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1853ref. 838311853. Albany: David M. Barnes and W.S. Hevenor 1853. Albany: David M. Barnes and W.S. Hevenor 1853. McDade 468 Trial. Hendrickson John 1832-1854 Defendant. Barnes David M. Reporter Compiler. Hevenor W.S. d.1909 Reporter Compiler. Trial of John Hendrickson Jr. For the Murder of His Wife Maria By Poisoning at Bethlehem Albany County N.Y. March 6th 1853: Tried in the Court of Oyer and Terminer at Albany N.Y. In June and July 1853. Albany: David M. Barnes and W.S. Hevenor Publishers 1853. 176 pp. Woodcut frontispiece depicting John Hendrickson and Maria Hendrickson. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4"; 23.5 x 14.6 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior corner folds to several leaves at beginning of text early manuscript table of contents to verso of frontispiece. A good copy overall. $125. Only edition. John Hendrickson was a wastrel who married into the wealthy Van Dusen family of Albany NY. Unfaithful to his wife and eager to acquire her fortune he poisoned her with aconite. This is believed to be the first American murder committed with this substance. New ground was broken by the forensic testimony presented in this case by several experts most notably Benjamin Silliman the eminent chemist and Yale professor. OCLC locates 3 copies 1 in a law library Harvard. McDade The Annals of Murder 468. unknown books
1813ref. 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
1813ref. 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
1822ref. 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
1822ref. 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
1830ref. 777401830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. Libel and Press Freedom in 1830 New Hampshire Trial. Hill Horatio b.1807 Defendant. Barton Cyrus 1795-1855 Defendant. Report of the Case of Timothy Upham against Hill & Barton Publishers of the New-Hampshire Patriot For Alleged Libels At the Court of Common Pleas Rockingham County March and October Terms.1830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. 159 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet front and rear wrappers lacking later hand-lettered title to spine edges untrimmed. Light browning light edgewear to several leaves light foxing and soiling in a few places light creasing to last few leaves pencil marks and brief annotations to a few pages small tear to title page affecting text without loss to legibility final leaf separated with small tears but secured by thread. $500. Only edition. Hill and Barton publishers of the New Hampshire Patriot and Star Gazette accused Upham of impropriety during his time as Collector of Customs at Portsmouth and "impaired his candidacy for Governor by calling him a smuggler and a federalist" Cohen. Upham sued for damages of $10000; the trial resulted in a hung jury and the case was slated for retrial at the court's next session. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title in law libraries Yale Library of Congress Harvard University of Missouri The Ohio State University. Cohen Bibliography of American Law 12070. McCoy Freedom of the Press U236. unknown
1830ref. 777401830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. Libel and Press Freedom in 1830 New Hampshire Trial. Hill Horatio b.1807 Defendant. Barton Cyrus 1795-1855 Defendant. Report of the Case of Timothy Upham against Hill & Barton Publishers of the New-Hampshire Patriot For Alleged Libels At the Court of Common Pleas Rockingham County March and October Terms.1830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela 1830. 159 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet front and rear wrappers lacking later hand-lettered title to spine edges untrimmed. Light browning light edgewear to several leaves light foxing and soiling in a few places light creasing to last few leaves pencil marks and brief annotations to a few pages small tear to title page affecting text without loss to legibility final leaf separated with small tears but secured by thread. $500. Only edition. Hill and Barton publishers of the New Hampshire Patriot and Star Gazette accused Upham of impropriety during his time as Collector of Customs at Portsmouth and "impaired his candidacy for Governor by calling him a smuggler and a federalist" Cohen. Upham sued for damages of $10000; the trial resulted in a hung jury and the case was slated for retrial at the court's next session. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title in law libraries Yale Library of Congress Harvard University of Missouri The Ohio State University. Cohen Bibliography of American Law 12070. McCoy Freedom of the Press U236. unknown books
