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1822réf. 733861822. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. The Plaintiff was Represented by Two Distinguished Scottish Jurists Trial. Stevenson Duncan 1776-1867 Defendant. Report of Trial of the Issues In the Action of Damages for Libel in the Beacon James Gibson of Ingliston Esq. Clerk to the Signet - Pursuer Against Duncan Stevenson Printer in Edinburgh - Defender. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. vi 139 1 2 2 pp. Publisher advertisement to recto of final leaf verso blank. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards by Philip Dusel marbled edges. Moderate toning to interior slightly heavier in a few places illegible early owner signature to rear endleaf. $350. Only edition. Gibson 1765-1850 later Sir James Gibson-Craig 1st Baronet was a lawyer government official and Whig politician. An article in The Beacon a Tory newspaper alledged that he passed forged bank notes. Represented by Francis Jeffrey 1773-1850 and Henry Cockburn 1779-1854 two eminent Scottish jurists who were also notable literary figures Ingliston prevailed and was awarded 500 in damages. Macleod "Craig Sir James Gibson" Moss "Stevenson Duncan" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. Macleod "Craig Sir James Gibson" and Moss "Stevenson Duncan" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 24:250. unknown books
1870réf. 516811870. Claim Concerning Title to Point San Jose in San Francisco Trial. Steinbach R. Plaintiff. Flagg John H. Attorney. Point San Jose: Supplementary Brief in Behalf of Claimants. N.p. c.1870. 10 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Self-wrappers recto of first leaf and verso of terminal leaf soiled crease to lower corner internally clean. $20. Only edition. Located near the entrance to the Golden Gate Point San Jose was occupied by the U.S. military in 1863. The military claimed it was entitled to do this because the nation was in a state of war. It established a series of artillery batteries and continued to hold the land after the war. This irregular annexation was the basis of Steinbach's suit which was first filed in 1866. OCLC locates 3 copies all in California. Not found in Hollis. unknown books
1864réf. 718321864. New-York J.W. Amerman printer 1864. New-York J.W. Amerman printer 1864. Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner Trial. Steamer Peterhoff. Betts Samuel R. 1786-1868. Marvin William 1808-1902. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court By Judge Betts. With an Appendix Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida In the Cases of the Dolphin and the Pearl. New York: John W. Amerman Printer 1864. 116 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking bound into recent calf-stamped cloth printed paper title label to spine. Light wear to corners of text block moderate toning to text light soiling and some edgewear to title page. $750. Only edition. At head of title page: District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The Peterhoff was a English blockade runner that was boarded and seized by the U.S. Navy in the harbor of St. Thomas then a Danish possession. Brought to Key West she was later condemned by the New York prize court and sold to the U.S. Navy which refitted it as a patrol ship. The international dispute over the legality of the seizure delayed her service for almost a year. After the Civil War the Supreme Court overturned the prize court's decision and the U.S. Government was compelled to compensate the Peterhoff's owners for their loss. OCLC locates 14 copies 11 in North America 3 in law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 61179. unknown books
1822réf. 848091822. The Plaintiff was Represented by Two Distinguished Scottish Jurists Trial. Stevenson Duncan 1776-1867 Defendant. Report of Trial of the Issues In the Action of Damages for Libel in the Beacon James Gibson of Ingliston Esq. Clerk to the Signet- Pursuer Against Duncan Stevenson Printer in Edinburgh Defender. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. London: Hurst Robinson and Co. and James Ridgway 1822. 139 2 pp. With a half-title. Publisher advertisement to recto of final leaf verso blank. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 20.95 x 13.33 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent watered cloth gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to binding. Light toning to interior negligible light spotting to a few leaves. A very good copy. $350. Only edition. Gibson 1765-1850 later Sir James Gibson-Craig 1st Baronet was a lawyer government official and Whig politician. An article in The Beacon a Tory newspaper alleged that he passed forged bank notes. Represented by Francis Jeffrey 1773-1850 and Henry Cockburn 1779-1854 two eminent Scottish jurists who were also notable literary figures Gibson prevailed and was awarded 500 in damages. Library Hub locates 3 copies outside of Scotland. Macleod "Craig Sir James Gibson" Moss "Stevenson Duncan" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 24:250. unknown
