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1855ref. 723181855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist Trial. Beale Stephen T. Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis And Judges Black and Woodward On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases And the Letters of Prof. Gibson Prof. Wiltbank Wm. Badger Esq. W.L. Hirst Esq. Rev. Albert Barnes Dr. Henry Boardman &c. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. 30 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet removed from a volume rear wrapper lacking spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text chip to fore-edge of title page at foot with no loss to text. $400. Only edition. This trial account reflects contemporary anxiety about ether which was used for the first time in 1846. Narcissa Mudge claimed she was raped by her dentist Dr. Beale while unconscious from ether during a procedure. Beale was convicted. This account of the trial is written by someone who characterizes the dentist as an innocent victim. He argues that Mudge's accusation was based on false memory a side-effect induced by ether. His case is supported by the testimony concerning the effects of ether by a group of dentists and other authorities. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13774. unknown books
1855ref. 694171855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist Trial. Beale Stephen T. Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis And Judges Black and Woodward On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases And the Letters of Prof. Gibson Prof. Wiltbank Wm. Badger Esq. W.L. Hirst Esq. Rev. Albert Barnes Dr. Henry Boardman &c. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins Jr. 1855. 30 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers removed from a volume rear wrapper lacking. Faint dampstaining to head and lower corner at foot of spine through first half of text block light soiling to exterior minor tear and "9" in early hand to front wrapper light toning to text. $500. Only edition. This trial account reflects contemporary anxiety about ether which was used for the first time in 1846. Narcissa Mudge claimed she was raped by her dentist Dr. Beale while unconscious from ether during a procedure. Beale was convicted. This account of the trial is written by someone who characterizes the dentist as an innocent victim. He argues that Mudge's accusation was based on false memory a side-effect induced by ether. His case is supported by the testimony concerning the effects of ether by a group of dentists and other authorities. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13774. unknown books
1812ref. 759851812. The Only Successful Attempt on the Life of a British Prime Minister Trial. Bellingham John 1769-1812 Defendant. The Trial of John Bellingham For the Assassination of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer &c. &c. &c. In the Lobby of the House of Commons On Monday the 11th May 1812. Taken in Short Hand By Mr. Fraser. To Which is Added An Account of Bellingham's Execution On Monday May 18. London: Printed for R. Mercer 1812. ii 108 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior light foxing to title page and a few other leaves small chip to bottom-edge of final leaf. $500. Only edition. Bellingham was motivated by a baseless claim that the Crown owed him money as compensation for time he served in a Russian prison. He believed he was owed compensation because the government did not try to assist him. His murder of Perceval was the only successful attempt on the life of a British Prime Minister. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Social Law University of Pennsylvania York. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
1850ref. 801331850. America's Classic Murder" Trial. Bemis George. Webster John White 1793-1850 Defendant. Report of the Case of John W. Webster Master of Arts and Doctor of Medicine of Harvard University . Indicted for the Murder of George Parkman Master of Arts of Harvard University Doctor of Medicine of the University of Aberdeen And Member of the Massachusetts Medical Society Before The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; Including the Hearing on the Petition for a Writ of Error The Prisoner's Confessional Statements and Application for a Commutation of Sentence And an Appendix Containing Several Interesting Matters Never Before Published. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1850. xii 628 pp. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Illustrated. