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ref. 1601565518.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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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1822ref. 418781822. Early U.S. Navy Court Martial Trial. Abbot Joel 1793-1855 Defendant. Trial of Lieutenant Joel Abbot by the General Naval Court Martial Holden on Board the U.S. Ship Independence at the Navy Yard Charlestown Massachusetts on Allegations Made Against Him by Capt. David Porter Navy Commissioner. Printed From the Official Record on File in the Navy Department. Washington: Printed and Published by Davis and Force 1822. 152 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers contemporary hand-lettered label to front board uncut edges. Moderate rubbing with wear to corners and spine ends front cover just beginning to detach at head. Several uncut signatures light browning and occasional light foxing to text. Small inkstain to title page interior otherwise clean. $125. First edition issued the same year as the Boston imprint published by Russell and Gardiner. With an appendix containing texts of documents relating to irregularities at the Boston naval station and the misconduct of the naval agent Amos Binney. Abbott was a decorated naval officer who fought under Commodore Rogers on the frigate President during the War of 1812. "In March 1822.he discovered a series of frauds upon the government. and made very serious charges against his commandant Captain Isaac Hull. Failing to prove these accusations when brought before a court-martial Abbot was suspended from the naval service for the period of two years.": Dictionary of American Biography 1:14. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13395. unknown
1860ref. 818971860. New York: Robert M. DeWitt 1860. New York: Robert M. DeWitt 1860. An 1860 Illinois Divorce Case that Dominated Headlines Throughout the United States Trial. Burch v. Burch. Only Complete Report of the Burch Divorce Case; Containing a History of the Case--The Preliminary Movements The "Confession" of Mrs. Burch Opening and Closing Speeches of Counsel The Deposition of Parties Implicated and All the Testimony in Full With the Letters Offered in Evidence but Ruled Out by the Court. New York: Robert M. DeWitt Publisher 30 Frankfort Street c.1860. 116 5-8 pp. Main text in double columns. Pictorial wrappers lacking. Page 5 has drop-head title The Beardsley Divorce sub-titled History of the Case which is followed by a single-column account of that case. Octavo 6" x 9-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers untrimmed edges. Light soiling dampststaining tears and notable edgewear to wrappers front wrapper detached moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to heads of a few leaves. $125. Only edition one of two issues. This sensational Illinois divorce case dominated headlines throughout the United States. It involved a prominent Chicago banker and his socialite wife who denied his accusations of adultery and countered with charges that he married her for her fortune and had mistreated her. The jury agreed and ruled in her favor. Our copy is from the issue that includes a synopsis of the Beardsley divorce a case that involved adultery claims by both spouses. It is not included in the other issue which does not have any additional material. The synopsis is apparently a promotion for DeWitt's report of that case which is advertised on rear wrappers of copies in wrappers that we have seen. This issue not in Cohen or the Harvard Law Catalogue 1909 both of which record the issue with 116 pp. unknown
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
1793ref. 759751793. The Trial of a "Scottish Martyr" Trial. Palmer Thomas Fyshe 1747-1802 Defendant. The Trial of the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer Before the Circuit Court of Justiciary Held at Perth On the 12th and 13th September 1793 On an Indictment for Seditious Practices. Taken in Court by Mr. Ramsey An Eminent Short-Hand Writer from London. With an Appendix. Edinburgh: Printed for W. Skirving 1793. 195 1 pp. Lacking portrait frontispiece. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling and a few faint stains to exterior light foxing to a few leaves clean tear to leaf O3 pp. 109-110 affecting text without loss to legibility. $125. Only edition. Palmer an English minister and political reformer active in Scotland was convicted of sedition in 1793 for circulating a radical address to the public. Along with six other men referred to as the "Scottish Martyrs to Liberty" he was sentenced to seven years' transportation to Botany Bay. English Short-Title Catalogue T93757. unknown