1822réf. 733861822. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. The Plaintiff was Represented by Two Distinguished Scottish Jurists Trial. Stevenson Duncan 1776-1867 Defendant. Report of Trial of the Issues In the Action of Damages for Libel in the Beacon James Gibson of Ingliston Esq. Clerk to the Signet - Pursuer Against Duncan Stevenson Printer in Edinburgh - Defender. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. 1822. vi 139 1 2 2 pp. Publisher advertisement to recto of final leaf verso blank. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards by Philip Dusel marbled edges. Moderate toning to interior slightly heavier in a few places illegible early owner signature to rear endleaf. $350. Only edition. Gibson 1765-1850 later Sir James Gibson-Craig 1st Baronet was a lawyer government official and Whig politician. An article in The Beacon a Tory newspaper alledged that he passed forged bank notes. Represented by Francis Jeffrey 1773-1850 and Henry Cockburn 1779-1854 two eminent Scottish jurists who were also notable literary figures Ingliston prevailed and was awarded 500 in damages. Macleod "Craig Sir James Gibson" Moss "Stevenson Duncan" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. Macleod "Craig Sir James Gibson" and Moss "Stevenson Duncan" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 24:250. unknown
1864réf. 718321864. New-York J.W. Amerman printer 1864. New-York J.W. Amerman printer 1864. Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner Trial. Steamer Peterhoff. Betts Samuel R. 1786-1868. Marvin William 1808-1902. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court By Judge Betts. With an Appendix Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida In the Cases of the Dolphin and the Pearl. New York: John W. Amerman Printer 1864. 116 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking bound into recent calf-stamped cloth printed paper title label to spine. Light wear to corners of text block moderate toning to text light soiling and some edgewear to title page. $750. Only edition. At head of title page: District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The Peterhoff was a English blockade runner that was boarded and seized by the U.S. Navy in the harbor of St. Thomas then a Danish possession. Brought to Key West she was later condemned by the New York prize court and sold to the U.S. Navy which refitted it as a patrol ship. The international dispute over the legality of the seizure delayed her service for almost a year. After the Civil War the Supreme Court overturned the prize court's decision and the U.S. Government was compelled to compensate the Peterhoff's owners for their loss. OCLC locates 14 copies 11 in North America 3 in law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 61179. unknown
1688réf. 689851688. Edinburgh 1688. First edition. Edinburgh 1688. First edition. Scottish Murder Trial This Imprint Not in the ESTC Trial. Standsfield Philip d. 1688 Defendant. The Tryal of Philip Standsfield Son to Sir James Standsfield of New-Milns For the Murder of His Father And Other Crimes Libel'd Against Him. Published by Authority. Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to the King's Most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1688. 44 pp. Folio 11" x 7". Later three-quarter calf over marbled boards rebacked gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light browning and occasional faint dampspotting to text light soiling to title page small fragment of label near center. $950. First edition. One of three issues from 1688 ours not recorded in the ESTC. Sir James Standsfield the founder and director of a woolen mill was murdered by his son Philip after he was disinherited for leading a dissolute life. The ESTC lists a similar copy with 32 pages and the same title publisher and date R217941. We located copies with a collation identical to ours at Harvard Law School and Indiana University. All issues are scarce; taken together OCLC locates 14 copies 3 in North American law libraries Harvard which has 2 copies University of Minnesota. unknown books
