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1817rif. 657281817. With a Duplicate Colored Frontispiece Annotated by George Cruikshank Trial. Thistlewood Arthur 1770-1820 Defendant. Watson James Defendant. Preston Thomas Defendant. Hooper John Defendant. Cruikshank Isaac 1764-1811 Illustrator. Cruikshank George 1792-1878 Annotation. High Treason!! The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of Arthur Thistlewood Gent. James Watson The Elder Surgeon Thomas Preston Cordwainer And John Hooper Labourer: Upon an Indictment Found Against Them for High Treason. Fairburn's Edition. London: Printed by W. Marchant; Published by John Fairburn 1817. 23 parts comprising 360 numbered columns. Folding frontispiece two plates. Complete. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4"; 22.86 x 14.60 cm. Original plain paper-covered publisher boards with contrasting spine untrimmed edges. Some soiling and staining moderate edgewear spine abraded and worn front board detached early owner signature L. Palmer and later owner bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin 1868-1934 to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text minor oil stains and dampstains to a few leaves. Brief annotations in pencil to front pastedown and verso folding plates both entry references to Douglas's Works of George Cruikshank interior otherwise clean. Duplicate of folding frontispiece hand-colored and with an annotation by George Cruikshank laid in. It is lightly soiled lightly edgeworn and beginning to tear along fold lines later reference annotation to Douglas bibliography to top margin. Items housed in a quarter-morocco over cloth slipcase with raised bands and gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities. A unique copy of a rare title. $950. First and only edition. A "Fairburn's Edition" which provides the "whole proceedings" of the trials. It includes verbatim accounts of the evidence presented arguments from defense attorneys and the cross-examination of witnesses. The trials occurred during a period of significant post-Napoleonic War economic hardship and political repression in Britain. The defendants were part of a movement advocating for radical reforms like universal suffrage and land redistribution. The men organized two mass meetings at Spa Fields to protest and petition the Prince Regent. While the first meeting was largely peaceful the second on December 2 1816 devolved into a riot. unknown books
1817rif. 619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper "Bright" and "St John Crookes" and verso of map "St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856". $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. 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 and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. Despite his protestations of innocence the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright 1811-1889 a r. unknown
1817rif. 619331817. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit" Trial. Thornton Abraham c.1793-1860 Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford A Beautiful Young Virgin Who was Diabolically Ravished Murdered And Thrown Into a Pit As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence Charge to the Jury &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes Before Mr. Justice Holroyd On the 8th of August 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn 1817. ii 60 columns 34 pp 64 1 pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear spine and fold-lines of table reinforced fore-edge mended some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper "Bright" and "St John Crookes" and verso of map "St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856". $950. "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton a bricklayer was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. 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 and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle. Despite his protestations of innocence the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright 1811-1889 a r. unknown books
1807rif. 738661807. Boston: Belcher and Armstrong 1807. Boston: Belcher and Armstrong 1807. The Trial that Followed the Boston Massacre Trial. Wemms William Primary Defendant. The Trial of the British Soldiers Of the 29th Regiment of Foot For the Murder of Crispus Attucks Samuel Gray Samuel Maverick James Caldwell And Patrick Carr On Monday Evening March 5 1770. Boston: Printed and Published by Belcher and Armstrong 1807. 120 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Contemporary marbled boards with later rebacking quarter-paper spine with printed title and ornaments. Moderate rubbing to boards heavier rubbing to board edges with wear to corners joints starting hinges cracked boards secure. Light browning to interior faint dampstaining to margins in a few places light soiling to title page. $950. Reissue of the first edition published in 1770 with a title beginning The Trial of William Wemms. The violent confrontation between soldiers and citizens known as the Boston Massacre resulted in the trial of eight soldiers for murder. Defended by John Adams and Josiah Quincy six were acquitted and two who fired fatal shots were convicted of manslaughter burned on the hand and released. McDade The Annals of Murder 122 note. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13203. unknown
