran high. "US General Grant wrote CS General Hardee in December of 1863 and said that although Gurley was a member of the Confederate army that did not preclude him from being tried for having committed a foul murder" online Huntsville-Madison County Public Library essay 'Frank B. Gurley's 1866 Diary'. Royce advises that he escaped from prison "on the 1st of March." War Department Records claim Royce was a still a prisoner at Nashville on April 6 1864. That Record doubtless relied on outdated information. Having escaped in March 1864. Royce pleads Captain Gurley's case. "He was confined in a cell for sixty-eight days and allowed only about one hour a day for exercise and was put upon trial for the killing of Genl. McCook. He was obliged to employ counsel to defend himself at an expense of 2500 dollars in greenbacks. The evidence produced completely exonerated him of anything like MURDER and the argument of his counsel was a complete vindication of his RIGHT as a soldier and an officer to do all that he did in bringing Genl. McCook to his death. When the trial was nearly ended four communications by flag of truce were sent to the court and were there read - one from Lt. Col. Hambrick one from Genl. Forrest one from Genl. Hardee and one from Genl. Johnston" assuring that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a duly enrolled member of the Confederate military forces. Nevertheless Gurley was found guilty and sentenced to death. original italics are printed here in capital letters. "The undersigned believes that if an effort were to be made by the Confederate Commission of Exchange to have Capt. Gurley exchanged the Federal authorities would immediately send him forward for that purpose and as a friend of Capt. Gurley the undersigned respectfully requests General Johnston to use his influence in procuring the exchange of Capt. Gurley. Respectfully submitted M. S. Royce." Even after War's end the dispute continued. Gurley having been released from prison in an administrative snafu was re-arrested charged but finally released and placed on parole in April 1866. unknown books
rif. 243827Paris, C.-F. Patris, 1804 8 vol. in-8, veau caramel, dos à nerfs (reliure du XXe siècle). Traits en marges avec quelques annotations au crayon.
rif. 10234ou journal des Assemblées Nationales, depuis 1789 jusqu’en 1815. La narration des évènemens, les débats des assemblées, les discussions des principales sociétés populaires, et particulièrement des la société des Jacobins, les procès verbaux de la Commune de Paris, les séances du tribunal révolutionnaire, le compte rendu des principaux procès politiques, le détail des budgets annuels, le tableau du mouvement moral, extrait des journaux de chaque époque, etc. précédé d’une introduction sur l’histoire de France jusqu’à la convocation des Etats généraux. 40 tomes en 40 volume in 8 reliure demi-cuir noire d’époque, titre, tomaison, roulette, palmette, filets dorés. Fers filets à froid. Tome1 : faux-titre, titre, 486 pages, 2 pages explication du plan de la salle d’assemblée des notables à la séance présentée par le Roi, 1 plan. Une page d’explication du plan de la salle d’assemblée des notables présidée par Monsieur. Un plan. Tome 2 : faux-titre, titre, IV-475 pages. Tome 3 : faux-titre, VIII, titre, 480 pages. Tome 3 : faux-titre, titre, VIII, 480 pages. Tome 4 : faux-titre, VIII, titre, 478 pages. 3 pages de table. Tome 5 : faux-titre, titre VIII 480 pages. Tome 6 : faux-titre, titre, VIII, 479 pages. Tome 7 : faux-titre, titre VIII, 473 pages. 3 pages de catalogue. Tome 8 : faux-titre, titre, XV, 463 pages. Tome 9 : faux-titre, titre XII, 475 pages. Tome 10 faux-titre, titre, XII, 478 pages. Tome 11 : faux-titre, titre, X, 494 pages ; 1 page d’errata. Tome 12 : faux-titre, titre, XIII, 493 pages. Tome 13 : faux-titre, titre, XI, 455 pages. Tome 14 faux-titre, titre, XII ; 457 pages. Avec une liste des membres de la Société des amis de la Constitution séante à Paris A la maison des Jacobins dite des Jacobins Saint-Honoré. Tome15 : Faux-titre, titre, XV, 469 pages. Tome 16 : faux-titre, titre, XV, 470 pages. Tome 17 faux-titre, titre, XVI 479 pages. Tome 18 faux-titre, titre, XVI 480 pages. Tome 19 : faux-titre, titre ; XV, 469 pages. Tome 20 faux-titre, titre, XV, 469 pages. Tome 21 : faux-titre, titre ; XVI, 443 pages. Tome 22 : faux-titre, titre, XI, 479 pages. Tome 23 : faux-titre, titre, XV, 480 pages. Tome 24 : faux-titre, titre, XI, 479 pages. Tome 25 : faux-titre, titre, XV, 474 pages. Tome 26 faux-titre, titre, XV, 479 pages. Tome 27 : faux-titre, titre, XVI, 463 pages. Tome 28 : faux-titre, titre, XV, 508 pages. Tome 29 : faux-titre, titre, XVI, 480 pages. Tome 30 : faux-titre, titre, XV, 472 pages. Tome 31 : Faux-titre, titre, XV, 503 pages ; Tome 32 : faux-titre, titre, XV, 487 pages. Tome 33 : faux-titre, titre, XI, 461 pages. Tome 34 : Faux-titre, titre, 489 pages, 1 page d’errata. Tome 35 : faux-titre, titre, 508 pages. Tome 36 faux-titre, titre, 524 pages. Tome 37 : faux-titre, titre, 508 pages .Tome 38 : faux-titre, titre, 508 pages. Tome 39 : faux-titre, titre, 532 pages. Tome 40 : faux-titre, titre, V, 422 pages Une page d’avis. Paris PAULIN libraire 1834-1838. Edition originale. Fort rare complet, en reliure uniforme. Petites rousseurs, plus principalement concentrées en début et fin de volume. Sinon très bon état