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed cloth hinges. Light soiling and shelfwear to exterior lettering pieces abraded hinges starting small ink stamp William C. Schroeder to front free endpaper which has a small clean tear to its upper gutter. Toning to interior light soiling and tiny faint stains in a few places owner signature of J.H. Anthon dated 1858 to front endleaf and title page along with owner signature of J.B. Coppinger pencil underling and brief annotations to several leaves annotations between pp. 469-498. $85. First edition. As McDade notes "The murder in the Harvard Medical School of Dr. George Parkman a prominent Bostonian and Harvard Alumnus by Professor John W. Webster was in the words of Edmund Pearson 'America's classic murder.'" The present account is "the basic book on the case and contains all the evidence." A two-volume edition appeared the same year and the work was reprinted in 1879. The J.H. Anthon who owned this copy was likely John Hone Anthon 1832-1874 a New York attorney and the son of John Anthon an important American jurist and a founder of the New York Law Institute. J.B. Coppinger may have been John B. Coppinger a first lieutenant and adjutant in the 83d New York Infantry during the Civil War. The pencil annotations which provide brief but often lively commentary do not appear to be in either's hand. McDade The Annals of Murder 1060. unknown
1850ref. 801331850. America's Classic Murder" Trial. Bemis George. Webster John White 1793-1850 Defendant. Report of the Case of John W. Webster Master of Arts and Doctor of Medicine of Harvard University . Indicted for the Murder of George Parkman Master of Arts of Harvard University Doctor of Medicine of the University of Aberdeen And Member of the Massachusetts Medical Society Before The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; Including the Hearing on the Petition for a Writ of Error The Prisoner's Confessional Statements and Application for a Commutation of Sentence And an Appendix Containing Several Interesting Matters Never Before Published. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1850. xii 628 pp. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Illustrated. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed cloth hinges. Light soiling and shelfwear to exterior lettering pieces abraded hinges starting small ink stamp William C. Schroeder to front free endpaper which has a small clean tear to its upper gutter. Toning to interior light soiling and tiny faint stains in a few places owner signature of J.H. Anthon dated 1858 to front endleaf and title page along with owner signature of J.B. Coppinger pencil underling and brief annotations to several leaves annotations between pp. 469-498. $85. First edition. As McDade notes "The murder in the Harvard Medical School of Dr. George Parkman a prominent Bostonian and Harvard Alumnus by Professor John W. Webster was in the words of Edmund Pearson 'America's classic murder.'" The present account is "the basic book on the case and contains all the evidence." A two-volume edition appeared the same year and the work was reprinted in 1879. The J.H. Anthon who owned this copy was likely John Hone Anthon 1832-1874 a New York attorney and the son of John Anthon an important American jurist and a founder of the New York Law Institute. J.B. Coppinger may have been John B. Coppinger a first lieutenant and adjutant in the 83d New York Infantry during the Civil War. The pencil annotations which provide brief but often lively commentary do not appear to be in either's hand. McDade The Annals of Murder 1060. unknown books
1903ref. 549631903. A Trial Discussed by Wigmore Trial. Best John C. 1865-1902 Defendant. The Official Report of the Trial of John C. Best for Murder. Superior Court of Massachusetts. Before Hon. Edgar J. Sherman and Hon. Jabez Fox Justices. From Notes of the Official Stenographers. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co. State Printers 1903. 863 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Original law calf red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing to extremities front hinge cracked but secure front board starting internally pristine. $95. First edition. John C. Best was indicted for the murder of George E. Bailey in 1901. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death in the electric chair. According to Wigmore this is "a good example of a trial for assassination motivated by hostility." Wigmore The Principles of Judicial Proof 1171. unknown
1903ref. 549631903. A Trial Discussed by Wigmore Trial. Best John C. 1865-1902 Defendant. The Official Report of the Trial of John C. Best for Murder. Superior Court of Massachusetts. Before Hon. Edgar J. Sherman and Hon. Jabez Fox Justices. From Notes of the Official Stenographers. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co. State Printers 1903. 863 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Original law calf red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing to extremities front hinge cracked but secure front board starting internally pristine. $95. First edition. John C. Best was indicted for the murder of George E. Bailey in 1901. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death in the electric chair. According to Wigmore this is "a good example of a trial for assassination motivated by hostility." Wigmore The Principles of Judicial Proof 1171. unknown books