1808ref. 818921808. The Renier Copy of an Unrecorded 1808 "Crim. Con." Trial Pamphlet: A Salacious Window into Regency Legality and Tabloid Culture Trial. Hodgson Charles Defendant. Crim. Con. Between a Lawyer's Clerk and His Mistress. Fairburn's Edition of the Trial Between Joseph Fowler An Attorney And Chas. Hodgson His Clerk For Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife Which was Tried at the Court of Common Pleas Before Lord Chief Justice Mansfield And a Special Jury July 13 1808. Taken in Short Hand. Embellished with an Engraved Frontispiece Representing "Her Dear Charles" Putting Her Ear-rings in Her Ears. London: Published by John Fairburn 1808. First and only edition. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5"; 21 x 12.7 cm. 17 1 pp. Folding frontispiece. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet housed in recent card folder with annotations to front. Moderate toning somewhat heavier to exterior faint offsetting to title page text block split between pages 10 and 11. Owner signature "Renier" to verso of frontispiece small ink "5" to upper outside corner of title page owner initials "AR" to upper inside corner of last page. A rare copy. $350. A fascinating and remarkably rare piece of early 19th-century street literature capturing a classic "Crim. Con." Criminal Conversation trial. In Regency England a husband could sue his wife's lover for damages based on the loss of her "society and comfort"-effectively treating a wife as a piece of stolen property. These trials provided the era's most reliable scandals and enterprising publishers like John Fairburn rushed shorthand transcripts into print to satisfy the public's appetite for voyeuristic melodrama. This specific case captures a classic downstairs scandal: Joseph Fowler an attorney discovered that his clerk Charles Hodgson was carrying on an affair with Mrs. Fowler. Though Fowler sued for substantial damages the court largely agreed that Mrs. Fowler was the aggressive instigator. Lord Chief Justice Mansfield subsequently declined to award a large sum granting Fowler a modest and rather humiliating 150. This pamphlet belonged to Anne Renier 1911-1988. She and her husband Fernand Gabriel Renier 1905-1988 were important collectors of popular books pamphlets and ephemera. OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide University of British Columbia University of Oxford. Librar. unknown
1831ref. 736581831. Conspiracy to Suppress a Will Trial. Hodgson Thomas Bent Primary Defendant. Report of the Trial of Thomas Bent Hodgson Esq. And Others Charged With a Conspiracy At the Court of King's Bench Guildhall London On Wednesday & Thursday The 21st & 22d of December 1831 By a Special Jury Before the Right Hon. Lord Tenterden. London: Printed by James & Luke G. Hansard & Sons 1831. 507 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later buckram gilt title and date to spine endpapers renewed speckled edges. Boards bowing slightly light rubbing to extremities rear hinge cracked before final leaf small bookseller's ticket and later bookplate of Geoffrey Briggs to front pastedown. Light toning to interior light soiling in a few places somewhat heavier to title page corners lightly worn in a few places not affecting text crack in text block between pp. 14 and 15 first few leaves loosening at foot but secure brief annotations underlining and marks to margins in several places in an early hand. $250. Only edition. Hodgson and his co-defendants William Young Ann Young and Nancy Watson were accused of conspiring to suppress a will made by William Stephenson a friend of Hodgson and former employer of Watson and the Youngs. Despite what the jury deemed "highly unprofessional" conduct by the prosecutor Hodgson Watson and William Young were convicted; Ann Young was acquitted. Our copy was owned by Sir Geoffrey Briggs 1914-1993 an English lawyer and judge who served as Chief Justice of Hong Kong and Brunei. The brief but substantive notes likely precede his ownership. OCLC locates 6 copies of this title in law libraries Harvard Stanford University of Minnesota University of Virginia Library of Congress Social Law. unknown
1808ref. 818921808. The Renier Copy of an Unrecorded 1808 "Crim. Con." Trial Pamphlet: A Salacious Window into Regency Legality and Tabloid Culture Trial. Hodgson Charles Defendant. Crim. Con. Between a Lawyer's Clerk and His Mistress. Fairburn's Edition of the Trial Between Joseph Fowler An Attorney And Chas. Hodgson His Clerk For Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife Which was Tried at the Court of Common Pleas Before Lord Chief Justice Mansfield And a Special Jury July 13 1808. Taken in Short Hand. Embellished with an Engraved Frontispiece Representing "Her Dear Charles" Putting Her Ear-rings in Her Ears. London: Published by John Fairburn 1808. First and only edition. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5"; 21 x 12.7 cm. 17 1 pp. Folding frontispiece. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet housed in recent card folder with annotations to front. Moderate toning somewhat heavier to exterior faint offsetting to title page text block split between pages 10 and 11. Owner signature "Renier" to verso of frontispiece small ink "5" to upper outside corner of title page owner initials "AR" to upper inside corner of last page. A rare copy. $350. A fascinating and remarkably rare piece of early 19th-century street literature capturing a classic "Crim. Con." Criminal Conversation trial. In Regency England a husband could sue his wife's lover for damages based on the loss of her "society and comfort"-effectively treating a wife as a piece of stolen property. These trials provided the era's most reliable scandals and enterprising publishers like John Fairburn rushed shorthand transcripts into print to satisfy the public's appetite for voyeuristic melodrama. This specific case captures a classic downstairs scandal: Joseph Fowler an attorney discovered that his clerk Charles Hodgson was carrying on an affair with Mrs. Fowler. Though Fowler sued for substantial damages the court largely agreed that Mrs. Fowler was the aggressive instigator. Lord Chief Justice Mansfield subsequently declined to award a large sum granting Fowler a modest and rather humiliating 150. This pamphlet belonged to Anne Renier 1911-1988. She and her husband Fernand Gabriel Renier 1905-1988 were important collectors of popular books pamphlets and ephemera. OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide University of British Columbia University of Oxford. Librar. unknown books
1831ref. 736581831. Conspiracy to Suppress a Will Trial. Hodgson Thomas Bent Primary Defendant. Report of the Trial of Thomas Bent Hodgson Esq. And Others Charged With a Conspiracy At the Court of King's Bench Guildhall London On Wednesday & Thursday The 21st & 22d of December 1831 By a Special Jury Before the Right Hon. Lord Tenterden. London: Printed by James & Luke G. Hansard & Sons 1831. 507 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later buckram gilt title and date to spine endpapers renewed speckled edges. Boards bowing slightly light rubbing to extremities rear hinge cracked before final leaf small bookseller's ticket and later bookplate of Geoffrey Briggs to front pastedown. Light toning to interior light soiling in a few places somewhat heavier to title page corners lightly worn in a few places not affecting text crack in text block between pp. 14 and 15 first few leaves loosening at foot but secure brief annotations underlining and marks to margins in several places in an early hand. $250. Only edition. Hodgson and his co-defendants William Young Ann Young and Nancy Watson were accused of conspiring to suppress a will made by William Stephenson a friend of Hodgson and former employer of Watson and the Youngs. Despite what the jury deemed "highly unprofessional" conduct by the prosecutor Hodgson Watson and William Young were convicted; Ann Young was acquitted. Our copy was owned by Sir Geoffrey Briggs 1914-1993 an English lawyer and judge who served as Chief Justice of Hong Kong and Brunei. The brief but substantive notes likely precede his ownership. OCLC locates 6 copies of this title in law libraries Harvard Stanford University of Minnesota University of Virginia Library of Congress Social Law. unknown books
1853ref. 852571853. Corrupt Conduct and Malfeasance" Trial. Hubbell Levi 1808-1876 Defendant. Leland T.C. Reporter. Trial of Impeachment of Levi Hubbell Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit By the Senate of the State of Wisconsin June 1853. Madison: Argus & Democrat Steam Press 1853. 820 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4"; 20.4 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary sheep blind rules to boards blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges. Worn rubbing spotting and some shallow scuffing to boards which are separated but secured by cords spine ends abraded corners of lettering piece lacking corners bumped and worn faint offsetting to edges of endleaves upper outside corner of front free endpaper lacking. Light toning to interior occasional sparse light foxing and soiling small clean tears to upper outside corner of pp. 513-514 without loss to text. Owner signatures of Ewing Sibbett and Charles C. Dey with a note indicating presentation from Dey to Sibbett to front pastedown owner signature of Charles C. Dey to title page. Internally sound. $750. Only edition. A comprehensive official record of the impeachment trial of Levi Hubbell. Hubbell was a judge on Wisconsin's 2nd Circuit a position he held by virtue of a prior appointment to the state Supreme Court. In 1853 he was accused of eleven separate charges of "corrupt conduct and malfeasance" including embezzlement taking bribes and luring women into hotel rooms using his position. The heated proceedings went on for a month. Impeached but not removed Hubbell holds the dubious distinction of being the first state official impeached in Wisconsin. He resigned three years later. He went on to a career as a representative in the state legislature and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Again accusations of corruption led to his resignation as U.S. Attorney. Charles Carr Dey 1854-1935 a former owner of this copy began his legal practice in Milwaukee. He later moved to Salt Lake City Utah and established himself as an eminent attorney and judge. unknown
