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1925ref. List38112New York City: United Press International 1925. Photograph measuring 8 x 9 ¾ inches. With caption recto; manuscript caption and UPI and "Not For Publication" stamps verso. Excellent. A photograph of John Scopes Clarence Darrow and others during Tennessee's famous "Monkey Trial" in which Scopes was charged with violating the Butler Act which outlawed teaching human evolution in public schools. The case arose when the ACLU put out an advertisement for a teacher willing to violate the Act; community leaders from Dayton Tennessee saw an opportunity both to test the law and to draw attention to their community. New teacher John Scopes agreed to claim to have taught evolution likely falsely as he had not yet taught biology at all. He was represented by Clarence Darrow who was set against the prosecution's William Jennings Bryan-two of the most prominent legal minds of their day. Scopes was found guilty-though the verdict was overturned on a technicality-and the Butler Act stayed Tennessee law until 1967. United Press International unknown
2020ref. 23053ELos Angeles: Netflix 2020. First Edition. Small format paperbound 5 1/4” x 8 1/4” 160 pages. Specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Original Screenplay. Shooting script for the film The Trial of the Chicago 7 written and directed by Aaron Sorkin starring Eddie Redmayne Alex Sharo Sacha Baron Cohen John Carroll Lynch Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Mark Rylance Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ben Shenkman Frank Langella and Michael Keaton. A perfectbound book looking like a trade paperback. The film was nominated for six Oscars; Best Supporting Actor Sacha Baron Cohen Best Original Screenplay Best Picture Best Editing Best Cinematography Best Original Song. It won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture and was nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama Best Director Best Supporting Actor Cohen and Best Original Song. Fine bright copy in printed wrappers. Netflix paperback
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ref. 95800Very Good. Single leaf folded to form four pages with list of 83 names on first two pages. Three later horizontal folds probably for filing. Has some pencil markings beside most names -- either a red "x" or an black line. Ink note at top of one of the narrow folded section on last page:Jury of 80 Men for trial of Jorden on Tuesday 28th Inst. Waterstain -- name still quite readable -- a bit wavy but covers about the right third of both leaves as folded. No information as to date or location. Looks like it probably dates sometime in first two-thirds of 19th century. Someone might be able to narrow it down -- most juror names seem common but Plesant W. Ponder probably is not. Later pencil note in unknown hand on last page: possibly Lawrence County Alabama. unknown
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1969ref. 50-14587West National Conference of State Trial Judges 1969-01-01. Hardcover. New. . West National Conference of State Trial Judges hardcover
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1765ref. 729001765. That Absurd Relic of Gothic Barbarism" Trial. Byron William Lord 1722-1798 Defendant. The Trial of William Lord Byron Baron Byron of Rochdale For the Murder of William Chaworth Esq; Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers In Westminster-Hall In Full Parliament. On Tuesday the 16th And Wednesday the 17th of April 1765: On the Last of Which Days the Said William Lord Byron was Acquitted of Murder But Found Guilty of Manslaughter. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Samuel Billingsley 1765. ii 47 1 pp. Lacking initial imprimatur leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet disbound and later resewn edges speckled red. Light toning occasional light foxing light soiling and spotting in a few places slightly heavier to first and final leaves. $200. First edition. "April 16th came on before the house of peers in Westminster-hall the trial of William Lord Byron for killing Mr. Chaworth a gentleman of Nottinghamshire in a duel at the Star and Garter tavern in Pall Mall. After examining witnesses as to the circumstances of the encounter the Lords next day acquitted the prisoner of murder declaring him only guilty of manslaughter: and as by an old statute 1 Edw. VI. c. 12 in all cases wherein peers are allowed the benefit of clergy they are dismissed without burning in the hand loss of inheritance or corruption of blood; Lord Byron was enlarged on paying his fees. Much might be said on the custom of duelling that absurd relic of gothic barbarism; which still compels