1680réf. 724501680. London: 1680/01. London: 1680/01. A Victim of the Popish Plot Trial. Stafford William Howard 1614-1680 Defendant. The Tryal of William Viscount Stafford for High Treason In Conspiring the Death of the King The Extirpation of the Protestant Religion The Subversion of the Government And Introduction of Popery into this Realm Upon an Impeachment by the Knights Citizens And Burgesses in Parliament Assembled In the Name of Themselves and of All the Commons of England: Begun in Westminster-Hall the 30th day of November 1680 And Continued until the 7th of December Following On which Day Judgment of High Treason was Given Upon Him. With the Manner of his Execution on the 29th of the Same Month. London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Thomas Newcomb And Henry Hills 1680/1. iv 218 pp. Final leaf a blank counted in collation removed. Folio 11" x 6-3/4". Superb period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands lettering piece and blind ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate toning headlines affected in places due to trimming legibility not affected occasional light foxing faint dampstaining to top-edge of text block in few places "8" in tiny hand to head of title page its foot affected by trimming with loss to imprint statement some edgewear and a few holes and minor tears to front endleaf. A handsome copy. $450. Only edition. Stafford was one of several Roman Catholic peers sentenced to death for treason in the wake of the Popish Plot. A fictitious conspiracy to assassinate Charles II it provoked a spasm of anti-Catholic hysteria in England and Scotland that led to the executions of at least 22 men between 1678 and 1681 and harsh laws against Catholics. One of the victims was Viscount Stafford. English Short-Title Catalogue R3413. unknown books
1680réf. 724501680. London: 1680/01. London: 1680/01. A Victim of the Popish Plot Trial. Stafford William Howard 1614-1680 Defendant. The Tryal of William Viscount Stafford for High Treason In Conspiring the Death of the King The Extirpation of the Protestant Religion The Subversion of the Government And Introduction of Popery into this Realm Upon an Impeachment by the Knights Citizens And Burgesses in Parliament Assembled In the Name of Themselves and of All the Commons of England: Begun in Westminster-Hall the 30th day of November 1680 And Continued until the 7th of December Following On which Day Judgment of High Treason was Given Upon Him. With the Manner of his Execution on the 29th of the Same Month. London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Thomas Newcomb And Henry Hills 1680/1. iv 218 pp. Final leaf a blank counted in collation removed. Folio 11" x 6-3/4". Superb period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands lettering piece and blind ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate toning headlines affected in places due to trimming legibility not affected occasional light foxing faint dampstaining to top-edge of text block in few places "8" in tiny hand to head of title page its foot affected by trimming with loss to imprint statement some edgewear and a few holes and minor tears to front endleaf. A handsome copy. $450. Only edition. Stafford was one of several Roman Catholic peers sentenced to death for treason in the wake of the Popish Plot. A fictitious conspiracy to assassinate Charles II it provoked a spasm of anti-Catholic hysteria in England and Scotland that led to the executions of at least 22 men between 1678 and 1681 and harsh laws against Catholics. One of the victims was Viscount Stafford. English Short-Title Catalogue R3413. unknown
1688réf. 689851688. Edinburgh 1688. First edition. Edinburgh 1688. First edition. Scottish Murder Trial This Imprint Not in the ESTC Trial. Standsfield Philip d. 1688 Defendant. The Tryal of Philip Standsfield Son to Sir James Standsfield of New-Milns For the Murder of His Father And Other Crimes Libel'd Against Him. Published by Authority. Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to the King's Most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1688. 44 pp. Folio 11" x 7". Later three-quarter calf over marbled boards rebacked gilt title to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light browning and occasional faint dampspotting to text light soiling to title page small fragment of label near center. $950. First edition. One of three issues from 1688 ours not recorded in the ESTC. Sir James Standsfield the founder and director of a woolen mill was murdered by his son Philip after he was disinherited for leading a dissolute life. The ESTC lists a similar copy with 32 pages and the same title publisher and date R217941. We located copies with a collation identical to ours at Harvard Law School and Indiana University. All issues are scarce; taken together OCLC locates 14 copies 3 in North American law libraries Harvard which has 2 copies University of Minnesota. unknown
