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1794ref. 790191794. New York: Samuel Campbell 1794. New York: Samuel Campbell 1794. Copy of an Account of an Anti-Radical Crackdown Owned by Two Lawyers Who Were Union Army Officers Trial. Gerrald Joseph 1763-1796. The Trial of Joseph Gerrald Delegate from the London Corresponding Society To the British Convention. Before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh On the 3d 10th 13th And 14th of March 1794. For Sedition. Taken in Short-Hand by Mr. Ramsey. New York: Printed and Sold by Samuel Campbell No. 124 Pearl-Street 1794. 207 1 pp. With a frontispiece portrait of Gerrald. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Contemporary quarter calf over plain paper-covered boards gilt fillets and hand-lettered title to spine edges dyed yellow. Light rubbing to boards a few faint stains to front board moderate rubbing to extremities front joint starting at head corners lightly worn hinges cracked later pencil notes to front free endpaper which has a small clean tear at fore-edge affecting annotations book label of "H. Scofield's/ Library/ No. 15913" to its verso. Moderate toning to interior light foxing in a few places faint offsetting from frontispiece early owner signature of Benjamin F. Butler to head of title page. A very good copy in a well preserved original and unsophisticated 18th century New York binding. $750. First American edition. Gerrald a radical political activist and reformer was a member of the Society for Constitutional Information and the London Corresponding Society. During a wave of prosecutions of radical activists after the French Revolution Gerrald was arrested along with four of his colleagues and tried for sedition. Like others carried out during this time the trials resulted in guilty verdicts; the group of Scottish activists tried between 1793 and 1794 are often referred to as the "Scottish Martyrs." Gerrald was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation and died in 1796 in Botany Bay. Other American editions were published by Campbell the same year. Remembered today as a general in the U.S. Army during the Civil War Butler 1818-1893 was a leading Massachusetts trial lawyer who practiced in Lowell and Boston. Later he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives where he played a central role in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and governor of Massachusetts. Hiram Scofield 1830-1906 was a prominent lawyer and Civil War colonel. A dedi. unknown books
1833ref. 784701833. The Last Public Execution in Pennsylvania: McDade 335 Trial. Getter Charles d.1833 Defendant. Trial of Charles Getter For the Murder of His Wife; Late of Forks Township Northampton County And Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In the Court of Oyer and Terminer And General Goal sic Delivery Held at Easton In and For the County of Northampton On the Third Monday of August Anno Domini 1833. Containing the Arguments of Counsel At Length. Reported by a Member of the Easton Bar. Philadelphia: Printed at Alexander's General Printing Office 1833. 71 1 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 4-3/4"; 22.2 x 12 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities light fading to spine front joint starting at head faint offsetting to endleaves. Light toning and light foxing to interior. $400. Only edition. "In this case" McDade writes "the social and civic pressure to make the poor girl an honest woman produced disastrous consequences. Getter held in jail on a charge of fornication and bastardy married Rebecca Lawall when given the choice of doing that or remaining in jail. Six weeks later saddled with a wife he did not want he choked her to death." Getter was the last person to be publicly executed in Pennsylvania; public execution was banned after a public outcry over the indifference of the vast crowd to Getter's hanging. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Yale Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Worcester Trial Court Law Library Jenkins Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 335. unknown
1833ref. 784701833. The Last Public Execution in Pennsylvania: McDade 335 Trial. Getter Charles d.1833 Defendant. Trial of Charles Getter For the Murder of His Wife; Late of Forks Township Northampton County And Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In the Court of Oyer and Terminer And General Goal sic Delivery Held at Easton In and For the County of Northampton On the Third Monday of August Anno Domini 1833. Containing the Arguments of Counsel At Length. Reported by a Member of the Easton Bar. Philadelphia: Printed at Alexander's General Printing Office 1833. 71 1 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 4-3/4"; 22.2 x 12 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in later three-quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities light fading to spine front joint starting at head faint offsetting to endleaves. Light toning and light foxing to interior. $400. Only edition. "In this case" McDade writes "the social and civic pressure to make the poor girl an honest woman produced disastrous consequences. Getter held in jail on a charge of fornication and bastardy married Rebecca Lawall when given the choice of doing that or remaining in jail. Six weeks later saddled with a wife he did not want he choked her to death." Getter was the last person to be publicly executed in Pennsylvania; public execution was banned after a public outcry over the indifference of the vast crowd to Getter's hanging. OCLC locates 7 copies of this title in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Yale Library of Congress University of Pennsylvania Worcester Trial Court Law Library Jenkins Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 335. unknown books