every man to risk his life at demand on the most frivolous or even the most insulting and cruel occasions. The laws of honour have so little connexion with those of honesty that a man may support his claim to the title of a gentleman by the former after he has forfeited all pretensions to the character by the latter. Sir John Brute is made to state the behaviour of some men of honour very justly when he says-" He comes to my house eats my meat lies with my wife dishonours my family gets a bastard to inherit my estate; and when I ask a civil account of all this-sir says he I wear a sword!": Noorthouck A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark 1773 Volume I:419-450. English Short-Title Catalogue T150380. unknown
1888ref. 73541Bruxelles: Jacques Godenne / Veuve Ferdinand Larcier 1888-1908. Years 1-16 and 2 index volumes in half leather bindings and years 17-21 and index volume 1898-1902 in 55 stapled fascicules 28x22.5 cm. Complete run till 1908. leather bit rubbed several leather bindings with water stains - see pictures 98% of the inside is clean and only some pages slightly affected most fascicules are a bit loose and therefore stapled In all a good set see pictures Jacques Godenne / Veuve Ferdinand Larcier hardcover
1776ref. 712211776. London: S.n. 1776. London: S.n. 1776. An Account of a Notorious Case of Election Bribery Bound with a Related Unrecorded Broadside Trial. Sykes Francis 1730-1804 Defendant. Mortimer Hans Wintrop Plaintiff. The Trial of the Cause on the Action Brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer Esq; Member for the Borough of Shaftesbury Against Francis Sykes Esq; For Bribery Committed at Shaftesbury Previous to the General Election In October 1774. Tried by a Special Jury On Saturday the 27th of July 1776. At the Assize Held at Dorchester for the County of Dorset Before The Honourable Sir James Eyre One of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. London: S.n. 1776. 19 1 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 9-3/4" x 7-1/2"; 24.8 x 19 cm. Bound with Text Two later tipped-in leaves of notes. Affixed to one of these leaves are a contemporary account of the trial and a section of a letter in Mortimer's hand. And Tipped-in contemporary 14" x 21" 35.5 x 53.3 cm mezzotint by an unknown artist The Shaftsbury Election or the Humours of Punch 1775. Additional annotations about the mezzotint to front endleaves one followed by two ownership inscriptions one of Henry White. Affixed to one of these is a small clipping about the Mortimer family. And Broadside. Mortimer Hans Winthrop. To the Worthy Electors of the Borough of Shaftsbury. Shafton: s.l. 11 June 1790. Trimmed to 9" x 6" 22.8 x 15.2 cm and affixed to verso of title page. Nineteenth-century calf rebacked in period style gilt rules to boards gilt fillets and retained nineteenth-century lettering piece to spine hinges mended marbled endleaves. Moderate rubbing to boards and toning to text occasional early underlining and brief notes in pencil. $3500. THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION. The Shaftesbury Election of 1774 stands as one of the most infamous instances of parliamentary corruption in 18th-century England. Ministerial candidates Sir Francis Sykes and Sir Thomas Rumbold bribed electors with thousands of pounds routing money through a masked figure known as "Punch" to avoid direct liability. Voters were given cash in exchange for signing promissory notes payable to an imaginary figure named "Glenbucket". The defeated candidate Hans Winthrop Mortimer. unknown
1758ref. 728881758. The Aftermath of a British Naval Failure Trial. Mordaunt Sir John Defendant 1697-1780. The Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Held in the Council-Chamber at Whitehall On Wednesday the 14th And Continued by Several Adjournments to Tuesday the 20th of December 1757 Upon the Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Mordaunt By Virtue of His Majesty's Warrant Bearing Date the 3d Day of the Same Month. Published by Authority. London: Printed for A. Millar 1758. 116 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers edges untrimmed. Corners bumped. Light soiling to wrappers small early pencil notation to head of front wrapper chipping to spine ends and slight creasing near spine. Light toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places negligible fold lines and creases to a few leaves. $300. One of two issues from 1758 priority not established. Mordaunt commanded the British expedition against the French Atlantic port of Rochefort in 1757. Deeming an attempt too risky he returned without landing infuriating William Pitt who wanted to satisfy the public with a bold stroke against the French. Despite Pitt's anger Mordaunt was acquitted. English Short-Title Catalogue T44504. unknown