1801réf. 731851801. Perfidy and Depravity" in Regency High Society: The Sensational 1801 Trial of the Future 5th Duke of Marlborough Trial. Spencer-Churchill George 1766-1840 Defendant. Report of the Cause between Charles Sturt Esq. Plaintiff And the Most Noble The Marquis of Blandford Defendant For Criminal Conversation with the Right Hon. Lady Mary Ann Sturt; Tried in the Court of King's Bench Westminster On Wednesday The 27th May 1801 Before Lord Kenyon And a Special Jury. With an Appendix Containing the Letters of the Parties Which Did Not Appear on the Trial; A Preface And Notes. London: Printed for J. Ridgway 1801. Third and final edition. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 21 x 14cm. xxiii 1 149 3 pp. With publisher advertisements to last 3 pp. Modern black cloth gilt fillets title and date to spine; endleaves renewed. Light browning and occasional minor foxing to interior. Light edgewear with a few corners chipped; small marginal tears to the last two leaves with no loss to text. A very good copy. $150. Signed in print by the plaintiff Charles Sturt at the conclusion of the preface. This sensational pamphlet details the high-society affair between George Spencer-Churchill then Marquis of Blandford later the 5th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Mary Ann Sturt nee Ashley-Cooper daughter of the 4th Earl of Shaftesbury. Charles Sturt a former Member of Parliament known for his own highly public infidelities brought a civil suit against the Marquis for the exorbitant sum of 20000. He claimed the Marquis's conduct represented a "singular instance of perfidy and depravity." While Lord Kenyon explicitly noted that Sturt's own continuous adultery legally precluded him from recovering substantial damages the special jury compromised by awarding a nominal judgment of one hundred pounds. The included appendix contains highly personal non-trial correspondence leaked to vindicate Sturt's anger. OCLC locates 8 copies of this edition 4 in North America New York Public Library George Washington Law School University of Georgia Law School Harvard Law School. unknown books
1801réf. 731851801. Perfidy and Depravity" in Regency High Society: The Sensational 1801 Trial of the Future 5th Duke of Marlborough Trial. Spencer-Churchill George 1766-1840 Defendant. Report of the Cause between Charles Sturt Esq. Plaintiff And the Most Noble The Marquis of Blandford Defendant For Criminal Conversation with the Right Hon. Lady Mary Ann Sturt; Tried in the Court of King's Bench Westminster On Wednesday The 27th May 1801 Before Lord Kenyon And a Special Jury. With an Appendix Containing the Letters of the Parties Which Did Not Appear on the Trial; A Preface And Notes. London: Printed for J. Ridgway 1801. Third and final edition. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 21 x 14cm. xxiii 1 149 3 pp. With publisher advertisements to last 3 pp. Modern black cloth gilt fillets title and date to spine; endleaves renewed. Light browning and occasional minor foxing to interior. Light edgewear with a few corners chipped; small marginal tears to the last two leaves with no loss to text. A very good copy. $150. Signed in print by the plaintiff Charles Sturt at the conclusion of the preface. This sensational pamphlet details the high-society affair between George Spencer-Churchill then Marquis of Blandford later the 5th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Mary Ann Sturt nee Ashley-Cooper daughter of the 4th Earl of Shaftesbury. Charles Sturt a former Member of Parliament known for his own highly public infidelities brought a civil suit against the Marquis for the exorbitant sum of 20000. He claimed the Marquis's conduct represented a "singular instance of perfidy and depravity." While Lord Kenyon explicitly noted that Sturt's own continuous adultery legally precluded him from recovering substantial damages the special jury compromised by awarding a nominal judgment of one hundred pounds. The included appendix contains highly personal non-trial correspondence leaked to vindicate Sturt's anger. OCLC locates 8 copies of this edition 4 in North America New York Public Library George Washington Law School University of Georgia Law School Harvard Law School. unknown