1807rif. 738661807. Boston: Belcher and Armstrong 1807. Boston: Belcher and Armstrong 1807. The Trial that Followed the Boston Massacre Trial. Wemms William Primary Defendant. The Trial of the British Soldiers Of the 29th Regiment of Foot For the Murder of Crispus Attucks Samuel Gray Samuel Maverick James Caldwell And Patrick Carr On Monday Evening March 5 1770. Boston: Printed and Published by Belcher and Armstrong 1807. 120 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Contemporary marbled boards with later rebacking quarter-paper spine with printed title and ornaments. Moderate rubbing to boards heavier rubbing to board edges with wear to corners joints starting hinges cracked boards secure. Light browning to interior faint dampstaining to margins in a few places light soiling to title page. $950. Reissue of the first edition published in 1770 with a title beginning The Trial of William Wemms. The violent confrontation between soldiers and citizens known as the Boston Massacre resulted in the trial of eight soldiers for murder. Defended by John Adams and Josiah Quincy six were acquitted and two who fired fatal shots were convicted of manslaughter burned on the hand and released. McDade The Annals of Murder 122 note. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13203. unknown books
1731rif. 44503, , 1731. 23 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-folio, veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1788rif. 44919Sans lieu, [Rouen ou Paris], , 1788. Eau-forte anonyme, 180 195 mm (cuvette 124 170 mm), légende gravée en cursive italique sous la scène. Quelques plis.
1819rif. 14759Paris, Guillaume et Cie, 1819. In-8 de (4)-XII-329-(1) pp.Procès de la conspiration des patriotes de 1816, au nombre de vingt-huit. Paris, Patris, Guillaume, Corbet, Delaunay et Pélicier,1816. In-8 de (4)-183 pp.MÉJAN (Maurice). Histoire du procès du maréchal de camp Bonnaire, et du lieutenant Miéton, son aide-de-camp. Paris, Patris, Guillaume, Corbet, Delaunay et Pélicier,1816. In-8 de (4)-172 pp.DUMOULIN (Évariste). Procès du général Cambronne, Commandant de la Légion d'Honneur ; contenant toutes les pièces de la procédure. Paris, L'Huillier, Delaunay, Pillet, 1816. In-8 de (4)-IV-75 pp.Ensemble 1 vol. in-8, demi-basane fauve à petits coins de vélin vert, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin vert, tranches jaunes (reliure de l'époque).
rif. 232567Paris, Perlet, 1792 8 tomes en 4 vol. in-8, demi-basane brune, dos lisse orné (reliure vers 1820). Frottements sur les plats.
1731rif. 117921731 21 parties reliées en un volume contituant l'affaire "Cadière-Girard", reliure plein veau brun raciné (binding full calfskin) in-folio, dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands) décoré or (gilt decoration) filets or (gilt line) et filets à froid (blind-stamping line decoration) - entre-nerfs à fleuron au fer plein (between the raised bands floweret with full blocking stamp) - double pièce de titre manquante (lake label of title), coiffes supérieure et inférieure manquantes (head and tail of the spine faded), manque de dorure sur le dos (blurred gilding), plats épidermés (lights scratches), charnières fendues (cracked joints), manque de cuir au mors inférieur (lake of leather) et coins écornés (corners dog-eared), roulettes sur les coupes (fillets on the cuts) manque de dorure (blurred gilding), toutes tranches rouges (all red edges), sans illustration (no illustration) exceptés des bandeaux (illuminated of headpieces) gravés sur bois en noir (engraving wood), page de titre découpée en marge (manque une bande de papier de 2,5 centimètres de large en hauty et sur le coté sans atteindre le texte lui même), Factum divisé en 21 parties de 56 + 58 + 44 + 84 + 18 + 60 + 14 + 4 + 52 + 45 + 4 + 10 + 12 + 5 + 19 + 12 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 7 pages, 1731 Paris et Aix Gissey Bordelet + Joseph David Editeur,
1757rif. 11022A Paris, chez Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1757. In-4 de XLII-610-(2)-28 pp., veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
rif. 7063, 4 tomes dans deux volumes reliés in-12,; etat impecable reliure exceptionnelle . Paris, David, 1735 Paris, David, 1735
1749rif. 3370A Geneve, Chez Barrillot & Fils, 1749 1749 • [IV] + XXIV + 356 pp. , •• [IV] + XVI + 358 pp. , & ••• [IV] + XII + 442 pp. - 3 volumes in-8 en pleine basane marbré, dos cinq à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, tranches rougies, intérieur frais. Intéressante reliure étrangère de l'époque (suisse?)- Titres imprimés bicolores rouge et noir avec la marque d'imprimeur à la devise « ex recto decus ». - Quelques accidents aux coiffes et mors , quelques galeries de vers sur les plats. - Édition non citée par Tchemerzine et Brunet.