1849ref. 755061849. London: W.M. Clark 1849. London: W.M. Clark 1849. The Murders at Stanfield Hall Trial. Rush James Blomfield d.1849 Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of James Blomfield Rush for the Murder of Mr. Jermy and his Son Of Stanfield Hall In the County of Norfolk; Commencing on Wednesday March 28 And Concluded April 4 1849 At Norwich Assizes. London: Printed and Published by W.M. Clark 1849. 8 102 pp. Woodcut title page vignette and 4 unnumbered leaves of woodcut portraits and illustrations. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards rebacked with lettering piece to spine hinges mended. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped and lightly worn. Moderate toning to interior light soiling in a few places a few mostly partial cracks in text block all leaves secure trimming affecting last line of text on p. 91 without loss to legibility. $125. Thirtieth stated edition one of several from the same year. Rush a delinquent tenant of Isaac Jermy and his son devised a plan to kill the two men their servant and the son's wife and blame the murders on rival claimants to the Jermy estate. He succeeded in killing the Jermys but failed to kill Mrs. Jermy and the servant who survived to identify him. Popularly known as the "murders at Stanfield Hall" the killings became a national sensation with a wax figure of Rush displayed prominently at Madame Tussauds. unknown
1822ref. TRIALSTU005649Archibald Constable Edinburgh and Hurst Robinson and Co. and James Ridgeway London. 1822. Second edition. pp iv 186 ii 20 Appendix. Recent plain quarter calf with marbled boards title label on front board. A murder trial which excited much public interest at the time. The son of James Boswell had been killed in a duel.Fine. Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, [and] Hurst, Robinson, and Co. and James Ridgeway, London. hardcover
2016ref. x-1601565518Aspen Publishers 2016. Paperback. New. 2nd new edition. 159 pages. 10.91x8.58x0.35 inches. Aspen Publishers paperback
2015ref. x-160156502XAspen Publishers 2015. Paperback. New. 2nd new edition. 173 pages. 10.79x8.50x0.51 inches. Aspen Publishers paperback
1977ref. 2080302106809264Not Available 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2001ref. 2091502135412463Not Available 2001. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
ref. 12674No place or date. London c.1818. 1p. on 29 x 7 cm piece of unwatermarked laid paper probably cut down with no indication of printer or date. Printed with the long s. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. 64 lines arranged in eight eight-line stanzas. The first stanza reads: 'BRITAIN! brave and generous nation Listen to my plaintive strain Tho' exalted be my station! Day and night I sigh in pain; Here I came a helpless stranger With no friend to take my part Braved the stormy ocean's danger From home for ever to depart.' She appeals to her 'Good Uncle' i.e. King George III whose wife is described as 'your Queen a pious lady' asking him how he can stand by and 'Let a shameless woman trample On decency's offended laws'. A later reference to 'the Countess' makes it clear that this is Frances Villiers Countess of Jersey. The last stanza reads: 'There from empty pomp retreating Childless mother widow'd wife! My lost titles none repeating Let me lead a peaceful life. When you think on my sad story Britons drop a pitying tear! And fair England's fame and glory Shall to me be ever dear!' Excessively scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat and no other reference discovered. From the papers of Sir William Hamilton 1788-1877 British Consul at Boulogne-sur-Mer from 1826 to 1873. No place or date. [London, c.1818?] unknown
ref. 15673London : Sold by George Kearsley No. 46 Fleet-Street and Martha Gurney No. 34 Bell-Yard Temple-Bar 1781. First edition. Folio 14 x 9 1/2 inches 58-pages; disbound. Title page detached and dust-marked first leaf torn without loss tear to margin of last leaf. Later 1860 inscription on title. Drawing of Mrs. Donellan's tomb and notes on her subsequent marriages below. London : Sold by George Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street, and Martha Gurney, No. 34 Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, 1781. unknown
ref. 1590317580.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1556817282.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1967ref. 201118-MB52California Trial Lawyers Association 1967. Very Good Hardcover 254 pages panel discussions from CTLA Second Annual Convention February 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. California Trial Lawyers Association Hardcover
1976ref. 2090502128900137play guide journal company 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 116p Size: 21cm Number of books: 2 play guide journal company paperback