1816réf. 756991816. An Enterprising Female Criminal: McDade 889 Trial. Smith Richard d.1816 Defendant. Carson Ann Defendant. The Trials of Richard Smith Late Lieutenant in the 23d Regiment U. States Infantry As Principal And Ann Carson Alias Ann Smith As Accessary sic For the Murder of Captain John Carson On the 20th Day of January 1816 At a Court of Oyer and Terminer Held at Philadelphia May 1816 By the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Judge Rush.President; Together with the Arguments of Counsel The Charges and Sentence of the President. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas Desilver 1816. iv 68 81-240 1 241-247 vi 2 pp. Text complete despite errors in pagination. Plate lacking. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Later quarter cloth over plain cardstock boards paper label to spine endpapers renewed. Light soiling to boards small inkstamp of H. Clay Reed Delaware to front pastedown early ownership signature "Liberty Fox's Book" to front endleaf. Light browning and foxing to interior small faint dampstains in a few places clean tear to title page and a few leaves mended on leaf G1 pp. 49-50 no loss to legibility marginal marks in ink and pencil to several pages. $150. Only edition one of two issues. "The Carsons had been married nine years when John Carson left home in 1810. Not having heard from him for two years his wife married Richard Smith. Carson returned and in trying to dispossess Smith of his wife and home was shot by Smith. The judge practically directed Smith's conviction and he was hanged. Mrs. Carson who was a rugged individual in her own right tried to kidnap the governor to save Smith. After his execution she joined a gang of counterfeiters and subsequently died in prison" McDade. OCLC locates 8 copies of this issue in law libraries Harvard University of Houston Saint John's University Library of Congress University of Minnesota University of Missouri College of William and Mary University of Washington. McDade The Annals of Murder 889. unknown books
1905réf. 734831905. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Co. 1905. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Co. 1905. First Title in the Notable Scottish Trials Series Trial. Smith Madeleine 1835-1938 Defendant. Smith A. Duncan Editor. Trial of Madeleine Smith. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company 1905. xi 371 9 pp. Frontispiece 3 plates. Original green cloth gilt title and series name to spine top-edge gilt. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities spine ends and corners bumped. Light toning to interior owner signatures to front free endpaper "Russell" and "Scott Moncrieff Penney" leaflet advertising the Notable Scottish Trials Series laid in. $150. First edition. This was the first title issued in the Notable Scottish Trials Series. Smith a socialite was tried before the High Court of Justiciary Edinburgh 1857 for the murder of Pierre Emile L'Angelier and acquitted. Her trial was the basis for a play by Letty Lynton and Dishonered Lady a movie starring Joan Crawford. unknown books
1857réf. 839041857. 4 titles in 1 book. 4 titles in 1 book. Account of a Famous Glasgow Murder Trial Bound with Three Other Diverting Books Trial. Smith Madeleine 1835-1928 Defendant. Glasgow Poisoning Case. Unabridged Report of the Evidence in this Extraordinary Trial With All the Passionate Love Letters Written by the Prisoner to the Deceased And Numerous Illustrations Including Portrait of Madeleine Smith. London: George Vickers Angel Court Strand 1857. 77 pp. 7 woodcut plates 3 folding. Only edition. Bound After Ward Artemus Pseud. of Charles Farrar Browne 1834-1867. Artemus Ward His Book: Being the Confessions & Experiences of a Showman. London: S.O. Beeton 248 Strand W.C. 1865. viii 168 pp. Half-title lacking. Later edition; first published in 1862. And Barnum P.T. 1810-1891. The Life of P.T. Barnum Written by Himself. Author's Edition. London: Sampson Low Son & Co. 47 Ludgate Hill 1855. viii 372 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut text illustrations. First London edition published the same year as the first edition New York 1855. And Hawthorne Nathaniel. Pansie: A Fragment. The Last Literary Effort of Nathaniel Hawthorne. London: John Camden Hotten Piccadilly 1864. 48 pp. Only edition. Octavo 6-1/4" x 4"; 15.9 x 10.2 cm. Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Some bubbling and rubbing to boards heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to fore-edges of boards front joints just starting at ends corners bumped and moderately worn hinges cracked some bubbling to pastedowns bookplate residue to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior wear and clean tears to folding frontispiece of Glasgow Poisoning Case one tear mended with cellotape. A very good volume overall. $450. These unrelated small-format titles may have been assembled to provide diversion to a traveler. It includes a book of humorous sketches by Ward Barnum's entertaining and inspiring autobiography the first part of Hawthorne's novel The Dolliver Romance and an account of a famous murder trial. In 1855 Smith a Glasgow socialite began a passionate affair with Pierre Emile L'Angelier. When her parents found a more suitable match she attempted to break the relationship but he threatened to use their love letters to expose her if she did not marry him. He died from arsenic poisoning. unknown books
1874réf. 726231874. Otego N.Y.: Otego Job Printing 1874. Otego N.Y.: Otego Job Printing 1874. "Criminal Intercourse" in Otego NY Trial. Smith Charles S. Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of Charles S. Smith Of Otego N.Y. Elder of the Presbyterian Church Superintendent of the Sunday School And Trustee of the School District For Bastardy With Sketch of Lucy Edith Wilson His Victim A Girl Eleven Years and Five Months Old And One of His Sunday School Scholars. Otego NY: Otego Job Printing Office 1874. 60 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers portrait of Charles S. Smith to front wrapper and title page. Light soiling to wrappers some chipping to extremities with loss to lower right front corner small tear to back wrapper near spine. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing some small folds to corners. $650. Only edition. Smith a married Presbyterian elder was put on trial in December 1873 for repeatedly raping and ultimately impregnating Edith Wilson an eleven-year-old girl. Although the account is highly sympathetic to the victim the assault described as "criminal intercourse" was apparently less at issue than the bastardy. Edith swore an affidavit in November 1873 that she was pregnant by Charles Smith "without means of support" and "likely to become a charge upon the town." Still pregnant she testified against Smith in open court a remarkable act of bravery and self-possession. The scandal rocked the small upstate New York town. Despite gossip that Edith's father had been involved and a certain degree of scapegoating by other witnesses Smith was convicted of criminal bastardy on the strength of her testimony. Nothing is known about the aftermath of this remarkable trial. OCLC locates 8 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard Social Law University of Missouri. unknown books
1857réf. 839041857. 4 titles in 1 book. 4 titles in 1 book. Account of a Famous Glasgow Murder Trial Bound with Three Other Diverting Books Trial. Smith Madeleine 1835-1928 Defendant. Glasgow Poisoning Case. Unabridged Report of the Evidence in this Extraordinary Trial With All the Passionate Love Letters Written by the Prisoner to the Deceased And Numerous Illustrations Including Portrait of Madeleine Smith. London: George Vickers Angel Court Strand 1857. 77 pp. 7 woodcut plates 3 folding. Only edition. Bound After Ward Artemus Pseud. of Charles Farrar Browne 1834-1867. Artemus Ward His Book: Being the Confessions & Experiences of a Showman. London: S.O. Beeton 248 Strand W.C. 1865. viii 168 pp. Half-title lacking. Later edition; first published in 1862. And Barnum P.T. 1810-1891. The Life of P.T. Barnum Written by Himself. Author's Edition. London: Sampson Low Son & Co. 47 Ludgate Hill 1855. viii 372 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut text illustrations. First London edition published the same year as the first edition New York 1855. And Hawthorne Nathaniel. Pansie: A Fragment. The Last Literary Effort of Nathaniel Hawthorne. London: John Camden Hotten Piccadilly 1864. 48 pp. Only edition. Octavo 6-1/4" x 4"; 15.9 x 10.2 cm. Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Some bubbling and rubbing to boards heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to fore-edges of boards front joints just starting at ends corners bumped and moderately worn hinges cracked some bubbling to pastedowns bookplate residue to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior wear and clean tears to folding frontispiece of Glasgow Poisoning Case one tear mended with cellotape. A very good volume overall. $450. These unrelated small-format titles may have been assembled to provide diversion to a traveler. It includes a book of humorous sketches by Ward Barnum's entertaining and inspiring autobiography the first part of Hawthorne's novel The Dolliver Romance and an account of a famous murder trial. In 1855 Smith a Glasgow socialite began a passionate affair with Pierre Emile L'Angelier. When her parents found a more suitable match she attempted to break the relationship but he threatened to use their love letters to expose her if she did not marry him. He died from arsenic poisoning. unknown