1945Contents: Nash car color ad inside front cover; Commercial Solvents Corp. ad with great Iwo Jima beach landing photo; Chrysler *Fluid Drive* color ad; Only Stalin of first trio is left but Attlee carries on where Churchill left off; Very graphic 6-photo sequence of a 'Jap' being burned to death by a flame-thrower; British Labor landslide stirs the world - the winning issue was not Churchill but new homes and jobs for Britons; Photo of a masked 'squeeler' identifying Gestapo agents hiding in the ranks of the Wehrmacht in Norway; Nice color ad for Martin aircraft; Photo of Dutch people tearing up trolly blocks for desperately needed fuel; Trial of Marshal Petain in France; Amazing coverage of B-25 Mitchell bomber striking the Empire State building - the diagram looks just like what the world witnessed September 11th, 2001; The Big Playhouse - Michigan's cushy prison at Jackson; Japan on the ropes - strikes at Kure naval base cover harbor with blazing ships - B-29s blast forewarned cities; Photo of American troops from Europe massing in Manila; *Super* color centerfold featuring a 1942 yellow Buick convertible; photo of leaflet dropped on Jap cities prior to bombing (with article); Photo of Canadian General Crerar who's army has been dissolved; Kaiser lines up Graham-Paige in march toward reconversion - with Frazer's selling genius added to Western Steel facilities, Combine's one need is capital; Photo of experimental helicopter, the PV-3, in flight; Nice color Imperial whiskey ad; Surplus problem - whether to scrap the Office of War Information's (OWI) profitable magazines abroad; Swiss family air force - survival training; Motorola radio ad; Great color Union Pacific Railroad ad with emphasis upon beautiful Washington state; Unmarked with average wear. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
1946431 pages. Index. Bibliographical Notes. Enables readers to view world events from a Soviet perspective from the time of the Russian Revolution and moving forward. "The authors, who take the Stalinist treason trials and purges at face value, conclude that illusions about the Soviet Union were not shattered until she proved her strength during World War II". - Joel Seidman. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Front hinge tender but intact. Prior owner's signature and small vintage bookseller tag upon front free endpaper. A worthy reference copy of this fascinating work. Kolarz [2] p.153, Seidman S22. Book
1846rif. 715931846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. "More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State": McDade 60 Trial. Baker Abner d.1845 Defendant. Crozier C.W. 1807-1884. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker Jr. A Monomaniac Who Was Executed October 3 1845 For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of a Pardon And Narrative of the Circumstances Attending His Execution Etc. Etc. Trial and Evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. iv xiii 1 152 pp. Frontispiece diagram of murder scene and additional portrait frontispiece of Baker. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.6 x 17.8 cm. Modern period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and fillets to spine endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine moderate toning and foxing faint dampstaining to most of text. $850. Only edition. "Dr. Baker thought Bates was having an affair with his wife. On a street in Cumberland Kentucky he shot Bates in the back but was released as insane. The Bates family published an award for his capture and Baker family pride stung by the publication produced the Doctor who was convicted and hanged. Like many Clay County cases this was more a struggle between two families than an affair of the state" McDade. Our account of Baker's trial was also a family matter: it was compiled in part by his sister Elizabeth's husband Dr. Carrick White Crozier. OCLC locates 2 copies Yale Law School Los Angeles County Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 60. unknown
