3 195 résultats
1807réf. 829601807. London 1807. London 1807. A Presentation Copy from the Author with an Additional Folding Map Not in Other Copies Trial. Harmer James 1777-1853. Holloway John d. 1807 Defendant. Haggerty Owen d. 1807 Defendant. Murder of Mr. Steele. Documents and Observations Tending to Shew a Probability of the Innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty Who Were Executed on Monday the 23d of February 1807 As the Murderers of the Above Gentleman. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by M. Jones 1807. iv 89 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.5 x 13 cm. Bound after Kinnard W. Jr. Plan of a Part of Hounslow Heath. By W. Kinnard Junior. In Relation to the Murder of Mr. Steele. S.l.: S.n. 1807. 2 ff. Octavo 5" x 3-1/2"; 13 x 9 cm. With a folding map of Hounslow Heath. Later buckram gilt title to spine endleaves added. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places small blind-embossed library stamp "Grendon Hall" to first few leaves creasing to map its upper right corner lacking without loss to image manuscript docket to its verso inscription "George Chetwynd/ from the Author" to head of title page slightly affected by trimming. $450. THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION. Only edition. James Harmer was one of the most prominent criminal defense lawyers of early 19th-century London later serving as an alderman and Sheriff of London. His immense knowledge of Old Bailey proceedings and his formidable court presence directly inspired Charles Dickens when creating the shrewd attorney Mr. Jaggers in Great Expectations. Driven by his extensive trial experience Harmer became a relentless crusader against wrongful convictions and an outspoken advocate for the reform of English criminal procedure. This work represents Harmer's meticulous investigation into the 1802 murder of lavender merchant John Steele on Hounslow Heath. John Holloway and Owen Haggerty were convicted entirely on circumstantial evidence and the dubious testimony of a paid informer. Despite public doubts-including Harmer's forceful evidence presented in this volume-both men were hanged at Newgate on February 23 1807. The trial captivated London to a sensational degree: an estimated 40000 spectators gathered for the execution. The dense crowd panic. unknown
1807réf. 829601807. London 1807. London 1807. A Presentation Copy from the Author with an Additional Folding Map Not in Other Copies Trial. Harmer James 1777-1853. Holloway John d. 1807 Defendant. Haggerty Owen d. 1807 Defendant. Murder of Mr. Steele. Documents and Observations Tending to Shew a Probability of the Innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty Who Were Executed on Monday the 23d of February 1807 As the Murderers of the Above Gentleman. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by M. Jones 1807. iv 89 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.5 x 13 cm. Bound after Kinnard W. Jr. Plan of a Part of Hounslow Heath. By W. Kinnard Junior. In Relation to the Murder of Mr. Steele. S.l.: S.n. 1807. 2 ff. Octavo 5" x 3-1/2"; 13 x 9 cm. With a folding map of Hounslow Heath. Later buckram gilt title to spine endleaves added. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places small blind-embossed library stamp "Grendon Hall" to first few leaves creasing to map its upper right corner lacking without loss to image manuscript docket to its verso inscription "George Chetwynd/ from the Author" to head of title page slightly affected by trimming. $450. THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION. Only edition. James Harmer was one of the most prominent criminal defense lawyers of early 19th-century London later serving as an alderman and Sheriff of London. His immense knowledge of Old Bailey proceedings and his formidable court presence directly inspired Charles Dickens when creating the shrewd attorney Mr. Jaggers in Great Expectations. Driven by his extensive trial experience Harmer became a relentless crusader against wrongful convictions and an outspoken advocate for the reform of English criminal procedure. This work represents Harmer's meticulous investigation into the 1802 murder of lavender merchant John Steele on Hounslow Heath. John Holloway and Owen Haggerty were convicted entirely on circumstantial evidence and the dubious testimony of a paid informer. Despite public doubts-including Harmer's forceful evidence presented in this volume-both men were hanged at Newgate on February 23 1807. The trial captivated London to a sensational degree: an estimated 40000 spectators gathered for the execution. The dense crowd panic. unknown books