1874réf. 726231874. Otego N.Y.: Otego Job Printing 1874. Otego N.Y.: Otego Job Printing 1874. "Criminal Intercourse" in Otego NY Trial. Smith Charles S. Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of Charles S. Smith Of Otego N.Y. Elder of the Presbyterian Church Superintendent of the Sunday School And Trustee of the School District For Bastardy With Sketch of Lucy Edith Wilson His Victim A Girl Eleven Years and Five Months Old And One of His Sunday School Scholars. Otego NY: Otego Job Printing Office 1874. 60 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers portrait of Charles S. Smith to front wrapper and title page. Light soiling to wrappers some chipping to extremities with loss to lower right front corner small tear to back wrapper near spine. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing some small folds to corners. $650. Only edition. Smith a married Presbyterian elder was put on trial in December 1873 for repeatedly raping and ultimately impregnating Edith Wilson an eleven-year-old girl. Although the account is highly sympathetic to the victim the assault described as "criminal intercourse" was apparently less at issue than the bastardy. Edith swore an affidavit in November 1873 that she was pregnant by Charles Smith "without means of support" and "likely to become a charge upon the town." Still pregnant she testified against Smith in open court a remarkable act of bravery and self-possession. The scandal rocked the small upstate New York town. Despite gossip that Edith's father had been involved and a certain degree of scapegoating by other witnesses Smith was convicted of criminal bastardy on the strength of her testimony. Nothing is known about the aftermath of this remarkable trial. OCLC locates 8 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard Social Law University of Missouri. unknown
1816réf. 756991816. An Enterprising Female Criminal: McDade 889 Trial. Smith Richard d.1816 Defendant. Carson Ann Defendant. The Trials of Richard Smith Late Lieutenant in the 23d Regiment U. States Infantry As Principal And Ann Carson Alias Ann Smith As Accessary sic For the Murder of Captain John Carson On the 20th Day of January 1816 At a Court of Oyer and Terminer Held at Philadelphia May 1816 By the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Judge Rush.President; Together with the Arguments of Counsel The Charges and Sentence of the President. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas Desilver 1816. iv 68 81-240 1 241-247 vi 2 pp. Text complete despite errors in pagination. Plate lacking. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Later quarter cloth over plain cardstock boards paper label to spine endpapers renewed. Light soiling to boards small inkstamp of H. Clay Reed Delaware to front pastedown early ownership signature "Liberty Fox's Book" to front endleaf. Light browning and foxing to interior small faint dampstains in a few places clean tear to title page and a few leaves mended on leaf G1 pp. 49-50 no loss to legibility marginal marks in ink and pencil to several pages. $150. Only edition one of two issues. "The Carsons had been married nine years when John Carson left home in 1810. Not having heard from him for two years his wife married Richard Smith. Carson returned and in trying to dispossess Smith of his wife and home was shot by Smith. The judge practically directed Smith's conviction and he was hanged. Mrs. Carson who was a rugged individual in her own right tried to kidnap the governor to save Smith. After his execution she joined a gang of counterfeiters and subsequently died in prison" McDade. OCLC locates 8 copies of this issue in law libraries Harvard University of Houston Saint John's University Library of Congress University of Minnesota University of Missouri College of William and Mary University of Washington. McDade The Annals of Murder 889. unknown