1846rif. 715931846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. "More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State": McDade 60 Trial. Baker Abner d.1845 Defendant. Crozier C.W. 1807-1884. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker Jr. A Monomaniac Who Was Executed October 3 1845 For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of a Pardon And Narrative of the Circumstances Attending His Execution Etc. Etc. Trial and Evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. iv xiii 1 152 pp. Frontispiece diagram of murder scene and additional portrait frontispiece of Baker. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.6 x 17.8 cm. Modern period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and fillets to spine endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine moderate toning and foxing faint dampstaining to most of text. $850. Only edition. "Dr. Baker thought Bates was having an affair with his wife. On a street in Cumberland Kentucky he shot Bates in the back but was released as insane. The Bates family published an award for his capture and Baker family pride stung by the publication produced the Doctor who was convicted and hanged. Like many Clay County cases this was more a struggle between two families than an affair of the state" McDade. Our account of Baker's trial was also a family matter: it was compiled in part by his sister Elizabeth's husband Dr. Carrick White Crozier. OCLC locates 2 copies Yale Law School Los Angeles County Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 60. unknown books
1827rif. 684181827. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window Trial. Cook Samuel 1786-1861 Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook Draper Dudley For an Alleged Seditious Libel Tried at Worcester Aug. 1 1827 Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short Hand by an Eminent Writer. Dudley Worcestershire Eng.: Sold by S. Cook Draper 1827. ii 72 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards by Philip Dusel gilt titles and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places "4" in early hand to head of title page. $850. First edition one of two from 1827. Cook a linen draper and the "radical conscience of middle-class Dudley" frequently displayed posters promoting various political events and made his business "the focal point of radicalism in the Black Country" ODNB. In 1826 he was charged with seditious libel for displaying a handbill promoting a nailers' strike that accused government ministers of contributing to the starvation of the people. He was found guilty but received a relatively light sentence of a 100 fine and a 200 bond. He published this pamphlet to raise money for his legal expenses. A note at the foot of p. 72 appeals for additional financial assistance: "S. Cook will be happy to receive any Subscriptions towards his late expenses and towards such subsequent proceedings as may be deemed requisite." A second edition with an identical page count may have been published the same year. OCLC and Library Hub locate 4 copies of both editions 2 in North America Duke Southern Illinois University. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. McCoy Freedom of the Press Supplement IC318. unknown
1827rif. 684181827. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window Trial. Cook Samuel 1786-1861 Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook Draper Dudley For an Alleged Seditious Libel Tried at Worcester Aug. 1 1827 Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short Hand by an Eminent Writer. Dudley Worcestershire Eng.: Sold by S. Cook Draper 1827. ii 72 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards by Philip Dusel gilt titles and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places "4" in early hand to head of title page. $850. First edition one of two from 1827. Cook a linen draper and the "radical conscience of middle-class Dudley" frequently displayed posters promoting various political events and made his business "the focal point of radicalism in the Black Country" ODNB. In 1826 he was charged with seditious libel for displaying a handbill promoting a nailers' strike that accused government ministers of contributing to the starvation of the people. He was found guilty but received a relatively light sentence of a 100 fine and a 200 bond. He published this pamphlet to raise money for his legal expenses. A note at the foot of p. 72 appeals for additional financial assistance: "S. Cook will be happy to receive any Subscriptions towards his late expenses and towards such subsequent proceedings as may be deemed requisite." A second edition with an identical page count may have been published the same year. OCLC and Library Hub locate 4 copies of both editions 2 in North America Duke Southern Illinois University. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. McCoy Freedom of the Press Supplement IC318. unknown books