1888ref. 780551888. Dener 1888. Scarce. 1st and only edition. Dener 1888. Scarce. 1st and only edition. Did the Judge Promise an Appointment in Exchange for a Donation Trial. Goddard Luther M. 1840-1917 Defendant. Johnson H.B. Reporter. Trial of Judge Luther M. Goddard: Including Legislative Quo Warranto and Disbarment Proceedings. Denver: S.n. 1888. 470 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary three-quarter law calf lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities faint spotting to boards corners bumped and lightly rubbed front hinge just starting at ends early owner signature in pencil S.T. Horn to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior faint crinkling from moisture to foot of text block. $750. Only edition. At the time of this trial Goddard later an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court was an elected judge of the 5th Judicial District. Goddard's trial was the result of an accusation that he promised to appoint a donor court clerk if elected in exchange for a campaign contribution. Goddard was acquitted. This is a scarce title. OCLC locates 9 copies 6 in law libraries Brigham Young Colorado Supreme Court LA County University of Colorado University of Denver University of South Dakota. Not in the Harvard Law Catalogue 1909. unknown
1888ref. 780551888. Dener 1888. Scarce. 1st and only edition. Dener 1888. Scarce. 1st and only edition. Did the Judge Promise an Appointment in Exchange for a Donation Trial. Goddard Luther M. 1840-1917 Defendant. Johnson H.B. Reporter. Trial of Judge Luther M. Goddard: Including Legislative Quo Warranto and Disbarment Proceedings. Denver: S.n. 1888. 470 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary three-quarter law calf lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities faint spotting to boards corners bumped and lightly rubbed front hinge just starting at ends early owner signature in pencil S.T. Horn to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior faint crinkling from moisture to foot of text block. $750. Only edition. At the time of this trial Goddard later an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court was an elected judge of the 5th Judicial District. Goddard's trial was the result of an accusation that he promised to appoint a donor court clerk if elected in exchange for a campaign contribution. Goddard was acquitted. This is a scarce title. OCLC locates 9 copies 6 in law libraries Brigham Young Colorado Supreme Court LA County University of Colorado University of Denver University of South Dakota. Not in the Harvard Law Catalogue 1909. unknown books
1917ref. 797951917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assn. 1917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assn. 1917. The Trial of America's Most Famous Anarchists Trial. Goldman Emma 1869-1940 Defendant. Berkman Alexander 1870-1936 Defendant. Anarchism on Trial: Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Before the United States District Court in the City of New York July 1917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association 1917. 87 9 pp. With 2 portraits of Berkman and Goldman and 9 pp. of publisher advertisements. Pamphlet in printed wrappers bound in recent quarter cloth over plain paper boards typed label to front board endpapers added 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" publisher's advertisement for this title laid in. Light shelfwear cloth starting to separate from rear board at head library bookplate to inner front board. Light toning to interior faint offsetting to front wrapper small clean tear to upper corner of title page which has punch and ink library stamps not affecting text small chips and tears to fore-edge of laid-in sheet. $450. Only edition. Published by Goldman's anarchist magazine Mother Earth this pamphlet documents the trial of anarchist activists Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman who were outspoken opponents of U.S. entry into World War I and called for men to refuse conscription. Both were found guilty of violating the Espionage Act which punished obstruction of the draft or encouragement of disloyalty to the United States. They were sentenced to two years in prison and a $10000 fine. Both were deported to Russia upon their release under the terms of the 1918 Anarchist Exclusion Act. Titled "The Present Situation in re Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman" the laid-in sheet encourages all "sufficiently interested in free speech and fair play" to circulate Anarchism on Trial and donate funds towards an appeal. unknown