1815ref. 848071815. Hanged after a Denied Clemency Petition Trial. Blackburn Joseph d.1815 Defendant. Report of the Trial of Mr. Joseph Blackburn Attorney at Law Leeds For Forgery At the Yorkshire Lent Assizes 1815. With an Appendix Containing Some Details Relative to the Attempts that were Made to Obtain for Him the Extension of the Royal Clemency; And Some Particulars Respecting His Execution &c. Carefully Transcribed from the Notes of the Short-Hand Writer. Leeds: Printed by Benjamin Dewhirst. Sold by Davies and Booth 1815. ii 46 pp. Octavo 8" x 5"; 20 x 12.7 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent marbled boards printed title label to spine. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and faint staining in a few places title page re-hinged. A very good copy. $650. Only edition. Blackburn a Leeds attorney was accused of committing revenue fraud by altering duty stamps on executed deeds and conveyances. Though he denied the accusations and a number of witnesses testified to his good character he was found guilty and sentenced to death. According to our report of his trial and execution "upwards of three thousand persons" signed a clemency petition. Petitions like these were common during the years of the so-called "Bloody Code." Many were successful; Blackburn's was not. He was hanged on April 8 1815. Our account notes that the execution was botched and it took him six or seven minutes to die. This is a scarce title. OCLC and Library Hub locate 6 copies York Minster University of York Leeds Public Libraries York University Law School University of Toronto Harvard Law School. No others added by Library Hub. unknown
1752ref. 803961752. The "Love Philter" was Arsenic Trial. Blandy Mary 1720-1752 Defendant. The Tryal of Mary Blandy Spinster; For the Murder of Her Father Francis Blandy Gent. At the Assizes Held at Oxford for the County of Oxford On Saturday the 29th of February 1752 Before the Honourable Heneague Legge Esq; and Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe Knt. Two of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Published by Permission of the Judges. London: Printed for John and James Rivington At the Bible and Crown In St. Paul's Church Yard 1752. ii 46 pp. Folio 11-3/4" x 7". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning margins trimmed closely with no loss to text. Light soiling to exterior clean tear from a fold near center of lower half of text block early repairs to inner margins of several leaves a few minor tears and chips to edges of title page chips a few tears with minor loss to text to final leaf. $250. Only edition one of three issues the others an octavo issued by Rivington and an octavo issued in Dublin by Faulkner. Blandy was the daughter of a prosperous lawyer. Her father Francis advertised a large dowry of 10000 which attracted many suitors including one who captivated her Captain William Henry Cranstoun the son of a Scottish nobleman. Francis learned later that he was married and a father. Confronted with these facts by Francis Cranstoun claimed his marriage was invalid and made several attempts he claimed to have it annulled. Over time Francis became suspicious about Cranstoun's motives. Sensing danger Cranstoun gave Mary a "love philtre" and told her to mix it into one of her father's meals. He said it would change his behavior towards him. It was actually arsenic. When Mary realized what she had done she foolishly burned Cranstoun's letters and discarded the rest of the arsenic. Cranstoun fled to France. Mary was tried and sentenced to death by hanging. This was a sensational trial and it was covered extensively by the press. It also generated a secondary literature that included several contributions written by Mary such as "Miss Mary Blandy's Own Account of the Affair between Her and Mr. Cranstoun." As indicated by her last request to the execution officials she remained a proper middle-class lady to the end. "For the sake of decency gentlemen" she pleaded "don't hang. unknown