1808rif. 684481808. London 1808. Very Scarce/Rare. London 1808. Very Scarce/Rare. A Very Scarce 1808 English Libel Case Relating to One of Wellington's Generals Trial. Draper Edward Alured 1776-1841 Defendant. The Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Alured Draper Of the Third Regiment of Foot Guards In the Court of King's Bench On Monday The 29th of June 1807 Before the Right Hon. Lord Ellenborough and a Special Jury For a Libel Against the Right Hon. John Sullivan. Taken in Short Hand by Mr. Adams. London: Printed by D. Jaques 1808. vii 179 pp. Octavo 8-5/8" x 5-3/8". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and a bit of residue from paper location label to spine. Light soiling corners bumped light fading to spine. Moderate toning to text "110442" in early hand to verso of half-title two faint library stamps to title page. $850. Only edition. Draper was charged with libel for distributing a statement against a witness in a trial against his superior officer General Sir Thomas Picton. A distinguished but controversial general Picton was accused of using torture while serving as the military governor of Trinidad charges that were dismissed. Draper claimed that Sullivan a colonial official lied under oath. Draper lost his case and served a three-month sentence but went on to have a distinguished career as an officer and civil servant in Mauritius. OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide Social Law and Yale University. Not in COPAC or the Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909. unknown
1808rif. 684481808. London 1808. Very Scarce/Rare. London 1808. Very Scarce/Rare. A Very Scarce 1808 English Libel Case Relating to One of Wellington's Generals Trial. Draper Edward Alured 1776-1841 Defendant. The Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Alured Draper Of the Third Regiment of Foot Guards In the Court of King's Bench On Monday The 29th of June 1807 Before the Right Hon. Lord Ellenborough and a Special Jury For a Libel Against the Right Hon. John Sullivan. Taken in Short Hand by Mr. Adams. London: Printed by D. Jaques 1808. vii 179 pp. Octavo 8-5/8" x 5-3/8". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and a bit of residue from paper location label to spine. Light soiling corners bumped light fading to spine. Moderate toning to text "110442" in early hand to verso of half-title two faint library stamps to title page. $850. Only edition. Draper was charged with libel for distributing a statement against a witness in a trial against his superior officer General Sir Thomas Picton. A distinguished but controversial general Picton was accused of using torture while serving as the military governor of Trinidad charges that were dismissed. Draper claimed that Sullivan a colonial official lied under oath. Draper lost his case and served a three-month sentence but went on to have a distinguished career as an officer and civil servant in Mauritius. OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide Social Law and Yale University. Not in COPAC or the Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909. unknown books
1880rif. 728021880. Rare. Rare. A Raucous Divorce Case: Only Edition of the 1880 Newman Hall Divorce Case Report Trial. Hall v. Hall. The Full Report of the Newman Hall Divorce Case Drop-Head Title. At head of drop-head title: Police News Edition. London: G. Purkess c.1880. 16 pp. Title page has large woodcut portraits of the Halls. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet thread lacking. Moderate toning light edgewear and chipping to spine light foxing to final few leaves title page affected by trimming to top and fore-edges without loss to legibility. Rare. $850. Only edition. In 1880 Christopher Newman Hall a minister who had gained fame in Britain and the United States with his tract Come to Jesus 1848 accused his wife Charlotte of adultery with a friend of the couple. She denied the accusations and accused him of infidelity in turn. The couple was not particularly compatible; Charlotte was a free spirit who loved to hunt and smoke habits her husband despised on moral grounds. Newman Hall's high profile and the humor of much of the testimony made the trial a raucous affair with frequent bursts of laughter from witnesses to the despair of the judge. Newman Hall ultimately succeeded in obtaining a decree nisi and remarried later that year. This is a rare title. No physical copies listed on OCLC or Library Hub. We located a copy at Indiana University. unknown