1776ref. 732761776. London: S.n. 1776. London: S.n. 1776. Perhaps the Most Notorious English Example of a Rigged Election Trial. Sykes Francis 1730-1804 Defendant. The Trial of the Cause on the Action Brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer Esq; Member for the Borough of Shaftesbury Against Francis Sykes Esq; For Bribery Committed at Shaftesbury Previous to the General Election In October 1774. Tried by a Special Jury On Saturday the 27th of July 1776. At the Assize Held at Dorchester for the County of Dorset Before The Honourable Sir James Eyre One of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. London: S.n. 1776. 19 1 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto 10" x 8". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent marbled boards wit cloth spine imitation calf lettering piece to front board. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining throughout mostly along fore and bottom edges. $350. Only edition. The Shaftesbury Election of 1774 was perhaps the most notorious English example of a rigged election. After learning that Sykes won the election after distributing thousands of pounds of bribes to the voters Mortimer disputed the outcome. Mortimer brought actions against Sykes for twenty-six acts of bribery won his case was awarded 11000. in damages and given his seat in the House of Commons. OCLC locates 8 copies in North America 3 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue N13883. unknown
1874ref. 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
1775ref. 728391775. Accused of Poisoning Her Elderly Paramour Trial. Butterfield Jane Defendant. The Trial of Jane Butterfield for the Wilful Murder of William Scawen Esq; At the Assizes Held at Croydon for the County of Surry on Saturday the 19th of August 1775 Before the Right Honourable Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe Knt. Lord Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. London: Printed for W. Owen and G. Kearsly 1775. iv 53 1 pp. Folio 13-1/4" x 8-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards blind fillets to calf edge lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing light soiling and cellotape repairs to edges of a few leaves without loss to text light browning to first and final leaves. $750. Only edition. Butterfield met Scawen an elderly gentleman when she was fourteen and was persuaded by a female accomplice to live with him as a kind of housekeeper-cum-mistress. When her father disowned her as a result Scawen apparently had something of a crisis of conscience and promised to act as a new father to her. The two lived together quite happily and when he grew ill she became his devoted caretaker. When he died his doctor egged on by a suspicious maid accused her of poisoning him in order to gain the inheritance he had supposedly left. The jury deliberated only ten minutes before acquitting Butterfield. English Short-Title Catalogue T93407. unknown
1732ref. 727691732. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. "Unable to Perform the Conjugal Rites" Trial. Weld v. Weld. The Whole of the Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury In a Cause Between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld Daughter to the Lord Aston And Edward Weld Esquire Her Husband. Containing I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II. Her Answer and Replication. III. Certificates of Ambrose Dickens Esq; His Majesty's Serjeant-Surgeon Mr. Williams And Several Other Surgeons Who Examin'd Mr. Weld; And Also of Three Midwives who Examined Mrs. Weld. IV. Copies of the Depositions of Several Noble Persons Relating to this Cause. V. The Sentence Pronounced by the Worshipful Dr. Bettesworth Feb. 15. 1731. To Which is Prefixed a Preface By the Author of the Tryal of F. Girard and Miss Cadiere. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. 48 pp. leaves B3 and B4 pp. 13-16 misnumbered 9-12. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and date to spine a number of blank leaves added by binder after p. 48. Light rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at ends. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing light soiling in a few places slight offsetting to preliminaries and first two leaves. $750. Fifth and final edition. The Welds married in 1727 but when there was no issue after three years Catherine sued Edward for divorce in ecclesiastical court on the grounds that he was "unable to perform the Conjugal Rites by Reason of some natural Imperfection which he well knew in himself." Edward fought to clear his name claiming that after a simple surgical procedure he had in fact consummated the marriage twice. The case gained a great deal of public attention largely because the detail of Catherine's claim and the amount of medical evidence presented were unusual even for an impotency trial. Ultimately the divorce was denied and the couple reached a private resolution to live apart. Edward remarried after Catherine's death and successfully produced a daughter and four sons. English Short-Title Catalogue T52462. unknown