1918réf. 823221918. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. An Important Trial for Organized Labor Trial. Haywood William 1869-1928. Evidence and Cross-Examination of William D. Haywood in the Case of the U.S.A. vs. Wm. D. Haywood et al. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. 312 pp. Portrait. Stapled in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling and faint creasing to wrappers owner signature Olga S. Halsey and small tear to head of front wrapper faint stain to rear wrapper tearing to spine. Light toning partial crack in text block after title page all leaves secure internally clean. $450. The Haywood trial concerned the murder of Frank R. Steunenberg who had called in federal troops to break miners' strikes as former governor of Idaho. Harry Orchard a former member of the Western Federation of Miners confessed to the crime but when threatened with hanging claimed that he had committed the murder on the orders of senior members of WFM leadership including William "Big Bill" Haywood. Haywood and two other men implicated in the plot were extradited to Idaho from Colorado and tried for murder. The trial became a flashpoint for organized labor. Famed American attorney Clarence Darrow led Haywood's defense successfully undermining Orchard's character and securing an acquittal after one of the passionate closing summaries that would become his trademark as an attorney. Olga Spencer Halsey c.1889-1970 the probable former owner of this item was a social scientist and researcher for the American Association for Labor Legislation. A passionate advocate of health insurance reform she drafted some of the first health insurance legislation in the U.S. unknown
1918réf. 823221918. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. An Important Trial for Organized Labor Trial. Haywood William 1869-1928. Evidence and Cross-Examination of William D. Haywood in the Case of the U.S.A. vs. Wm. D. Haywood et al. Chicago: General Defense Committee 1918. 312 pp. Portrait. Stapled in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling and faint creasing to wrappers owner signature Olga S. Halsey and small tear to head of front wrapper faint stain to rear wrapper tearing to spine. Light toning partial crack in text block after title page all leaves secure internally clean. $450. The Haywood trial concerned the murder of Frank R. Steunenberg who had called in federal troops to break miners' strikes as former governor of Idaho. Harry Orchard a former member of the Western Federation of Miners confessed to the crime but when threatened with hanging claimed that he had committed the murder on the orders of senior members of WFM leadership including William "Big Bill" Haywood. Haywood and two other men implicated in the plot were extradited to Idaho from Colorado and tried for murder. The trial became a flashpoint for organized labor. Famed American attorney Clarence Darrow led Haywood's defense successfully undermining Orchard's character and securing an acquittal after one of the passionate closing summaries that would become his trademark as an attorney. Olga Spencer Halsey c.1889-1970 the probable former owner of this item was a social scientist and researcher for the American Association for Labor Legislation. A passionate advocate of health insurance reform she drafted some of the first health insurance legislation in the U.S. unknown books
1813réf. 566161813. Scarce English Embezzlement Trial Trial. Hewlitt John Churcher Defendant. The Trial of John Churcher Hewlitt Acting Deputy Prothonotary of the Place-Court At the Old Bailey On Wednesday April 14 1813 on Charges Preferred by William Cruchley Of John-Street Bedford-Row Attorney-at-Law For Alleged Embezzlements of Moneys Arising from Fees of Office; On Seven Indictments Upon All of Which he was Most Honourably Acquitted. Taken in Short-Hand. London: Printed by Marchant and Galabin 1813. ii 16 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning several leaves unopened internally clean. $450. Only edition. Hewlett was accused of embezzlement by his employer Cruchley. This appears to be a vindication of Hewlitt's honor and innocence. It may have been published at his expense or urging. OCLC locates 4 copies in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard and Social Law. unknown
1813réf. 566161813. Scarce English Embezzlement Trial Trial. Hewlitt John Churcher Defendant. The Trial of John Churcher Hewlitt Acting Deputy Prothonotary of the Place-Court At the Old Bailey On Wednesday April 14 1813 on Charges Preferred by William Cruchley Of John-Street Bedford-Row Attorney-at-Law For Alleged Embezzlements of Moneys Arising from Fees of Office; On Seven Indictments Upon All of Which he was Most Honourably Acquitted. Taken in Short-Hand. London: Printed by Marchant and Galabin 1813. ii 16 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning several leaves unopened internally clean. $450. Only edition. Hewlett was accused of embezzlement by his employer Cruchley. This appears to be a vindication of Hewlitt's honor and innocence. It may have been published at his expense or urging. OCLC locates 4 copies in North America 2 in law libraries Harvard and Social Law. unknown books