1815ref. 848071815. Hanged after a Denied Clemency Petition Trial. Blackburn Joseph d.1815 Defendant. Report of the Trial of Mr. Joseph Blackburn Attorney at Law Leeds For Forgery At the Yorkshire Lent Assizes 1815. With an Appendix Containing Some Details Relative to the Attempts that were Made to Obtain for Him the Extension of the Royal Clemency; And Some Particulars Respecting His Execution &c. Carefully Transcribed from the Notes of the Short-Hand Writer. Leeds: Printed by Benjamin Dewhirst. Sold by Davies and Booth 1815. ii 46 pp. Octavo 8" x 5"; 20 x 12.7 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent marbled boards printed title label to spine. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and faint staining in a few places title page re-hinged. A very good copy. $650. Only edition. Blackburn a Leeds attorney was accused of committing revenue fraud by altering duty stamps on executed deeds and conveyances. Though he denied the accusations and a number of witnesses testified to his good character he was found guilty and sentenced to death. According to our report of his trial and execution "upwards of three thousand persons" signed a clemency petition. Petitions like these were common during the years of the so-called "Bloody Code." Many were successful; Blackburn's was not. He was hanged on April 8 1815. Our account notes that the execution was botched and it took him six or seven minutes to die. This is a scarce title. OCLC and Library Hub locate 6 copies York Minster University of York Leeds Public Libraries York University Law School University of Toronto Harvard Law School. No others added by Library Hub. unknown books
1817ref. 745791817. 2 titles in 1. 2 titles in 1. High-Stakes 1817 Irish Scandal: A Scarce Pair of "Crim. Con." Pamphlets Defended by Distinguished Anglo-Irish Barrister Phillips Trial. Blake Martin Joseph Defendant. Crim. Con. A Full Faithful & Impartial Report of that Curious Extraordinary and Interesting Trial with Speeches of Counsel and Judge's Charge In the Case Wherein Mark Browne Esq. Was Plaintiff and Martin Jos. Blake Esq. Defendant In an Action of Damages for Crim. Con. With the Plaintiff's Wife. Tried in the Court of Common Pleas Dublin On the 9th and 10th Days of July 1817 Before the Right Honorable Lord Norbury and a Special Jury of the City of Dublin; Damages laid at 30000. Dublin: Printed by J. Charles 1817. 48 pp. Bound with Phillips Charles 1787-1859. The Speech of Charles Phillips Esq. In the Case of Brown Versus Blake for Adultery; Delivered Before Lord Norbury and a Special Jury on the 9th July 1817. Dublin: Printed at the Hibernia Press Office For John Cumming 1817. 31 pp. Octavo 8" x 5"; 20.3 x 12.7cm. Two titles bound together. Stab-stitched pamphlet in later plain wrappers. Two vertical fold lines to front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in places early library stamps to head of page 3 of Crim. Con. verso of title page head of page 7 and verso of final leaf of Speech. A very good copy of two scarce Irish legal pieces. $450. Crim. Con.: First edition; Speech: only edition. A second edition of Crim. Con. was published shortly after in 1817. Although it was a typical adultery trial Browne v. Blake attracted a fair amount of attention because of the high-stakes damages sought 30000 and the fact that Blake's lawyer was Charles Phillips: a leading Anglo-Irish barrister. Phillips was renowned for his oratory and expertise with adultery cases. Phillips successfully secured a defense verdict. Both titles are scarce. OCLC locates 5 copies of Crim. Con. all first editions 1 in a North American law library LA County and no copies of Speech. Crim. Con.: British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 3:582. unknown books
1752ref. 803961752. The "Love Philter" was Arsenic Trial. Blandy Mary 1720-1752 Defendant. The Tryal of Mary Blandy Spinster; For the Murder of Her Father Francis Blandy Gent. At the Assizes Held at Oxford for the County of Oxford On Saturday the 29th of February 1752 Before the Honourable Heneague Legge Esq; and Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe Knt. Two of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Published by Permission of the Judges. London: Printed for John and James Rivington At the Bible and Crown In St. Paul's Church Yard 1752. ii 46 pp. Folio 11-3/4" x 7". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning margins trimmed closely with no loss to text. Light soiling to exterior clean tear from a fold near center of lower half of text block early repairs to inner margins of several leaves a few minor tears and chips to edges of title page chips a few tears with minor loss to text to final leaf. $250. Only edition one of three issues the others an octavo issued by Rivington and an octavo issued in Dublin by Faulkner. Blandy was the daughter of a prosperous lawyer. Her father Francis advertised a large dowry of 10000 which attracted many suitors including one who captivated her Captain William Henry Cranstoun the son of a Scottish nobleman. Francis learned later that he was married and a father. Confronted with these facts by Francis Cranstoun claimed his marriage was invalid and made several attempts he claimed to have it annulled. Over time Francis became suspicious about Cranstoun's motives. Sensing danger Cranstoun gave Mary a "love philtre" and told her to mix it into one of her father's meals. He said it would change his behavior towards him. It was actually arsenic. When Mary realized what she had done she foolishly burned Cranstoun's letters and discarded the rest of the arsenic. Cranstoun fled to France. Mary was tried and sentenced to death by hanging. This was a sensational trial and it was covered extensively by the press. It also generated a secondary literature that included several contributions written by Mary such as "Miss Mary Blandy's Own Account of the Affair between Her and Mr. Cranstoun." As indicated by her last request to the execution officials she remained a proper middle-class lady to the end. "For the sake of decency gentlemen" she pleaded "don't hang. unknown books