1846ref. 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
1864ref. 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
1845ref. 718911845. He Poisoned His Wife with Arsenic: OCLC Locates 6 Copies 2 in Law Libraries Trial. Green Henry G. Defendant. Trial of Henry G. Green For the Murder of His Wife. New York: Printed for the Publisher 1845. 32 pp. Text to p. 22 in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet woodcut portrait of Green to title page. Moderate toning and light foxing corners of a few leaves dog-eared lower right corner lacking from final leaf of text with minor loss. A good copy overall. $750. Only edition. A scarce contemporary account of a notorious 19th-century New York murder. "Green twenty-two years old met his wife Mary Ann Wyatt eighteen years old during some Temperance lectures. They had been married less than a week when he poisoned her with arsenic at Berlin New York. The crime seems to have been induced by his mother's disapproval of his wife" McDade. This scarce New York City imprint appears to be condensed from a 48-page account published the same year in Troy New York. OCLC locates 6 copies 2 in law libraries Harvard University of Pennsylvania. McDade The Annals of Murder 389. unknown
1751ref. 714741751. London: Sold by John Hamilton 1751. London: Sold by John Hamilton 1751. Legal Malpractice Trial. Hamilton John Plaintiff. The Case of John Hamilton Against Joseph Hickey Attorney: Wherein the Abuses of the Law Occasionally Hinted at in a Pamphlet Lately Publish'd Are More Amply Set Forth. London: Sold by John Hamilton at His Lodgings at the Glove and Breeches The Middle of Swallow-Street Near St. James's Church 1751. ii 45 1 pp. With a half-title. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior. An attractive copy of a scarce title. $175. Only edition. In this angry possibly libelous pamphlet Hamilton claims Hickey his former attorney committed legal malpractice in a commercial dispute. Apparently the second part of a two-part pamphlet war it is a response to Hickey Against Hamilton and Hervey: Or A Proper Reply to the Case of John Hamilton As Set Forth by His Honourable Solicitor In Relation to the Acquittal of Joseph Hickey Attorney 1751. Taken together OCLC and the ESTC locate 15 copies 9 in North America 1 in a law library Harvard. English Short-Title Catalogue T20053. unknown
1705ref. 711441705. London: no publisher 1705. Macclesfield copy. London: no publisher 1705. Macclesfield copy. Contemporary Report of a Fundamental Case in English Constitutional and Tort Law Regarding the Right to Vote Trial. Needham Culverwell b.1656 Reporter. Ashby Matthew Plaintiff. White William Defendant. Ashby and White: Or The Great Question Whether an Action Lies at Common Law for an Elector Who Is Deny'd His Vote for Members of Parliament Debated and Resolv'd. Together with the Case of Jay and Topham: And the Defence Made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones for Their Judgment Given Therein: With Other Cases. London: S.n. 1705. ii 257 3 pp. Final page blank. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind panels to boards raised bands to spine. Some scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners joints just starting at ends hinges cracked armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield to front pastedown small embossed Macclesfield device to title page. Moderate toning faint dampspotting in a few places a few brief annotations to index initials in small early hand to foot of title page lower corner lacking from final index leaf below text. An appealing copy. $750. Only edition. Also known as the Aylesbury Election Case Ashby v. White is a fundamental case in English constitutional and tort law. Ashby was prevented from casting a vote in an Aylesbury election by White a constable who claimed Ashby was not an established resident of that town. The case was decided in Parliament in Ashby's favor and it established the following rule: the actions of one party may not hinder the rights of another. Our copy once belonged to the library of Shirburn Castle the library of the Earls of Macclesfield one of the finest private libraries in Great Britain. English Short-Title Catalogue T84969. unknown