1853ref. 852571853. Corrupt Conduct and Malfeasance" Trial. Hubbell Levi 1808-1876 Defendant. Leland T.C. Reporter. Trial of Impeachment of Levi Hubbell Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit By the Senate of the State of Wisconsin June 1853. Madison: Argus & Democrat Steam Press 1853. 820 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4"; 20.4 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary sheep blind rules to boards blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges. Worn rubbing spotting and some shallow scuffing to boards which are separated but secured by cords spine ends abraded corners of lettering piece lacking corners bumped and worn faint offsetting to edges of endleaves upper outside corner of front free endpaper lacking. Light toning to interior occasional sparse light foxing and soiling small clean tears to upper outside corner of pp. 513-514 without loss to text. Owner signatures of Ewing Sibbett and Charles C. Dey with a note indicating presentation from Dey to Sibbett to front pastedown owner signature of Charles C. Dey to title page. Internally sound. $750. Only edition. A comprehensive official record of the impeachment trial of Levi Hubbell. Hubbell was a judge on Wisconsin's 2nd Circuit a position he held by virtue of a prior appointment to the state Supreme Court. In 1853 he was accused of eleven separate charges of "corrupt conduct and malfeasance" including embezzlement taking bribes and luring women into hotel rooms using his position. The heated proceedings went on for a month. Impeached but not removed Hubbell holds the dubious distinction of being the first state official impeached in Wisconsin. He resigned three years later. He went on to a career as a representative in the state legislature and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Again accusations of corruption led to his resignation as U.S. Attorney. Charles Carr Dey 1854-1935 a former owner of this copy began his legal practice in Milwaukee. He later moved to Salt Lake City Utah and established himself as an eminent attorney and judge. unknown books
1811ref. 683861811. A Notable Study of Tax Indebtedness Trial. Hughes T.B. A Report of the Case of the King Against Bebb and Others. Assignees of Castell and Powell Bankrupts; On an Extent: With Explanatory Notes and an Appendix of Some Cases and Records in Extents Which Have Not Been Before Printed. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1811. iv 244 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine small shelf label to foot. Light soiling moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked front free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to text faint stains to foot of pp. 176-177 two library inkstamps and embossed stamp to title page annotations to verso. $250. Only edition. Abolished in 1947 a writ of extent was a remedy employed by the crown to recover unpaid taxes from a debtor or bankrupt. This book a combination of treatise and report examines the nature of these writs through a scholarly account with notes and a historical appendix of the important Exchequer case of John Bebb and others assignees of the bankrupt London banking house of Castell and Powell. Bebb and others assignees of Castell and Powell were countersued by the government for the right to assets that would cover payment of bills of exchange drawn by a Newcastle bank against tax-collection funds they were holding on deposit. The drafts had been accepted by the now bankrupt Castell and Powell who had turned them over to the commissioners of excise as collateral for the Newcastle tax deposits payable in thirty days. At issue was the right of the Crown to sue a debtor Castell and Powell of a tax-owing debtor the Newcastle bank. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:175. unknown
1841ref. 757151841. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. Probably the Most Detailed Account of a Nineteenth-Century Financial Swindle Trial. Hughes W. Hughes Editor. "The Times" Testimonial: Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey Held at Croydon Monday August 16 1841 Before the Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas And a Special Jury; Together with the Proceedings of a Public Meeting of Merchants Bankers and Others Held at the Mansion House London Friday October 1 1841 On the Subject of Such Action And of the Committee then Appointed; And Also a List of Subscribers to "The Times" Testimonial. Published by the Committee. London: John Hatchard and Son Henry Butterworth and Pelham Richardson 1841. 179 1 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8-1/5" x 5-1/2". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards later lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities owner bookplate Geoffrey G. Briggs to front pastedown. Light browning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $750. First edition. A sensational case of a million-pound plot to defraud Continental bankers by forged letters of credit or lettres circulaires purporting to have been issued by the bankers Glyn Hallifax Mills & Co. The plot was exposed by a Times of London correspondent in a letter published on 26th May 1840. This case was important because it exposed the largely unregulated banking practices associated with letters of credit which were easy to forge and difficult to police. The naming of Allan George Bogle-who was almost certainly involved-triggered this libel action against John Joseph Lawson the printer and publisher of the Times and resulted in the award of one farthing damages for Bogle but enormous expense and the considerable gratitude of bankers and investors for the Times. The present report is probably the most detailed account of a major financial swindle of this period particularly one involving letters of credit. A second edition was published the same year as the first the third and final edition in 1842. Our first edition was owned by Sir Geoffrey Briggs 1914-1993 an English lawyer and. unknown
1842ref. 749081842. Third & Final edition. Third & Final edition. A Presentation Copy from the Editor Trial. Hughes W. Hughes Editor. "The Times" Testimonial. Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey Held at Croydon Monday August 16 1841 Before the Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas And a Special Jury; Together with the Proceedings of a Public Meeting of Merchants Bankers and Others Held at the Mansion House London Friday October 1 1841 On the Subject of Such Action And of the Committee then Appointed; And Also a List of Subscribers to "The Times" Testimonial. Published by the Committee. London: John Hatchard and Son Henry Butterworth and Pelham Richardson 1842. 186 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in contemporary cloth gilt title to spine "Bogle v Lawson" and front board "3d. Edition/ Times Testimonial/ for/ A. Dobie Esqr/ 1842". Light rubbing dampstaining to boards fading to spine spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked later owner bookplate Geoffrey G. Briggs and bookseller ticket to front pastedown later illegible owner signature dated 1961 to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior. Presentation inscription "Alexander Dobie Esq. With the best comps & thanks of The Editor 1st January 1842." to head of half-title. $750. Third and final edition. Alexander Dobie Lawson's defense attorney and the recipient of this copy is thanked warmly in the preface "for affording Hughes access to the original documents in the cause as well as for correcting the evidence from the notes of the short-hand writer" 40. Bogle v. Lawson was a sensational case centering around a million-pound plot to defraud Continental bankers by forged letters of credit. The plot was exposed by a Times of London correspondent in a letter published on 26th May 1840. The naming of Allan George Bogle who was almost certainly involved triggered this libel action against John Joseph Lawson the printer and publisher of the Times. Bogle won the case but thanks to Dobie's skilled defense his victory was costly. The jury granted him a mere farthing in damages and ordered him to pay his own hefty legal expenses. T. unknown
1841ref. 652231841. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. One of the Most Detailed Accounts of a Major Nineteenth-Century Financial Swindle Trial. Hughes W. Hughes Editor. "The Times" Testimonial: Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey Held at Croydon Monday August 16 1841 Before the Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas And a Special Jury; Together with the Proceedings of a Public Meeting of Merchants Bankers and Others Held at the Mansion House London Friday October 1 1841 On the Subject of Such Action And of the Committee then Appointed; And Also a List of Subscribers to "The Times" Testimonial. Published by the Committee. London: John Hatchard and Son Henry Butterworth and Pelham Richardson 1841. 