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
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 books
1796ref. 752461796. With Interesting Commentary on Irish and English Morals Trial. Cavendish Bradshaw Augustus 1768-1832 Defendant. The Trial at Large on an Action for Damages Brought in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer Before the Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron Yelverton and a Jury of Citizens On Saturday the 20th of February 1796; By the Right Hon. George Fred. Earl of Westmeath Against the Honourable Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw For Adultery with the Right Hon. Mary Anne Countess of Westmeath; Containing the Whole of the Evidence With the Speeches of the Learned Counsel And the Charge of the Venerable Judge. On Which a Verdict was Found for 10000. To Which is Prefixed An Epistle Dedicatory to the Fashionable World. London: Re-Printed for Allen and West 1796. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". xii 36 pp. Stab-stitched pamphlet disbound and resewn. Light toning light soiling to exterior and a few other pages small inkspots to fore-edge light foxing in a few places. $500. Only London edition reprinted from the first Dublin edition. Westmeath an Irish peer sought 20000 in damages after he caught his wife Maryanne carrying on an affair with Bradshaw during a period of separation. The jury awarded him 10000 though Bradshaw's relative poverty made the damages difficult to recover. The Westmeaths later divorced and Bradshaw and Maryanne married in 1796. An interesting feature of this account is the extensive editor's preface addressed "to the Right Honourable Right Fashionable Truly Liberal and Uncontroulable Amateurs of the Haut Ton." It discusses among other topics Irish assimilation into English culture and high society and the subsequent loosening of Irish morals. English Short-Title Catalogue T2981. unknown books
1828ref. 740281828. Ireland: s.n. 1828. Ireland: s.n. 1828. Blaming the Parish Priest Trial. Brady Thomas Defendant. Cavan Sessions Monday January 15 1828. Mary Reilly v. The Rev. Thomas Brady Of Cavan Caption Title. Ireland: s.n. 1828. 14 2 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet recently resewn in plain wrappers. Small fold line to lower corner of front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing soiling and edgewear small tears to gutter and final leaf neatly mended with tissue without loss to text. Rare. $650. Only edition. Mary Reilly alias Kilkenny alias Kenny sued Brady for the maintenance of her two illegitimate children whom she claimed were his. Brady was defended by Richard Lalor Sheil a notable Irish lawyer orator and politician. Our account of the trial includes Sheil's impassioned and successful speeches for the defense. OCLC locates 2 copies University of Illinois National Library of Ireland. unknown books
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
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 books
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
1808ref. 849821808. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants 1808. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants 1808. Streeter 1693: The Prosecution's Arguments at the Burr Treason Trial Trial. Burr Aaron 1756-1836 Defendant. Wirt William 1772-1834. The Two Principal Arguments of William Wirt Esquire On the Trial of Aaron Burr For High Treason And on the Motion to Commit Aaron Burr and Others For Trial in Kentucky. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants Jun. 1808. iv 221 pp. Advertisement leaf follows title page. Not issued with the portrait frontispiece of Aaron Burr which is true of only a few copies. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2"; 14.6 x 8.9 cm. Contemporary tree calf gilt title and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed with marbled paper. Light rubbing nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front hinge cracked chips to spine ends and front board at foot of joint and lower outside corner corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to interior light browning light foxing and faint dampstaining in places chips to fore-edges of front endleaf and title page. A very good copy overall. $2500. Only edition. Burr was implicated in a plot to steal land from Mexico and the Louisiana Purchase in order to establish an independent country. Arrested and tried in 1807 on charges of treason he was acquitted due to a lack of specific evidence. Wirt his prosecutor was United States Attorney for the District of Virginia. His famous principal speech in the trial of Aaron Burr lasting nearly four hours. Characterized by considerable eloquence wit and logic it enhanced his national stature. Wirt went on to serve as United States Attorney General under Presidents Monroe and John Quincy Adams where he did much to define the office and enhance its stature. The last copy at auction was sold at Sotheby's in 2021 for $2142. Like ours it does not have a frontispiece. Streeter The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter 1693 with frontispiece. Identical to our copy: Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14120. Howes USIana W-587. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 104883. 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 books
1860ref. 772971860. 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 bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to interior light soiling to final page early owner name Dennison to head of title page. A handsomely bound copy. $175. 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 books
1808ref. 849821808. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants 1808. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants 1808. Streeter 1693: The Prosecution's Arguments at the Burr Treason Trial Trial. Burr Aaron 1756-1836 Defendant. Wirt William 1772-1834. The Two Principal Arguments of William Wirt Esquire On the Trial of Aaron Burr For High Treason And on the Motion to Commit Aaron Burr and Others For Trial in Kentucky. Richmond: From the Press of Samuel Pleasants Jun. 1808. iv 221 pp. Advertisement leaf follows title page. Not issued with the portrait frontispiece of Aaron Burr which is true of only a few copies. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2"; 14.6 x 8.9 cm. Contemporary tree calf gilt title and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed with marbled paper. Light rubbing nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front hinge cracked chips to spine ends and front board at foot of joint and lower outside corner corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to interior light browning light foxing and faint dampstaining in places chips to fore-edges of front endleaf and title page. A very good copy overall. $2500. Only edition. Burr was implicated in a plot to steal land from Mexico and the Louisiana Purchase in order to establish an independent country. Arrested and tried in 1807 on charges of treason he was acquitted due to a lack of specific evidence. Wirt his prosecutor was United States Attorney for the District of Virginia. His famous principal speech in the trial of Aaron Burr lasting nearly four hours. Characterized by considerable eloquence wit and logic it enhanced his national stature. Wirt went on to serve as United States Attorney General under Presidents Monroe and John Quincy Adams where he did much to define the office and enhance its stature. The last copy at auction was sold at Sotheby's in 2021 for $2142. Like ours it does not have a frontispiece. Streeter The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter 1693 with frontispiece. Identical to our copy: Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 14120. Howes USIana W-587. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 104883. unknown books
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
1802ref. 699631802. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. Will the Church Allow Her to Stay on Land Donated by Her Brother Trial. Butler Cathrine O'Brien 1730-1807 Plaintiff. The Trial and Particulars of the Case Wherein the Lessee of Catharine O'Brien Butler Was Plantiff And the Rev. A. Dunn Secretary to the Roman Catholic Collage of Maynooth Defendant. Tried at the Last Trim Assizes 1802. With a Circumstantial Account of the Testimony Given by the Rev. Father Gahan. Second Edition. London: Printed and Sold by E. Thomas 1802. 20 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound pamphlet all leaves detached moderate edgewear soiling to title page and verso of final leaf "9." in small early hand to head of title page. $350. Second and final edition published the same year as the first. This case concerned the will of Catharine O'Brien Butler's brother John Butler 12th Baron Dunboyne who had left his property to the St. Patrick's College Maynooth. OCLC locates 3 copies 2 in North America Emory Pitts Theological Seminary Newberry Library which are both first editions. COPAC locates 1 copy Ushaw College Durham which has a second edition. unknown