1917ref. 797951917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assn. 1917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assn. 1917. The Trial of America's Most Famous Anarchists Trial. Goldman Emma 1869-1940 Defendant. Berkman Alexander 1870-1936 Defendant. Anarchism on Trial: Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Before the United States District Court in the City of New York July 1917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association 1917. 87 9 pp. With 2 portraits of Berkman and Goldman and 9 pp. of publisher advertisements. Pamphlet in printed wrappers bound in recent quarter cloth over plain paper boards typed label to front board endpapers added 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" publisher's advertisement for this title laid in. Light shelfwear cloth starting to separate from rear board at head library bookplate to inner front board. Light toning to interior faint offsetting to front wrapper small clean tear to upper corner of title page which has punch and ink library stamps not affecting text small chips and tears to fore-edge of laid-in sheet. $450. Only edition. Published by Goldman's anarchist magazine Mother Earth this pamphlet documents the trial of anarchist activists Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman who were outspoken opponents of U.S. entry into World War I and called for men to refuse conscription. Both were found guilty of violating the Espionage Act which punished obstruction of the draft or encouragement of disloyalty to the United States. They were sentenced to two years in prison and a $10000 fine. Both were deported to Russia upon their release under the terms of the 1918 Anarchist Exclusion Act. Titled "The Present Situation in re Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman" the laid-in sheet encourages all "sufficiently interested in free speech and fair play" to circulate Anarchism on Trial and donate funds towards an appeal. unknown books
1886ref. 742401886. The Personal Copy of the Author who was the Attorney General at the Time Trial. Goodwin Henry K. Defendant. Sherman Edgar J. 1834-1914. Commonwealth vs. Henry K. Goodwin: Charged by Indictment with the Wilful Murder of Albert D. Swan: Eighth Day of the Trial Before Charles Allen and William S. Gardner Justices. Edgar J. Sherman Attorney General Henry F. Hurlburt District Attorney For the Government. Benjamin F. Butler John P. Sweeney For the Prisoner. Argument of the Attorney General In Behalf of the Government. Lawrence MA: American Electric Job Print 1886. 43 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4"; 22.2 x 14.6 cm. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling a few tiny stains and moderate edgewear and chipping to wrappers which are partially detached but secure owner signature in faint pencil Edgar J. Sherman to front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior folds to lower outside corners of first 8 leaves. A very good copy. $500. Only edition. Goodwin shot Swan because he thought Swan was trying to cheat him out of his patents relating to the telephone. He was convicted of second degree murder. This pamphlet contains the argument of Edgar J. Sherman who led the state's case against Swan. It appears to have been his personal copy. Attorney general of Massachusetts from 1883 to 1887 Sherman went on to serve as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. This is a rare title. OCLC locates 5 copies 1 in a law library Social Law. McDade The Annals of Murder 360. unknown
1741ref. 859421741. Contemporary Account of an 18th-Century Fratricide Case Overlooked by the ESTC Extra-Illustrated by a Notable 19th-Century Collector Includes Two Unrecorded Broadsides. Trial. Goodere Sir Samuel 1687-1741 Principal Defendant. The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony And Charles White For the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere Bart. Brother to the Said Samuel Goodere On Board His Majesty's Ship the Ruby: At the Sessions of the Peace Oyer and Terminer And General Goal-Delivery Held in and for the City of Bristol And County of the Same City In the Guild-Hall of the Said City; Before the Right Worshipful Henry Combe Esq; Mayor of the Said City Michael Foster Esq; Serjeant at Law Recorder; And Others His Majesty's Justices of Goal-Delivery. Begun on Tuesday the 17th of March 1740. And Continued by Adjournment to Thursday The 26th of the Same Month 1741. Publish'd with the Approbation of Mr. Recorder. London: Printed by A. Millar et al. 1741. ii 53 1 blank pp. With an initial leaf headed "Goal Delivery Grand Jurors March 17. 1740." Printed without bookseller advertisement to verso of final leaf. Folio 12-3/4" x 8"; 32.6 x 20.4 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in late nineteenth-century cloth gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear to exterior spine ends and corners bumped and worn. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing and soiling blind-embossed library stamps of the Corporation of Bristol City Library to right margin of first several leaves title page reinforced at fore-edge on verso. Three later annotations detailing this item's provenance to front endleaf early owner signature "W. Mallard" to head of title page. Later sheet with tipped-on woodcut illustration of Goodere bound before title page double-page copperplate engraving dated 1741 bound after title page 6 items related to the Goodere murder bound after text block some mounted to blank leaves 2 of these have extensive annotations to their versos by Mallard. A very good copy with interesting enhancements included two unrecorded contemporary items. $3500. Only edition one of two 1741 issues. The most complete account of this trial. The trial of Sir Samuel Goodere is a classic of English criminal history. The details are particularly grisly because of the breach of both familial and naval du. unknown