179 1 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Recent quarter cloth over marbled boards printed paper title label to spine. Some toning to text light soiling to title page. A very nice copy. $750. First edition. A sensational case of a million-pound plot to defraud Continental bankers by forged letters of credit or lettres circulaires purporting to have been issued by the bankers Glyn Hallifax Mills & Co. The plot was exposed by a Times of London correspondent in a letter published on 26th May 1840. This case was important because it exposed the largely unregulated banking practices associated with letters of credit which were easy to forge and difficult to police. The naming of Allan George Bogle-who was almost certainly involved-triggered this libel action against John Joseph Lawson the printer and publisher of the Times and resulted in the award of one farthing damages for Bogle but enormous expense and the considerable gratitude of bankers and investors for the Times. The present report is probably the most detailed account of a major financial swindle of this period particularly one involving letters of credit. A second edition was published the same year as the first the third and final edition in 1842. All three are rare. OCLC locates 6 copies worldwide of the first edition 2 in North America Newberry Library Temple University. LibraryHub adds a copy at the Society of Antiquaries. This edition not in Kres. unknown
1866ref. 784601866. An "Unparalleled" Record of Love Bigamy and Murder: A Variant of McDade 493 Trial. Hughes Dr. John W. Defendant. The Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes For the Murder of Miss Tamzen Parsons; With a Sketch of His Life As Related by Himself. A Record of Love Bigamy and Murder Unparalleled in the Annals of Crime. Cleveland: Printed by the Leader Company 1866. 58 pp. Text mostly in double columns. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet with later staples in pictorial wrappers publisher advertisements to rear wrapper. Browning to wrappers rust to staples chips to corners a few bits of binding material to spine. Light toning to interior light foxing to a few leaves. $350. Only edition one of two issues. "Jealous and intoxicated Hughes on the streets of Bedford Ohio shot the seventeen year old girl he had seduced. At his execution he spoke for fifteen minutes until the sheriff reminded him 'Time is going.' Then he dropped" McDade. McDade notes the existence of this 58-page printing "which adds a farewell letter." McDade The Annals of Murder 493. unknown
1866ref. 784601866. An "Unparalleled" Record of Love Bigamy and Murder: A Variant of McDade 493 Trial. Hughes Dr. John W. Defendant. The Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes For the Murder of Miss Tamzen Parsons; With a Sketch of His Life As Related by Himself. A Record of Love Bigamy and Murder Unparalleled in the Annals of Crime. Cleveland: Printed by the Leader Company 1866. 58 pp. Text mostly in double columns. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet with later staples in pictorial wrappers publisher advertisements to rear wrapper. Browning to wrappers rust to staples chips to corners a few bits of binding material to spine. Light toning to interior light foxing to a few leaves. $350. Only edition one of two issues. "Jealous and intoxicated Hughes on the streets of Bedford Ohio shot the seventeen year old girl he had seduced. At his execution he spoke for fifteen minutes until the sheriff reminded him 'Time is going.' Then he dropped" McDade. McDade notes the existence of this 58-page printing "which adds a farewell letter." McDade The Annals of Murder 493. unknown books
1811ref. 683861811. A Notable Study of Tax Indebtedness Trial. Hughes T.B. A Report of the Case of the King Against Bebb and Others. Assignees of Castell and Powell Bankrupts; On an Extent: With Explanatory Notes and an Appendix of Some Cases and Records in Extents Which Have Not Been Before Printed. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1811. iv 244 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine small shelf label to foot. Light soiling moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked front free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to text faint stains to foot of pp. 176-177 two library inkstamps and embossed stamp to title page annotations to verso. $250. Only edition. Abolished in 1947 a writ of extent was a remedy employed by the crown to recover unpaid taxes from a debtor or bankrupt. This book a combination of treatise and report examines the nature of these writs through a scholarly account with notes and a historical appendix of the important Exchequer case of John Bebb and others assignees of the bankrupt London banking house of Castell and Powell. Bebb and others assignees of Castell and Powell were countersued by the government for the right to assets that would cover payment of bills of exchange drawn by a Newcastle bank against tax-collection funds they were holding on deposit. The drafts had been accepted by the now bankrupt Castell and Powell who had turned them over to the commissioners of excise as collateral for the Newcastle tax deposits payable in thirty days. At issue was the right of the Crown to sue a debtor Castell and Powell of a tax-owing debtor the Newcastle bank. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:175. unknown books