1946rif. 11878Paris, Imprimerie Roger Amiard, 1946. Petit in-4 autographié (23 x 18 cm) de 350-(2) pp., couverture imprimée conservée, demi-maroquin bleu, dos à nerfs (reliure moderne).
1949rif. 61207New York 1949. Pen and ink on watercolor paper image 10 x 20 inches on larger sheet one margin toned. Illustrations in photo reproduction most 8 x 18 inches mounted on black board. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Full green morocco stamped in gilt with full red morocco doublures silk endleaves by Whitman Bennett N.Y. Faintest traces of rubbing but overall fine. Pen and ink on watercolor paper image 10 x 20 inches on larger sheet one margin toned. Illustrations in photo reproduction most 8 x 18 inches mounted on black board. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Red Scare Trial: Judge Medina's Album with Original Drawing. Large souvenir album prepared for Harold R. Medina the judge who presided over the 1949 trial of Communist conspirators in New York City. The trial of party chairman William Z. Foster Gus Hall and 10 other prominent Reds was the culmination of several years of FBI investigation of Communist activities. It garnered worldwide publicity and lasted nine contentious months against a backdrop of acrimonious exchanges between Judge Medina and the defense attorneys. Medina charged the defense with delaying tactics trifling unnecessary jury challenges and contempt; the defense attorneys claimed judicial bias racism in the jury selection and infringements upon the freedom of the press. Artist William Sharp also illustrated the Limited Editions Club Poe 1941 and Pepys 1942. A unique and superbly visual record of a key episode in postwar American history. Provenance: the Library of Judge Harold Medina unknown books
1699rif. 646431699. 3 titles bound together. London 1699. 3 titles bound together. London 1699. "The Murder of Mrs. Sarah Stout A Quaker" Trial. Cowper Spencer 1669-1728 Principal Defendant. The Tryal of Spencer Cowper Esq; John Marson Ellis Stevens And William Rogers Gent. Upon an Indictment for the Murther of Mrs. Sarah Stout a Quaker. Before Mr. Baron Hatsell At Hertford Assizes July 18 1699. Of Which They were Acquitted. With the Opinions of the Eminent Physicians and Chyrurgeons on Both Sides Concerning Drowned Bodies Delivered in the Tryal. And the Several Letters Produced in Court. London: Printed for Isaac Cleave in Chancery-Lane Matt. Wotton in Fleet-street and John Bullord 1699. ii 22 i.e.46 pp. Folio 11-1/2" x 7". Bound with P.D. The Hertford Letter: Containing Several Brief Observations on a Late Printed Tryal Concerning the Murder of Mrs. Sarah Stout. London: Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster 1699. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". And A Reply to the Hertford Letter: Wherein the Case of Mrs. Stout's Death is More Particularly Considered; And Mr. Cowper Vindicated from the Slanderous Accusation of Being Accessory to the Same. London: Printed; And Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster 1699. 8 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Three titles in an 11-1/2" x 7-1/2" binding. Three-quarter cloth over paper-covered boards gilt title to spine. Light soiling dampspotting and offsetting to boards some rubbing to extremities early owner bookplate top front pastedown. Light browning and foxing to interior internally clean. $2500. Only editions. Spencer Cowper a judge was indicted for the murder of Sarah Stout. He was at her house late on the evening before she was found drowned in a river. Cowper's alleged motivations were a desire to end an illicit love affair and avoid payment of a debt. Cowper's lawyers argued that Stout's parents wanted to hide the fact that their daughter committed a suicide a heinous act among Quakers. The defence also suggested a political motivation: a desire by local Tories to harm the career of a rising Whig. Cowper had been at the woman's house late on the evening before she was found drowned in the river but there was little material evidence against him. Also his lawyers benefited from expert medical testimony from three leading physicians Samuel Garth Hans Sloane and William Cowper." He. unknown books