1880rif. 728021880. Rare. Rare. A Raucous Divorce Case: Only Edition of the 1880 Newman Hall Divorce Case Report Trial. Hall v. Hall. The Full Report of the Newman Hall Divorce Case Drop-Head Title. At head of drop-head title: Police News Edition. London: G. Purkess c.1880. 16 pp. Title page has large woodcut portraits of the Halls. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet thread lacking. Moderate toning light edgewear and chipping to spine light foxing to final few leaves title page affected by trimming to top and fore-edges without loss to legibility. Rare. $850. Only edition. In 1880 Christopher Newman Hall a minister who had gained fame in Britain and the United States with his tract Come to Jesus 1848 accused his wife Charlotte of adultery with a friend of the couple. She denied the accusations and accused him of infidelity in turn. The couple was not particularly compatible; Charlotte was a free spirit who loved to hunt and smoke habits her husband despised on moral grounds. Newman Hall's high profile and the humor of much of the testimony made the trial a raucous affair with frequent bursts of laughter from witnesses to the despair of the judge. Newman Hall ultimately succeeded in obtaining a decree nisi and remarried later that year. This is a rare title. No physical copies listed on OCLC or Library Hub. We located a copy at Indiana University. unknown books
1817rif. 714681817. Boston: Thomas G. Bangs 1817. Boston: Thomas G. Bangs 1817. The Only Edition of a Rare Early 19th-Century Murder Trial: Lemuel Shaw for the Defense Trial. Phillips Henry d.1817. Trial of Henry Phillips for the Murder of Gaspard Dennegri sic. Supreme Judicial Court Boston January 9 1817 Caption Title. Boston: Printed by Thomas G. Bangs 1817. 24 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5"; 22.2 x 12.7 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers. Chipping and a few tears to edges upper section lacking from rear wrapper. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior faint dampstaining in a few places. $850. Only edition. "Denegri was struck on the head by a loggerhead during a minor disturbance at a tavern. Today the circumstances would at the most be considered manslaughter but poor Phillips was found guilty of murder and hanged" McDade. The trial is highly significant for the involvement of Phillips' defense counsel Lemuel Shaw 1781-1861 whom the defendant specifically requested. Following his years in private practice Shaw went on to build a towering career as a politician and jurist. As Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court he presided during a critical era when American common law was actively being forged. Legal historian Leonard W. Levy famously characterized Shaw as arguably "America's greatest magistrate" making this scarce record of his early defense work highly desirable to legal historians. OCLC locates 9 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Social Law. Levy "Lemuel Shaw: America's Greatest Magistrate" 7 Villanova Law Review 389 accessed online. McDade The Annals of Murder 746. unknown
1817rif. 714681817. Boston: Thomas G. Bangs 1817. Boston: Thomas G. Bangs 1817. The Only Edition of a Rare Early 19th-Century Murder Trial: Lemuel Shaw for the Defense Trial. Phillips Henry d.1817. Trial of Henry Phillips for the Murder of Gaspard Dennegri sic. Supreme Judicial Court Boston January 9 1817 Caption Title. Boston: Printed by Thomas G. Bangs 1817. 24 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5"; 22.2 x 12.7 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers. Chipping and a few tears to edges upper section lacking from rear wrapper. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior faint dampstaining in a few places. $850. Only edition. "Denegri was struck on the head by a loggerhead during a minor disturbance at a tavern. Today the circumstances would at the most be considered manslaughter but poor Phillips was found guilty of murder and hanged" McDade. The trial is highly significant for the involvement of Phillips' defense counsel Lemuel Shaw 1781-1861 whom the defendant specifically requested. Following his years in private practice Shaw went on to build a towering career as a politician and jurist. As Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court he presided during a critical era when American common law was actively being forged. Legal historian Leonard W. Levy famously characterized Shaw as arguably "America's greatest magistrate" making this scarce record of his early defense work highly desirable to legal historians. OCLC locates 9 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Social Law. Levy "Lemuel Shaw: America's Greatest Magistrate" 7 Villanova Law Review 389 accessed online. McDade The Annals of Murder 746. unknown books