1865ref. 711631865. Presented by the Author Then the Governor of Massachusetts To a Prominent Judge and Legal Scholar Trial. Bullock Alexander H. 1816-1882. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. Address of His Excellency Alexander H. Bullock to the Honorable Council on the Occasion of Presenting the Case of Edward W. Green A Convict Under the Sentence of Death for the Crime of Murder in the First Degree. February 27 1866. Boston: Wright & Potter State Printers 1865 i.e. 1866. 29 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers recent repair to lower corner of rear wrapper. Light soiling and a few minor spots light wear to spine ends faint vertical crease through center presentation inscription "J.C. Perkins/ from Gov. Bullock" to head of front wrapper light toning to interior a few spots to title page. $750. Only edition. According to McDade Green the postmaster of Malden Massachusetts was the first person to rob an American bank at gunpoint. He was "a 'secretly drinking man' and had been short on his post office accounts. On December 15 1863 finding the bank manned solely by the seventeen-year-old son of the president he went back for his gun. Entering the bank he shot the youth twice through the head and carried off $5000. in bills. The crime was very quickly traced to him; his confession disclosed where he had hidden the money and he was condemned to die" McDade annotation to 381. Bullock was the governor of Massachusetts. His Address discusses his reasons for signing Green's death warrant. The recipient of this copy was likely Jonathan C. Perkins 1809-1877 a judge and prolific legal scholar. Perkins and Bullock served together in the Massachusetts legislature and on the board of Amherst College. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Ohio State University Worcester Trial Court Library Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 382. unknown
1864ref. 712931864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. The Definitive First Edition of an Exceptionally Rare Anti-Capital Punishment Pamphlet Regarding the First Recorded Bank Robbery in American History Trial. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. A Citizen of Malden. Shall We Suffocate Ed. Green. Boston: James Redpath 1864. 61 3 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2"; 23.5 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling staining and edgewear to wrappers and corners of text block spine abraded wrappers partially detached but secure. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to a few leaves early owner inscription "Chas W. Raisbeck/ Malden/ Mass" to head of front wrapper. $1250. Only edition. Edward W. Green the seemingly respectable postmaster of Malden Massachusetts earned a dark place in American history as the nation's first bank robber. Secretly struggling with alcoholism and a shortfall in his post office accounts Green targeted the Malden Bank on December 15 1863. Finding the institution manned solely by Frank Converse the 17-year-old son of the bank's president Green retrieved a gun shot the youth twice in the head and escaped with $5000. The crime was swiftly solved; Green confessed led authorities to the stolen funds and was sentenced to hang. Published during the height of the public furor surrounding Green's trial this highly charged polemic fiercely condemns the bloodlust of the public. The anonymous author writing as "A Citizen of Malden" argues that those demanding Green's execution are betraying the core teachings of Christ. The pamphlet was issued by James Redpath 1833-1891 the prominent journalist radical abolitionist and progressive publisher known for championing social reform and human rights causes. This title is of exceptional rarity. While Thomas M. McDade's definitive bibliography The Annals of Murder records two other contemporary accounts of the Green case items 381 and 382 this specific pamphlet is unrecorded by McDade. Charles William Raisbeck 1829-1872 the former owner of this copy was a bookkeeper and genealogist who split his time between Boston and Malden. Only edition. Green the postmaster of Malden Massachusetts is. unknown
1978ref. 318021Tennesse: Rhea County Historical Society 1978. Reprint. hardcover. very good. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. 339 65 18 pages. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth. corners bumped. Dayton Tennesse: Rhea County Historical Society 1978. A very good copy. A word-for-word report of the famous court test of the Tennessee Anti-Evolution Act at Dayton July 10 to 21 1925 including speeches and arguments of attorneys testimony of noted scientists and Bryan's last speech. Rhea County Historical Society unknown