1741ref. 713141741. Fratricide on the HMS Ruby Trial. Goodere Sir Samuel 1687-1741 Principal Defendant. The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony And Charles White For the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere Bart. Brother to the Said Samuel Goodere On Board His Majesty's Ship the Ruby: At the Sessions of the Peace Oyer and Terminer And General Goal-Delivery Held in and for the City of Bristol And County of the Same City In the Guild-Hall of the Said City; Before the Right Worshipful Henry Combe Esq; Mayor of the Said City Michael Foster Esq; Serjeant at Law Recorder; And Others His Majesty's Justices of Goal-Delivery. Begun on Tuesday the 17th of March 1740. And Continued by Adjournment to Thursday The 26th of the Same Month 1741. Publish'd with the Approbation of Mr. Recorder. London: Printed by A. Millar Opposite to St. Clement's Church in the Strand et al. 1741. ii 53 1 pp. Bookseller catalogue to verso of final leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior a bit of glue residue along spine light toning to interior light foxing to title page light foxing and a minor smudges to a few other leaves. $750. Only edition. The most complete account of this trial. Goodere was the captain of the HMS Ruby which was moored near Bristol England. Learning his brother Sir John Goodere was in that town Captain Goodere sent crew members to abduct him and bring him on board. Goodere confined him in a cabin and oversaw his murder which he claimed was a suicide. Shortly afterwards one of Sir John's friends in Bristol noticed that he had disappeared and asked the town's mayor to investigate the matter. This investigation resulted in the arrest trial and execution of Captain Goodere and his accomplices. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Northwestern Social Law University of Memphis Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T51718. unknown
1741ref. 713141741. Fratricide on the HMS Ruby Trial. Goodere Sir Samuel 1687-1741 Principal Defendant. The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony And Charles White For the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere Bart. Brother to the Said Samuel Goodere On Board His Majesty's Ship the Ruby: At the Sessions of the Peace Oyer and Terminer And General Goal-Delivery Held in and for the City of Bristol And County of the Same City In the Guild-Hall of the Said City; Before the Right Worshipful Henry Combe Esq; Mayor of the Said City Michael Foster Esq; Serjeant at Law Recorder; And Others His Majesty's Justices of Goal-Delivery. Begun on Tuesday the 17th of March 1740. And Continued by Adjournment to Thursday The 26th of the Same Month 1741. Publish'd with the Approbation of Mr. Recorder. London: Printed by A. Millar Opposite to St. Clement's Church in the Strand et al. 1741. ii 53 1 pp. Bookseller catalogue to verso of final leaf. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior a bit of glue residue along spine light toning to interior light foxing to title page light foxing and a minor smudges to a few other leaves. $750. Only edition. The most complete account of this trial. Goodere was the captain of the HMS Ruby which was moored near Bristol England. Learning his brother Sir John Goodere was in that town Captain Goodere sent crew members to abduct him and bring him on board. Goodere confined him in a cabin and oversaw his murder which he claimed was a suicide. Shortly afterwards one of Sir John's friends in Bristol noticed that he had disappeared and asked the town's mayor to investigate the matter. This investigation resulted in the arrest trial and execution of Captain Goodere and his accomplices. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Northwestern Social Law University of Memphis Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T51718. unknown books
1741ref. 859421741. Contemporary Account of an 18th-Century Fratricide Case Overlooked by the ESTC Extra-Illustrated by a Notable 19th-Century Collector Includes Two Unrecorded Broadsides. Trial. Goodere Sir Samuel 1687-1741 Principal Defendant. The Trials of Samuel Goodere Esq; Matthew Mahony And Charles White For the Murder of Sir John Dineley Goodere Bart. Brother to the Said Samuel Goodere On Board His Majesty's Ship the Ruby: At the Sessions of the Peace Oyer and Terminer And General Goal-Delivery Held in and for the City of Bristol And County of the Same City In the Guild-Hall of the Said City; Before the Right Worshipful Henry Combe Esq; Mayor of the Said City Michael Foster Esq; Serjeant at Law Recorder; And Others His Majesty's Justices of Goal-Delivery. Begun on Tuesday the 17th of March 1740. And Continued by Adjournment to Thursday The 26th of the Same Month 1741. Publish'd with the Approbation of Mr. Recorder. London: Printed by A. Millar et al. 1741. ii 53 1 blank pp. With an initial leaf headed "Goal Delivery Grand Jurors March 17. 