1946ref. 42926Paris: Editions Du Centre 1946. Illustrated by 12 Plates Mostly Documents. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers 8vo 230 pages. Includes 12 plates as well as a map. 23 cm. In French. Title translates as "From Drancy to Auschwitz." Wolff # I: 1545. No. 6 in the "Edudes et monographies" series by the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine. "Georges Wellers French biologist and historian worked for many years at Sorbonne where he held a position of Director of Research Laboratory of Medical Department. In 1941 he was arrested by the Nazis and spent more than three years in nazi concentration camps first in Drancy near Paris then in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Despite all the deprivations during his captivity Georges lived a long and productive life. He excelled in a prominent scientific career was awarded the Legion of Honor Rosette as its officer was vice-president of the association of nazi-camp survivors of France and was the only French witness at the Eichmann war crime trial in Israel" Goodreads. "The Drancy camp was located in a northeastern suburb of Paris also called Drancy. In August 1941 the Germans established an internment camp at Drancy following the arrest of more than 4200 Jewish men in Paris. Beginning in summer 1942 Drancy became the major transit camp for the deportations of Jews from France. Until July 1943 French police staffed the camp under the overall control of the German Security Police and SD. In July 1943 the Germans took direct control of the Drancy camp and SS officer Alois Brunner became camp commandant. Approximately 70000 prisoners passed through Drancy between August 1941 and August 1944. Except for a small number of prisoners mostly members of the French resistance the overwhelming majority were Jews. Approximately one thousand prisoners managed to obtain release during the first year of the camp’s existence" USHMM. Early material on Drancy is scarce. SUBJECTS: World War 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons German. Guerre mondiale 1939-1945 -- Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands. Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945 -- France -- Personal narratives. Juifs -- Perse´cutions -- France -- 1900-1945. Shoah -- France. Internierungslager Drancy Konzentrationslager Auschwitz. OCLC: 11130195. Wear to spine front hinge repair paper browning but solid. Good Condition. B Holo2-162-29-CC. Editions Du Centre unknown
1873ref. 694441873. A Constant Reminder that Innocent Persons Can Be Convicted" Trial. Boorn Stephen Defendant. Boorn Jesse Defendant. Sargeant Leonard 1793-1880 Reporter. The Trial Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn for the Murder of Russell Colvin And the Return of the Man Supposed to Have Been Murdered. Manchester VT: Journal Book and Job Office 1873. 48 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers publisher advertisement to rear wrapper. Light soiling to wrappers light foxing to front wrapper light toning to text. A well-preserved copy. $150. As noted by McDade this famous case is a "constant reminder that innocent persons can be convicted. Russell Colvin the alleged victim had married a sister of the Boorns and had several children by her. He was mentally deficient and disappeared in 1812. Local gossip credited the Boorns with having disposed of him presumably because he was a burden on the family. In the spring of 1819 the Boorns were arrested and either from fear or mental weakness they told stories involving each other in the death of Colvin--Stephen's amounting to a confession of murder. They were tried and sentenced to be hanged; the state legislature however commuted Jesse's sentence to life imprisonment. As a last resort a notice was placed in the papers requesting information about Colvin. A farmer in Monmouth County New Jersey believed he recognized a hired man in the vicinity from the description. This man who was mentally deranged was enticed to Manchester arriving.six weeks before the day set for Stephen's execution. It was definitively established that he was the missing Colvin; he had apparently wandered off on his own volition annotation to Entry 111. Though published fifty-four years after the event the pamphlet was prepared by one of the defense counsellors and contains important information on the discovery and return of Colvin." McDade The Annals of Murder 113. unknown