1841ref. 757151841. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. Probably the Most Detailed Account of a Nineteenth-Century Financial Swindle Trial. Hughes W. Hughes Editor. "The Times" Testimonial: Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey Held at Croydon Monday August 16 1841 Before the Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas And a Special Jury; Together with the Proceedings of a Public Meeting of Merchants Bankers and Others Held at the Mansion House London Friday October 1 1841 On the Subject of Such Action And of the Committee then Appointed; And Also a List of Subscribers to "The Times" Testimonial. Published by the Committee. London: John Hatchard and Son Henry Butterworth and Pelham Richardson 1841. 179 1 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8-1/5" x 5-1/2". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards later lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities owner bookplate Geoffrey G. Briggs to front pastedown. Light browning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $750. First edition. A sensational case of a million-pound plot to defraud Continental bankers by forged letters of credit or lettres circulaires purporting to have been issued by the bankers Glyn Hallifax Mills & Co. The plot was exposed by a Times of London correspondent in a letter published on 26th May 1840. This case was important because it exposed the largely unregulated banking practices associated with letters of credit which were easy to forge and difficult to police. The naming of Allan George Bogle-who was almost certainly involved-triggered this libel action against John Joseph Lawson the printer and publisher of the Times and resulted in the award of one farthing damages for Bogle but enormous expense and the considerable gratitude of bankers and investors for the Times. The present report is probably the most detailed account of a major financial swindle of this period particularly one involving letters of credit. A second edition was published the same year as the first the third and final edition in 1842. Our first edition was owned by Sir Geoffrey Briggs 1914-1993 an English lawyer and. unknown books
1842ref. 749081842. Third & Final edition. Third & Final edition. A Presentation Copy from the Editor Trial. Hughes W. Hughes Editor. "The Times" Testimonial. Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey Held at Croydon Monday August 16 1841 Before the Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas And a Special Jury; Together with the Proceedings of a Public Meeting of Merchants Bankers and Others Held at the Mansion House London Friday October 1 1841 On the Subject of Such Action And of the Committee then Appointed; And Also a List of Subscribers to "The Times" Testimonial. Published by the Committee. London: John Hatchard and Son Henry Butterworth and Pelham Richardson 1842. 186 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in contemporary cloth gilt title to spine "Bogle v Lawson" and front board "3d. Edition/ Times Testimonial/ for/ A. Dobie Esqr/ 1842". Light rubbing dampstaining to boards fading to spine spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked later owner bookplate Geoffrey G. Briggs and bookseller ticket to front pastedown later illegible owner signature dated 1961 to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior. Presentation inscription "Alexander Dobie Esq. With the best comps & thanks of The Editor 1st January 1842." to head of half-title. $750. Third and final edition. Alexander Dobie Lawson's defense attorney and the recipient of this copy is thanked warmly in the preface "for affording Hughes access to the original documents in the cause as well as for correcting the evidence from the notes of the short-hand writer" 40. Bogle v. Lawson was a sensational case centering around a million-pound plot to defraud Continental bankers by forged letters of credit. The plot was exposed by a Times of London correspondent in a letter published on 26th May 1840. The naming of Allan George Bogle who was almost certainly involved triggered this libel action against John Joseph Lawson the printer and publisher of the Times. Bogle won the case but thanks to Dobie's skilled defense his victory was costly. The jury granted him a mere farthing in damages and ordered him to pay his own hefty legal expenses. T. unknown books
1841ref. 652231841. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. The Times Testimonial. London 1841. Rare. One of the Most Detailed Accounts of a Major Nineteenth-Century Financial Swindle Trial. Hughes W. Hughes Editor. "The Times" Testimonial: Report of the Trial of the Action Bogle Versus Lawson For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey Held at Croydon Monday August 16 1841 Before the Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas And a Special Jury; Together with the Proceedings of a Public Meeting of Merchants Bankers and Others Held at the Mansion House London Friday October 1 1841 On the Subject of Such Action And of the Committee then Appointed; And Also a List of Subscribers to "The Times" Testimonial. Published by the Committee. London: John Hatchard and Son Henry Butterworth and Pelham Richardson 1841. 