1822réf. 763231822. Clifford's Inn Seeks an Exemption from Poor Rates Trial. Hickin John. The Trial of an Action of Trespass in the Court of Common Pleas Guildhall Before the Right Honorable Lord Chief Justice Dallace and a Special Jury On the 28th of July 1821 Between John Allen Esq. Plaintiff And Frederick Waller and John Shaw Overseers of the Poor of St. Dunstan's in the West Defendants Respecting the Liability of the Honorable Society of Clifford's Inn to Payment of Rates for the Relief of the Poor; To Which are Prefixed Observations on the Liability of Places Usually Termed Extra Parochial Including the Inns of Court and Chancery To Payment of Poor Rates. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son 1822. viii lxxxix 1 79 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Near-contemporary pebbled cloth institutional name and seal to boards rebacked retaining existing spine with gilt title endpapers renewed. Faint dampstain to upper outside corner of rear board light rubbing to extremities light wear to corners library bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing faint dampstain to upper outside corner of first three leaves early underlining and annotations in several places a few affected by trimming ownership signature of John Jopson to title page which has a small ink library stamp along with a few other leaves. $450. Only edition. Extra-parochial areas such as universities and the Inns of Court were geographically defined areas considered to be outside of ecclesiastical or civil parishes and thus exempt from certain payments such as tithes or poor rates. As these areas became populated it became increasingly difficult to provide the governance and assistance to residents that parishes traditionally maintained. In 1822 Clifford's Inn sued after being assessed a poor rate. It was determined by the court that Clifford's Inn was functioning as part of the parish of St. Dunstan's in the West and the case was dismissed as a nonsuit. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Pennsylvania Social Law. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:165. unknown books
1776réf. 802001776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. In Original Wrappers Trial. Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788 Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers In Westminster-Hall In Full-Parliament On Monday the 15th Tuesday the 16th Friday the 19th Saturday the 20th and Monday the 22d of April 1776; On the Last of Which Days the Said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was Found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Charles Bathurst 1776. iv 176 pp. Title page preceded by imprimatur leaf. Folio 15" x 10"; 38 x 25.4 cm. Original wrappers untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior light wear to spine ends moderate soiling to edges light toning to interior. A very good copy uncommon in wrappers. $450. Only edition. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. Famous because of this trial Kingston was often depicted directly or indirectly in popular and serious literature. She is believed to have been the inspiration William Makepeace Thackeray's character of Beatrix Esmond Baroness Bernstein in The History of Henry Esmond and The Virginians. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. English Short-Title Catalogue T92941. unknown
1776réf. 802001776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. London: Charles Bathurst 1776. In Original Wrappers Trial. Kingston Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Duchess of 1720-1788 Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers In Westminster-Hall In Full-Parliament On Monday the 15th Tuesday the 16th Friday the 19th Saturday the 20th and Monday the 22d of April 1776; On the Last of Which Days the Said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was Found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Charles Bathurst 1776. iv 176 pp. Title page preceded by imprimatur leaf. Folio 15" x 10"; 38 x 25.4 cm. Original wrappers untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior light wear to spine ends moderate soiling to edges light toning to interior. A very good copy uncommon in wrappers. $450. Only edition. When she determined to marry the Duke of Kingston Elizabeth feared the scandal of divorce from her first husband Augustus Hervey later Earl of Bristol who wanted a divorce so she instituted a suit of jactitation against him. His negative response ignored she took an oath that she was unmarried and the court so declared her. She married the Duke of Kingston in 1769 and he died in 1770 and left her a substantial estate on the condition that she remain a widow. The duke's nephew Mr. Evelyn Meadow brought suit against her for bigamy shortly after the duke's death while she was traveling in Italy. She returned to England to stand trial. Found guilty she would have been "burned on the hand" but she claimed the privilege of her peerage which served to exempt her from corporal punishment. She continued a life of travel and adventure until her sudden death in Paris in 1788. Famous because of this trial Kingston was often depicted directly or indirectly in popular and serious literature. She is believed to have been the inspiration William Makepeace Thackeray's character of Beatrix Esmond Baroness Bernstein in The History of Henry Esmond and The Virginians. Dictionary of National Biography IX:730. English Short-Title Catalogue T92941. unknown books