1823ref. 864751823. Assault and False Imprisonment Trial. Carr Thomas Defendant. Report of the Trial of Watson Against Carr For an Assault and False Imprisonment Before Sir John Bayley Knt. One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench Westminster At the Guildhall Newcastle On Saturday August 2d 1823. Newcastle: Printed for John Sykes Bookseller 1823. 36 pp. Woodcut title page vignette of Samuel Johnson. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later wrappers. Moderate shelfwear toning light foxing in a few places. Internally clean. $150. Only edition one of at least 2 issues from the same year. This scarce trial report concerns the beating and false imprisonment of Thomas Watson by Carr. The latter claimed as his defense his position as Town Constable during the time of incident and engaged Henry Brougham as his lawyer. The jury found for Watson and Carr was subject to a fine and court costs. Other copies we have seen have a different title page vignette depicting Newcastle's Guildhall. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title 4 in North America Harvard Law School University of Georgia Law School Temple University University of Pennsylvania Law School. unknown
1803ref. 842451803. The Only Edition with an Appendix Which Offers a "Particular Account of the Execution" Trial. Despard Edward Marcus 1751-1803 Primary Defendant. The Whole Proceedings on the Trials of Col. Despard And the Other State Prisoners Before a Special Commission At the New Sessions House Horsemonger Lane Southwark Feb. 7 and 9 1803; Including the Indictment The Evidence on Both Sides And the Speeches of Counsel. To Which are Prefixed Original and Authentic Memoirs of Col. Despard And Lord Ellenborough's Eloquent Charge to the Grand Jury. With an Appendix Containing the Behaviour of the Convicts And a Particular Account of the Execution. London: Printed by W. Flint Old Bailey; For R. Bent et al. 1803. iv 70 3-12 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5"; 21.2 x 13 cm. Disbound pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior occasional unobtrusive light foxing ink notation of price paid to foot of title page longer annotation in an early hand to its verso. $150. Fourth stated edition the only one with an appendix. After a brilliant military career in the West Indies Colonel Despard was made superintendent of the Bay of Honduras present-day Belize which was the site of significant British logging concessions. To the dismay of the local aristocrats Despard distributed land by lottery and without regard to distinctions of race religion or social class. Their complaints led to his dismissal and several lawsuits which put him in debtors' prison for two years. Financially ruined and bitter he came to resent the establishment. He joined the radical London Corresponding Society and revolutionary United Irishman and took part in a plot to organize uprisings in London and Ireland. After the plot was foiled Despard and six others were convicted of treason. A highlight during the trial was Lord Admiral Nelson's testimony as a character witness on Despard's behalf. Despard and his co-conspirators share the dubious distinction of being the last men in Great Britain sentenced to be hanged drawn and quartered the form of execution given to convicted traitors since 1283. However the king commuted their sentences to death by hanging followed by decapitation. This is a scarce edition. OCLC locates 1 copy in a North American law library University of Minnesota. Chase "Despard Edward Marcus" Oxford Dic. unknown
1781ref. 831911781. Scarce Account of a Covetous Poisoner Donellan John 1737/8-1781 Defendant. The Trial of John Donnellan sic Esq. Late Master of the Ceremonies at the Pantheon in Oxford-Street at the Assizes Holden at Warwick On Tuesday the 27th of March 1781 Before Francis Buller Esq. One of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench For the Wilful Murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton Bart. Taken in Short-Hand by a Barrister at Law Attending the Midland Circuit. London: Printed for and sold by T. Brewman at No. 1 the Top of Fleet-Market facing the Obelisk in Fleet-Street 1781. 43 1 pp. Final page is a publisher advertisement. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5"; 20 x 12.5 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in contemporary thick marbled wrappers. Light rubbing a few minor chips and tears to edges of wrappers moderate rubbing to edges of wrappers and text block. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in places contemporary annotations doodles and marks both in ink and pencil in a few places. A very good copy. $150. Only edition one of two 1781 imprints. "Coveting the estates of Sir Theodosius Boughton who lived at resplendent Lawford Hall in Warwickshire England Captain John Donellan poisoned his host with essence of laurel water in 1780. This was later uncovered at a probing inquest which led to Donellan's conviction and execution; he was hanged at Warwickshire in 1781" Nash. Both imprints are scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of the London issue in North American law libraries Library of Congress University of Georgia Yale. The English Short-Title Catalogue adds another Harvard. Nash Encyclopedia of World Crime II:999. English Short-Title Catalogue T92907. unknown