179 1 pp. Half-title lacking. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Recent quarter cloth over marbled boards printed paper title label to spine. Some toning to text light soiling to title page. A very nice copy. $750. First edition. A sensational case of a million-pound plot to defraud Continental bankers by forged letters of credit or lettres circulaires purporting to have been issued by the bankers Glyn Hallifax Mills & Co. The plot was exposed by a Times of London correspondent in a letter published on 26th May 1840. This case was important because it exposed the largely unregulated banking practices associated with letters of credit which were easy to forge and difficult to police. The naming of Allan George Bogle-who was almost certainly involved-triggered this libel action against John Joseph Lawson the printer and publisher of the Times and resulted in the award of one farthing damages for Bogle but enormous expense and the considerable gratitude of bankers and investors for the Times. The present report is probably the most detailed account of a major financial swindle of this period particularly one involving letters of credit. A second edition was published the same year as the first the third and final edition in 1842. All three are rare. OCLC locates 6 copies worldwide of the first edition 2 in North America Newberry Library Temple University. LibraryHub adds a copy at the Society of Antiquaries. This edition not in Kres. unknown books
1867ref. 684671867. London 1867. London 1867. Was Dr. Hunter a Charlatan Trial. Hunter Robert Plaintiff. Pall Mall Gazette Respondent. Dr. Hunter Versus Pall Mall Gazette: Being a Verbatim Report of the Medical Evidence Given by Dr. Williams Dr. Risdon Bennett Dr. Orlando Markham Dr. George Johnson Dr. Cotton Dr. Richard Quain and Dr. Odling Showing Their Opinions on the Nature Causes and Cure of Consumption: With Explanatory Remarks by Dr. Hunter The Plaintiff. London: Printed by C. Mitchell and Co. 1867. 404 pp. 4 woodcut text illustrations. Octavo 8" x 5". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear some chipping to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text minor stains to a few leaves light soiling a faint stain and a library stamp to title page library annotations to verso. A scarce title. $1000. Only edition. One of the most famous cases of its day it is fascinating for it insights into medical jurisprudence the Victorian medical profession and the treatment of tuberculosis consumption. Hunter an American doctor had antagonized English doctors by claiming to have developed a better set of therapies to treat the tuberculosis. A shrewd self-promoter he publicized his views widely and attracted a large number of patients. He had several critics. One of them published an article attacking him in the Pall Mall Gazette titled "Dupes and Imposters." Hunter sued. After many hours of medical testimony the jury "vindicated" Hunter but awarded him only 1 farthing in damages. This contemptuous award indicated that the jury considered him a charlatan. OCLC locates 12 copies 3 in North American law libraries Harvard Jenkins Social Law. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1109. unknown
1878ref. 714661878. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co. 1878. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co. 1878. An Axe-Murder in Camden NJ: McDade 494 Trial. Hunter Benjamin F. d. 1879 Defendant. Hunter-Armstrong Tragedy. The Great Trial. Conviction of Benj. F. Hunter For the Murder of John M. Armstrong. Philadelphia: Barclay & Company 1878. ii 19-86 pp. Main text in parallel columns. 7 full-page woodcuts. Octavo 9-1/2" x 5-3/4"; 24.1 x 14.6 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers cover title reads in part: The Life Trial and Execution of Benjamin F. Hunter. Light soiling moderate edgewear and a few chips and tears to edges of wrappers which are beginning to detach at foot of spine. Moderate toning to text faint dampstaining to a few leaves. $750. First edition one of five issues. "Hunter had lost $7000 when he invested in Armstrong's music-publishing company. Thinking to turn his loss into a profit he insured Armstrong's life for $25000. With a hired assistant Tom Graham he enticed Armstrong to Camden New Jersey and there bashed his head in with an axe which he had carefully marked with the initials of another man to throw suspicion on him. Though he remained unconscious Armstrong survived and Hunter calling at his home hastened his death by tearing the bandages from his head. Graham confessed and Hunter was convicted and hanged and he was actually hanged by hand" McDade. Other issues of this pamphlet have different cover titles and paginations. All are scarce. OCLC locates 7 copies of our 86-page issue 1 in a law library University of Missouri. McDade The Annals of Murder 494. unknown