1882réf. 745731882. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. "One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 Trial. Kring Charles F. 1845-1883 Defendant. Kring Eugene. Love and Law In Two Parts. Part I. The Only True History of the Killing of Mrs. Dora C.J. Broemser by Chas. F. Kring: Together with the Autobiography of the Latter: Part II. Missouri's Fraud; Or The Full and Complete Legal History of the Case of the State of Missouri vs. Chas. F. Kring: Embracing a Description of the Many Trials and Appeals Together with Law Points Involved and Appellate Court's Decisions Thereon. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. 200 6 pp. 2 woodcut frontispieces. 14 woodcut plates. Final 5 pp. are advertisements. Octavo 9" x 6". Publisher's flexible cloth blind frame and gilt title to front cover which is detached. Light rubbing and a few spots to covers heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends early owner bookplate of T.J. Silvius to front pastedown his signature to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing to a few leaves fold lines and small chips to upper outside corners of preliminaries and first four leaves of main text. $450. Only edition. "Kring's case is one of those legal marathons peculiar to the United States. Infatuated with but rejected by Mrs. Broemser he shot her on January 4 1875. The death sentence in trial number 1 was reversed. Trials number 2 and 3 were mistrials. At trial number 4 Kring pled guilty to second-degree murder but after receiving a twenty-five-year sentence he got that reversed. At trial number 5 he received his second death sentence which the United States Supreme Court reversed in October 1882 by a five-to-four vote" McDade. This copy probably belonged to the T.J. Silvius who was a printer and publisher in Sunbury Pennsylvania Thomas J. Silvius 1854-1937. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Columbia Harvard St. John's University. Bell History of Northumberland County Pennsylvania 845-46. McDade The Annals of Murder 576. unknown books
1875réf. 826551875. The Only Published Account of an 1873 Murder Near Syracuse New York: McDade 628 Trial. Linsday Owen Defendant. Tinsley Charles G. Reporter. Morgan Frederick J. Reporter. The Baldwinsville Homicide. Verbatim Report of the Trial of Owen Linsday For the Murder of Francis A. Colvin Containing the Testimony in Full; Opening and Closing Speeches of Counsel; Charge to the Jury &c. Printed from the Minutes of the Official Reporters. Also Accurate Likenesses of Linsday Colvin and Vader Engraved from Photographs Recently Taken. Syracuse NY: Published by Tinsley & Morgan Official Stenographers to the Supreme Court Truair Smith & Co. Printers 1875. 268 pp. Text in double columns. 6 plates. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers publisher advertisement to verso of rear wrapper fragment of early owner label to spine. Moderate soiling edgewear and a few small chips to wrappers spine ends abraded rear wrapper beginning to detach at ends. "C.F. Libby" in early hand to head of front wrapper price at its foot struck through. Moderate toning to interior corner folds and light edgewear to first few leaves of text block "Copy of Mayor Charles F. Libby of Portland Me." in small early penciled hand to head of title page. $450. Only edition of the only published account. In 1873 with the assistance of Vader Linsday contrived a plan to murder Colvin and steal his money a nest egg of about $3000 that he always kept with him. Linsday fatally struck Colvin in the back of his head with an axe then he and Vader sunk Colvin's body in the Seneca River and told people afterwards that Colvin left town to live in Syracuse. The crime was detected when the body was discovered two years later. Vader confessed in exchange for testimony and the charges against him were dropped. Linsday was convicted and hanged. Libby 1844-1915 a Maine lawyer and politician was Portland's mayor in 1882 and president of the American Bar Association from 1909 to 1910. He served in the Maine Senate from 1889 to 1892 and was the Senate's president from 1891 to 1892. Tinsley and Morgan's is the only published account of this case excepting reports in periodicals. OCLC locates 10 copies in law libraries Brooklyn Law School Harvard NY State Appellate Court NY State Supreme Court Northwestern Trial Cour. unknown
1875réf. 826551875. The Only Published Account of an 1873 Murder Near Syracuse New York: McDade 628 Trial. Linsday Owen Defendant. Tinsley Charles G. Reporter. Morgan Frederick J. Reporter. The Baldwinsville Homicide. Verbatim Report of the Trial of Owen Linsday For the Murder of Francis A. Colvin Containing the Testimony in Full; Opening and Closing Speeches of Counsel; Charge to the Jury &c. Printed from the Minutes of the Official Reporters. Also Accurate Likenesses of Linsday Colvin and Vader Engraved from Photographs Recently Taken. Syracuse NY: Published by Tinsley & Morgan Official Stenographers to the Supreme Court Truair Smith & Co. Printers 1875. 268 pp. Text in double columns. 6 plates. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers publisher advertisement to verso of rear wrapper fragment of early owner label to spine. Moderate soiling edgewear and a few small chips to wrappers spine ends abraded rear wrapper beginning to detach at ends. "C.F. Libby" in early hand to head of front wrapper price at its foot struck through. Moderate toning to interior corner folds and light edgewear to first few leaves of text block "Copy of Mayor Charles F. Libby of Portland Me." in small early penciled hand to head of title page. $450. Only edition of the only published account. In 1873 with the assistance of Vader Linsday contrived a plan to murder Colvin and steal his money a nest egg of about $3000 that he always kept with him. Linsday fatally struck Colvin in the back of his head with an axe then he and Vader sunk Colvin's body in the Seneca River and told people afterwards that Colvin left town to live in Syracuse. The crime was detected when the body was discovered two years later. Vader confessed in exchange for testimony and the charges against him were dropped. Linsday was convicted and hanged. Libby 1844-1915 a Maine lawyer and politician was Portland's mayor in 1882 and president of the American Bar Association from 1909 to 1910. He served in the Maine Senate from 1889 to 1892 and was the Senate's president from 1891 to 1892. Tinsley and Morgan's is the only published account of this case excepting reports in periodicals. OCLC locates 10 copies in law libraries Brooklyn Law School Harvard NY State Appellate Court NY State Supreme Court Northwestern Trial Cour. unknown books
1807réf. 784721807. Bowie Ralph former owner. Bowie Ralph former owner. A Card Game and a Libel Case Trial. Livingston Maturin 1769-1847 Plaintiff. Cheetham James 1772-1810 Defendant. Sampson William 1764-1836 Reporter. The Trial of the Hon Maturin Livingston Esq. Against James Cheetham For a Libel; Held at the Sittings On the Twenty Eighth of Nov. 1807 Before the Hon. Judge Spencer. Taken in Short Hand. New York: Printed and Published by S. Gould Law Bookseller and Law Stationer 1807. 63 1 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning light foxing in a few places title page detached and lightly edgeworn early owner signature "R. Bowie" affected by trimming to its head. $450. Only edition. Livingston a member of the prominent Livingston family was a New York City lawyer and politician. "Cheetham was accused of libeling Livingston by charging in the Republican Watch Tower 14 September 1805 that the latter cheated at cards. The defendant was found guilty and fined $1000" McCoy. The R. Bowie who owned this pamphlet may be Ralph Bowie 1755-1816. Born and educated in Scotland he emigrated to the United States in the early 1780s for political reasons and established himself in York Pennsylvania where he became a connected and well-respected attorney. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11994. McCoy Freedom of the Press C296. unknown
1807réf. 784721807. Bowie Ralph former owner. Bowie Ralph former owner. A Card Game and a Libel Case Trial. Livingston Maturin 1769-1847 Plaintiff. Cheetham James 1772-1810 Defendant. Sampson William 1764-1836 Reporter. The Trial of the Hon Maturin Livingston Esq. Against James Cheetham For a Libel; Held at the Sittings On the Twenty Eighth of Nov. 1807 Before the Hon. Judge Spencer. Taken in Short Hand. New York: Printed and Published by S. Gould Law Bookseller and Law Stationer 1807. 63 1 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning light foxing in a few places title page detached and lightly edgeworn early owner signature "R. Bowie" affected by trimming to its head. $450. Only edition. Livingston a member of the prominent Livingston family was a New York City lawyer and politician. "Cheetham was accused of libeling Livingston by charging in the Republican Watch Tower 14 September 1805 that the latter cheated at cards. The defendant was found guilty and fined $1000" McCoy. The R. Bowie who owned this pamphlet may be Ralph Bowie 1755-1816. Born and educated in Scotland he emigrated to the United States in the early 1780s for political reasons and established himself in York Pennsylvania where he became a connected and well-respected attorney. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11994. McCoy Freedom of the Press C296. unknown books
1843réf. 822711843. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. The Only Mutiny Plot That Occurred on a U.S. Navy Ship Trial. MacKenzie Alexander Slidell 1803-1848 Defendant. Case of the Somers' Mutiny. Defence of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie Commander of the U.S. Brig Somers Before the Court Martial Held at the Navy Yard Brooklyn. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. 30 11 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling a few minor stains to exterior spine ends abraded faint traces of erased penciled annotation to front wrapper. Light toning to interior light foxing to p. ii. A well-preserved copy. $450. First and only edition. This trial concerns the only time a mutiny plot was discovered on a U.S. Navy ship. "Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was a career naval officer and author of many books. In 1842 while he was commander of the brig Somers Mackenzie executed three members of his crew for allegedly plotting a mutiny. The three Philip Spencer Samuel Cromwell and Elisha Small were executed without a hearing. The incident aroused much public interest and criticism since Spencer was the son of the secretary of war John C. Spencer. Although a court of inquiry cleared Mackenzie the secretary of the navy charged him with murder. A court martial held at Mackenzie's request found him innocent" Cohen. Because it was the first and as time would show only attempted mutiny in the history of the U.S. Navy this case attracted a fair amount of subsequent attention most recently Philip McFarland's 1985 account Sea Dangers: The Affair of the Somers. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13563. unknown