1808rif. 849821808. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants 1808. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants 1808. Streeter 1693: The Prosecution's Arguments at the Burr Treason Trial Trial. Burr Aaron 1756-1836 Defendant. Wirt William 1772-1834. The Two Principal Arguments of William Wirt Esquire On the Trial of Aaron Burr For High Treason And on the Motion to Commit Aaron Burr and Others For Trial in Kentucky. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants Jun. 1808. iv 221 pp. Advertisement leaf follows title page. Not issued with the portrait frontispiece of Aaron Burr which is true of only a few copies. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2"; 14.6 x 8.9 cm. Contemporary tree calf gilt title and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed with marbled paper. Light rubbing nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front hinge cracked chips to spine ends and front board at foot of joint and lower outside corner corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to interior light browning light foxing and faint dampstaining in places chips to fore-edges of front endleaf and title page. A very good copy overall. $2500. Only edition. Burr was implicated in a plot to steal land from Mexico and the Louisiana Purchase in order to establish an independent country. Arrested and tried in 1807 on charges of treason he was acquitted due to a lack of specific evidence. Wirt his prosecutor was United States Attorney for the District of Virginia. His famous principal speech in the trial of Aaron Burr lasting nearly four hours. Characterized by considerable eloquence wit and logic it enhanced his national stature. Wirt went on to serve as United States Attorney General under Presidents Monroe and John Quincy Adams where he did much to define the office and enhance its stature. The last copy at auction was sold at Sotheby's in 2021 for $2142. Like ours it does not have a frontispiece. Streeter The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter 1693 with frontispiece. Identical to our copy: Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14120. Howes USIana W-587. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 104883. unknown
1753rif. 723961753. The First Instance of a New Trial Being Granted in a Criminal Case in England Trial. Simons Henry Defendant. The Case of Henry Simons A Polish Jew Merchant; And His Appeal to the Public Thereon. Now Publish'd With the Tryal at Chelmsford For the Benefit of Him and His Unhappy Family. London: Printed And Sold by All the Booksellers and Pamphlet Shops in Town and Country 1753. 115 pp. Bound with Ashley James Defendant. Simons Henry Plaintiff. The Case and Appeal of James Ashley of Bread-Street London: Addressed to the Publick in General. . To Which is Prefixed A Curious Print of the Person and Dress of the Said Henry Simons. London: Printed for And Published by The Appellant 1753. viii 47 pp. Text printed in double columns. Etched portrait frontispiece of Simons. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlets bound into recent cloth calf lettering piece to spine. Light stains to boards moderate rubbing to extremities small scuff to lettering piece later owner bookplate of English lawyer and judge Geoffrey G. Briggs 1914-1993 to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to both pamphlets left-hand edge of plate but not image affected by trimming light foxing and owner inscription "Wm. Greenwood's 1811" to title page of The Case tiny worm hole to lower-right corner of its text block through p. 91. $2500. Only editions Case and Appeal one of three issues. This was the first instance of a new trial being granted in a criminal case in England. The affair concerned the robbery of gold coins entrusted to Simons by a group of nobles from his hometown. The case resulted in six trials three pamphlets and a great deal of debate in the daily newspapers much of it antisemitic. The thief appeared to have been Simons's innkeeper but it later turned out to be James Ashley who was first convicted then acquitted then convicted again. English Short-Title Catalogue T95662 T76809. unknown
1803rif. 16593Paris, C. F. Patris, 1803. In-8 de (4)-281 pp., veau blond, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin vert, roulette dorée d'encadrement sur les plats, ex-dono au centre du premier plat, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
1596rif. 44490Lyon, Barthelemi Vincent, 1596. 3 parties en 1 vol. petit in-8 de 80-(16)-160 pp., 16 ff., maroquin havane, dos titré à nerfs, armes dorées au centre des plats et super-libris en pied, roulette dorée sur les chasses et double filet doré sur les coupes, signet de soie verte, tranches dorées (Niédrée).