1905réf. 734831905. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Co. 1905. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Co. 1905. First Title in the Notable Scottish Trials Series Trial. Smith Madeleine 1835-1938 Defendant. Smith A. Duncan Editor. Trial of Madeleine Smith. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company 1905. xi 371 9 pp. Frontispiece 3 plates. Original green cloth gilt title and series name to spine top-edge gilt. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities spine ends and corners bumped. Light toning to interior owner signatures to front free endpaper "Russell" and "Scott Moncrieff Penney" leaflet advertising the Notable Scottish Trials Series laid in. $150. First edition. This was the first title issued in the Notable Scottish Trials Series. Smith a socialite was tried before the High Court of Justiciary Edinburgh 1857 for the murder of Pierre Emile L'Angelier and acquitted. Her trial was the basis for a play by Letty Lynton and Dishonered Lady a movie starring Joan Crawford. unknown
1753réf. 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 books
1753réf. 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
1856réf. 635361856. An Interesting Patent Case Trial. Sickels Et Al. v. Corliss Et Al. Dickerson Edward Nicoll 1824-1889. The Argument of Mr. Edward N. Dickerson: With His Notes and Explanations: The Charge of Judge Nelson: And the Verdict of the Jury in the Case of Sickels vs. Borden Defended by "The Novelty Iron Works" and Mr. Horatio Allen. New York: John S. Voorhies 1856. 67 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling some rubbing to extremities. Light toning to text foxing and faint dampstaining to a few leaves internally clean. $100. Argued by a great patent lawyer and reported at 22 Federal Cases 67 this case involved the infringement of Sickels's patent on a steam value device an important innovation that enabled the development of more powerful steam engines. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $720. Dickerson was the outstanding authority on patent law in the United States at this time. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11530. unknown books
1856réf. 635361856. An Interesting Patent Case Trial. Sickels Et Al. v. Corliss Et Al. Dickerson Edward Nicoll 1824-1889. The Argument of Mr. Edward N. Dickerson: With His Notes and Explanations: The Charge of Judge Nelson: And the Verdict of the Jury in the Case of Sickels vs. Borden Defended by "The Novelty Iron Works" and Mr. Horatio Allen. New York: John S. Voorhies 1856. 67 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling some rubbing to extremities. Light toning to text foxing and faint dampstaining to a few leaves internally clean. $100. Argued by a great patent lawyer and reported at 22 Federal Cases 67 this case involved the infringement of Sickels's patent on a steam value device an important innovation that enabled the development of more powerful steam engines. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for $720. Dickerson was the outstanding authority on patent law in the United States at this time. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11530. unknown
1676réf. 751371676. A Powerful Defense of Habeas Corpus Trial. Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of 1621-1683 Defendant. The Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury; As it was Argued before His Majesties Justices of the Kings Bench Trin. Term. 29. Car. 2. Being Upon His Confinement in the Tower &c. With a Speech of this Worthy Earl Pleading His Own Case And the Liberty of the Subject. London: Printed by K.P. for C.R. 1679. 16 pp. Folio 12" x 7-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Light toning folio numbers to upper corners in an early hand upper corner of first leaf lacking with minor loss to "E" of "Case" negligible light foxing and soiling to a few pages. $500. Only edition. A founder of the Whig party and an important patron of John Locke Shaftesbury was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and reign of King Charles II. He frequently clashed with the king and Tory leadership including in 1676 when he and allies argued that the current parliament was illegitimate and were subsequently sent to the Tower. When Shaftesbury's petition for release failed he brought a writ of habeas corpus. "In a very powerful argument he admitted the supreme judicature of the lords but denied their power to commit to indefinite imprisonment on a general warrant. The judges however said that they had no jurisdiction in the case and Shaftesbury was sent back to the Tower" DNB. Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. English Short-Title Catalogue R4010. unknown books