1843réf. 822711843. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. The Only Mutiny Plot That Occurred on a U.S. Navy Ship Trial. MacKenzie Alexander Slidell 1803-1848 Defendant. Case of the Somers' Mutiny. Defence of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie Commander of the U.S. Brig Somers Before the Court Martial Held at the Navy Yard Brooklyn. New York: Tribune Office 160 Nassau Street 1843. 30 11 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling a few minor stains to exterior spine ends abraded faint traces of erased penciled annotation to front wrapper. Light toning to interior light foxing to p. ii. A well-preserved copy. $450. First and only edition. This trial concerns the only time a mutiny plot was discovered on a U.S. Navy ship. "Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was a career naval officer and author of many books. In 1842 while he was commander of the brig Somers Mackenzie executed three members of his crew for allegedly plotting a mutiny. The three Philip Spencer Samuel Cromwell and Elisha Small were executed without a hearing. The incident aroused much public interest and criticism since Spencer was the son of the secretary of war John C. Spencer. Although a court of inquiry cleared Mackenzie the secretary of the navy charged him with murder. A court martial held at Mackenzie's request found him innocent" Cohen. Because it was the first and as time would show only attempted mutiny in the history of the U.S. Navy this case attracted a fair amount of subsequent attention most recently Philip McFarland's 1985 account Sea Dangers: The Affair of the Somers. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13563. unknown books
1857réf. 694891857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Bell Luther V. 1806-1862. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling and a few minor marks to exterior wear to spine ends and corners a few small chips to wrappers and edges of a few leaves moderate toning to interior. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He left a will made in 1842 that had been amended with three codicils signed by him some time after suffering a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested on the grounds of mental impairment. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At time of this pamphlet's publication Bell was president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a former superintendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane near Boston. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow containing this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown
1857réf. 694901857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Parish Henry 1787-1856. Earle Pliny 1809-1892. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6"; 23.5 x 15.2 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling to exterior spine abraded wrappers partially detached at ends light wear to corners moderate toning to interior lower corners lacking from final leaf and rear wrapper with no loss to text "Hon: Charles Allen Worcester Mass." in contemporary hand to head of title page small check-mark next to author name which is underlined. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He had made his will in 1842 but subsequently amended it with three codicils signed after he had suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested by James and Daniel Parish residuary devisees in the will on the grounds of mental impairment. The New York Surrogate's Court and subsequently the state Court of Appeals ultimately rejected their argument and upheld the codicils. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At the time of this pamphlet's publication Earle was visiting physician to the New York City Lunatic Asylum. He went on to a prestigious career in psychiatry including as one of the founders of the American Medical Association and is best known for his many visits to institutions which included giving instructional and entertaining lectures to patients on a variety of subjects. Charles Allen 1797-1869 a former owner of this pamphlet was a lawyer Congressional representative from Massachusetts from 1849-1853 and chief justice of the Suffolk County Superior Court from 1858-1867. His ownership of this title reflects the level of attention the case received. OCLC locates 1 copy at SUNY-Albany. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow that includes this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown
1857réf. 694951857. New York: John F. Trow 1857. New York: John F. Trow 1857. Testimony of Seven Medical Experts in a Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Parish Henry 1787-1856. The Parish Will Case Before the Surrogate of the City of New York. Medical Opinions upon the Medical Competency of Mr. Parish by John Watson M.D. D.T. Brown M.D. M.H. Ranney M.D. Pliny Earle M.D. Luther V. Bell M.D. LL.D. M.H. Ranney M.D. I. Ray M.D. Sir Henry Holland Bart. M.D. F.R.S. New York: John F. Trow 1857. iii 573 pp. Each section preceded by divisional title page. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/4"; 24 x 15.8 cm. Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt-edged raised bands and gilt title to spine speckled edges. Some rubbing to boards and extremities moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. A well-preserved copy. $450. First edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He had made his will in 1842 but subsequently amended it with three codicils signed after he had suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested by James and Daniel Parish residuary devisees in the will on the grounds of mental impairment. The New York Surrogate's Court and subsequently the state Court of Appeals ultimately rejected their argument and upheld the codicils. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. Our volume collects this testimony. Later editions were issued in 1858 and 1860. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown
1857réf. 694831857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Parish Henry 1787-1856. Porter John K. 1819-1892. Parish Will Case. Argument of John K. Porter In Behalf of the Respondents in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York January 10 1862. Albany: Comstock & Cassidy 1862. 98 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22.2 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers front wrapper detached. Light soiling and moderately edgewear to wrappers moderate wear to spine ends moderate toning to text corners of some leaves dog-eared. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He had made his will in 1842 but subsequently amended it with three codicils signed after he had suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested by James and Daniel Parish residuary devisees in the will on the grounds of mental impairment. The New York Surrogate's Court and subsequently the state Court of Appeals ultimately rejected their argument and upheld the codicils. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and both legal teams were comprised of talented prominent lawyers. Porter a lawyer for the contestants was a highly ranked member of the New York Bar and was involved in state politics. He went on to hold a seat on the New York Court of Appeals before returning to private practice; he was also one of the prosecutors of Charles Guiteau for the assassination of President James Garfield in 1881. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1159. unknown
1857réf. 694951857. New York: John F. Trow 1857. New York: John F. Trow 1857. Testimony of Seven Medical Experts in a Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Parish Henry 1787-1856. The Parish Will Case Before the Surrogate of the City of New York. Medical Opinions upon the Medical Competency of Mr. Parish by John Watson M.D. D.T. Brown M.D. M.H. Ranney M.D. Pliny Earle M.D. Luther V. Bell M.D. LL.D. M.H. Ranney M.D. I. Ray M.D. Sir Henry Holland Bart. M.D. F.R.S. New York: John F. Trow 1857. iii 573 pp. Each section preceded by divisional title page. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/4"; 24 x 15.8 cm. Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt-edged raised bands and gilt title to spine speckled edges. Some rubbing to boards and extremities moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. A well-preserved copy. $450. First edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He had made his will in 1842 but subsequently amended it with three codicils signed after he had suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested by James and Daniel Parish residuary devisees in the will on the grounds of mental impairment. The New York Surrogate's Court and subsequently the state Court of Appeals ultimately rejected their argument and upheld the codicils. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. Our volume collects this testimony. Later editions were issued in 1858 and 1860. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown books
1857réf. 694891857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Bell Luther V. 1806-1862. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling and a few minor marks to exterior wear to spine ends and corners a few small chips to wrappers and edges of a few leaves moderate toning to interior. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He left a will made in 1842 that had been amended with three codicils signed by him some time after suffering a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested on the grounds of mental impairment. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At time of this pamphlet's publication Bell was president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a former superintendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane near Boston. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow containing this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown books