1764rif. 20377[Paris] Le Breton 1764 in-8 demi-veau fauve moucheté, coins en vélin, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons et caissons dorés, pièce de titre rouge [Rel. mod. à l'imitation]
1818rif. 820231818. The End of Trial by Battle in the United Kingdom Broadside. Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Respondent. Appeal of Murder: The Decision of the Judges in the Case of Ashford ver. Thornton Court of King's Bench April 20th 1818. Nottingham: Shorrock and Son Successors to E. Hodson Printers 1818. 12-1/2" x 7-1/2" broadside mounted to later backing sheet text in two columns separated by rule below headline and woodcut vignette of a landscape. Moderate toning light soiling to edges a few faint creases printer's flaw and clean tear to right column no loss to legibility. Rare. $3000. Ashford v. Thornton dealt with the aftermath of the murder of Mary Ashford in 1817. Abraham Thornton who had seen and been intimate with Ashford the previous night was tried for rape and murder but acquitted of both charges due to a lack of evidence and inconsistencies in the prosecutor's case. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but crucially gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right. After extensive proceedings in the Court of King's Bench the court found that he was eligible to do so. Our broadside documents the final hearing in which Ashford declined to battle with Thornton and withdrew his appeal. Thornton was given a pro forma arraignment and released. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. This broadside is rare and appears to be unrecorded. No copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. Not at Harvard or the British Library. unknown
1914rif. 659851914. New York 1912-1914. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" frame. New York 1912-1914. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" frame. "His Famous Wig Composed Entirely of Split Hairs and Adorned with the Ceremonial Crimson Tape" Robinson Boardman 1876-1952. Becker-Rosenthal Murder Trial. Mr. Justice Precedent. New York 1914. 21" x 15-1/2" 53.3 x 39.4 cm gouache image on 26" x 19-1/2" 66 x 49.5 cm sheet image signed twice and inscribed by Robinson caption in pencil below image most likely in another hand laid down on illustration board. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" 77.5 x 60.9 cm wooden frame glazed. Light soiling a few minor stains and four crop-marks to margins outside of image which could be covered with a matte image fine. Several minor scuffs and nicks to frame. An exceptional unique piece of original artwork capturing a defining moment in American legal and criminal history. $3500. This striking original gouache was created to illustrate "Leaden Footed Justice in New York State" a feature article published in the Special Feature section of the New York Tribune on Sunday March 1 1914. The penciled caption reads:"Mr. Justice Precedent wearing his famous wig composed entirely of split hairs and adorned with the ceremonial crimson tape." The caricature was a scathing commentary on the notoriously protracted bureaucratically tangled legal proceedings of the Becker-Rosenthal Murder case which centered on NYPD Police Lieutenant Charles Becker who ran a massive protection racket targeting illegal Manhattan casinos. When gambling house owner Herman Rosenthal threatened to expose Becker's corruption to District Attorney Charles S. Whitman Becker hired a gang of underworld executioners including "Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty Louie" to gun Rosenthal down outside the Hotel Metropole. The investigation and subsequent trials completely dominated New York front pages. Becker's first trial began on October 7 1912 resulting in a conviction that was subsequently overturned on appeal by the New York Court of Appeals due to judicial bias. His highly anticipated second trial began on May 6 1914 just over two months after this cartoon appeared. Becker was convicted a second time and after his appeals were exhausted in 1915 went to the electric chair at Sing Sing-marking the first time in U.S. history a police officer was executed for murder. The case profoundly shook the public psyche and entered the cultural lexicon most. unknown
