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Trial of David Lynn Jabez Meigs Elijah Barton Prince Cain Nathaniel Lynn Ansel Meigs and Adam Pitts for the murder of Paul Chadwick at Malta in Maine on September 8th 1809.taken in short hand by John Merrick Esq.
1810réf. 3720Early Maine Murder Trial Gone Awry An account of a murder trial in Malta now Windsor in the District of Maine. Paul Chadwick was a surveyor on what was then the northern frontier of Maine and in an area where disputed land titles were common. Chadwick was shot while conducting a survey by a group of landowners disguised as Indians. Despite fairly overwhelming evidence of the guilt of the accused the jury found all not guilty. Previous owner's Rice Dudley book label on front pastedown. Another early owner's name Moody Kent in ink in several places. References: Shaw & Shoemaker: 21516 3 locations. Sabin: 47985. Williamson: 5651. Noyes: 505. Skillin: 10-32. McDade: 641. Condition: 186 2 pp. Original blue/gray paper-covered boards with chipping. Paper spine cracked and eroded. Original paper spine label with vertical separation. Occasional foxing and staining mostly very light. A solid example of a scarce early Maine imprint. Ezekiel Goodale