1857réf. 694901857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Parish Henry 1787-1856. Earle Pliny 1809-1892. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6"; 23.5 x 15.2 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling to exterior spine abraded wrappers partially detached at ends light wear to corners moderate toning to interior lower corners lacking from final leaf and rear wrapper with no loss to text "Hon: Charles Allen Worcester Mass." in contemporary hand to head of title page small check-mark next to author name which is underlined. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He had made his will in 1842 but subsequently amended it with three codicils signed after he had suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested by James and Daniel Parish residuary devisees in the will on the grounds of mental impairment. The New York Surrogate's Court and subsequently the state Court of Appeals ultimately rejected their argument and upheld the codicils. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At the time of this pamphlet's publication Earle was visiting physician to the New York City Lunatic Asylum. He went on to a prestigious career in psychiatry including as one of the founders of the American Medical Association and is best known for his many visits to institutions which included giving instructional and entertaining lectures to patients on a variety of subjects. Charles Allen 1797-1869 a former owner of this pamphlet was a lawyer Congressional representative from Massachusetts from 1849-1853 and chief justice of the Suffolk County Superior Court from 1858-1867. His ownership of this title reflects the level of attention the case received. OCLC locates 1 copy at SUNY-Albany. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow that includes this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown books
1857réf. 694831857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Parish Henry 1787-1856. Porter John K. 1819-1892. Parish Will Case. Argument of John K. Porter In Behalf of the Respondents in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York January 10 1862. Albany: Comstock & Cassidy 1862. 98 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22.2 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers front wrapper detached. Light soiling and moderately edgewear to wrappers moderate wear to spine ends moderate toning to text corners of some leaves dog-eared. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He had made his will in 1842 but subsequently amended it with three codicils signed after he had suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested by James and Daniel Parish residuary devisees in the will on the grounds of mental impairment. The New York Surrogate's Court and subsequently the state Court of Appeals ultimately rejected their argument and upheld the codicils. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and both legal teams were comprised of talented prominent lawyers. Porter a lawyer for the contestants was a highly ranked member of the New York Bar and was involved in state politics. He went on to hold a seat on the New York Court of Appeals before returning to private practice; he was also one of the prosecutors of Charles Guiteau for the assassination of President James Garfield in 1881. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1159. unknown books
1684réf. 729371684. The Beginning of the End For Titus Oates Trial. Popish Plot. Oates Titus 1649-1705 Defendant. The Account of the Manner of Executing a Writ of Inquiry of Damages: Between His Royal Highness James Duke of York &c. And Titus Otes Which was Executed at the Bar of the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster On Wednesday the 19th. Of June 1684. In the Presence of the High Sheriff of Middlesex. London: Printed for Benj. Tooke 1684. iv 31 1 pp. Folio 11-1/2" x 7-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet rebound in recent quarter cloth over marbled boards. Negligible rubbing and light soiling to boards. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing light soiling in a few places. $450. Only edition. Oates an Anglican clergyman and his friend cleric and anti-Catholic Dr. Israel Tonge were the inventors of the Popish Plot one of the cruelest hoaxes in British history and the inspiration for a wave of anti-Catholic violence. They pretended to have discovered a Jesuit plot to assassinate the King massacre Protestants and set James Duke of York the King's Catholic brother on the throne. From 1678-1681 at least 15 innocent men were executed as traitors on Oates's testimony. In 1681 however the tide began to turn against Oates. Undeterred by the change in public opinion he pronounced the Duke of York a traitor and was sued for libel in 1684. The present work documents the trial at which Oates refused to plead and the subsequent 100000 fine awarded as damages. He was imprisoned after defaulting. When James acceded to the throne in 1685 Oates was convicted of perjury imprisoned for life stripped of his vestments and publicly whipped. He was later pardoned by William and Mary and granted a pension of 260 per year. English Short-Title Catalogue R34141. unknown