1740." Printed without bookseller advertisement to verso of final leaf. Folio 12-3/4" x 8"; 32.6 x 20.4 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in late nineteenth-century cloth gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear to exterior spine ends and corners bumped and worn. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing and soiling blind-embossed library stamps of the Corporation of Bristol City Library to right margin of first several leaves title page reinforced at fore-edge on verso. Three later annotations detailing this item's provenance to front endleaf early owner signature "W. Mallard" to head of title page. Later sheet with tipped-on woodcut illustration of Goodere bound before title page double-page copperplate engraving dated 1741 bound after title page 6 items related to the Goodere murder bound after text block some mounted to blank leaves 2 of these have extensive annotations to their versos by Mallard. A very good copy with interesting enhancements included two unrecorded contemporary items. $3500. Only edition one of two 1741 issues. The most complete account of this trial. The trial of Sir Samuel Goodere is a classic of English criminal history. The details are particularly grisly because of the breach of both familial and naval du. unknown books
1886ref. 742401886. The Personal Copy of the Author who was the Attorney General at the Time Trial. Goodwin Henry K. Defendant. Sherman Edgar J. 1834-1914. Commonwealth vs. Henry K. Goodwin: Charged by Indictment with the Wilful Murder of Albert D. Swan: Eighth Day of the Trial Before Charles Allen and William S. Gardner Justices. Edgar J. Sherman Attorney General Henry F. Hurlburt District Attorney For the Government. Benjamin F. Butler John P. Sweeney For the Prisoner. Argument of the Attorney General In Behalf of the Government. Lawrence MA: American Electric Job Print 1886. 43 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4"; 22.2 x 14.6 cm. Stapled pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling a few tiny stains and moderate edgewear and chipping to wrappers which are partially detached but secure owner signature in faint pencil Edgar J. Sherman to front wrapper. Moderate toning to interior folds to lower outside corners of first 8 leaves. A very good copy. $500. Only edition. Goodwin shot Swan because he thought Swan was trying to cheat him out of his patents relating to the telephone. He was convicted of second degree murder. This pamphlet contains the argument of Edgar J. Sherman who led the state's case against Swan. It appears to have been his personal copy. Attorney general of Massachusetts from 1883 to 1887 Sherman went on to serve as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. This is a rare title. OCLC locates 5 copies 1 in a law library Social Law. McDade The Annals of Murder 360. unknown books
1814ref. 712731814. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Divorce and the Conflict of Laws Trial. Gordon Mary Margaret Pye Alleyne H. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial Court of Scotland By the Honourable the Judges of that Court In the Divorce Cause of Mrs. Mary Margaret Gordon Or Pye The Wife Against Lieut. Col. Pye The Husband As Printed in the Appendix of the Lord Advocate's Petition to the Court of Session in Scotland. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-3/4". Disbound. Light soiling to exterior light rubbing to extremities "11" in early hand to head of title page. Moderate toning to interior faint spotting to a few leaves. $500. Only edition. An interesting case that involved the conflict of English and Scottish divorce law Gordon v. Pye held that a Scottish court did not have the power to dissolve the marriage of two English subjects who married in England and were currently living there. It is one of a group of Scottish cases cited by Story in his discussion of marriage in Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws 1834. No print copies of this report located on OCLC. Library Hub locates a printed copy at the British Library. We located additional printed copies at Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown
1804ref. 684321804. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. A Famous English Case Involving Abduction and Assault Trial. Gordon Loudoun Harcourt Defendant. An Apology for the Conduct of the Gordons; Containing the Whole of Their Correspondence Conversation &c. With Mrs. Lee: To Which is Annexed An Accurate Account of Their Examination at Bow Street And Their Trial at Oxford. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. xxxiv 35-143 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet title page mounted and re-hinged. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text "3" in early hand to head of title page. $150. Later edition. This colorful trial for abduction and assault was the result of a misguided love affair. The plaintiff Mrs Lee claimed that she had been abducted by Lonsdale Gordon and his brother the author of this pamphlet. Both were ultimately acquitted. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 10:951. unknown
1814ref. 684431814. Canterbury 1814. Canterbury 1814. Manslaughter on the Parade Ground Trial. Gordon William Defendant. The Trial of Major William Gordon Of the 2d Or Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards On a Charge of the Murder of George Gregory A Private in the Same Regiment at the Guildhall Sandwich On Friday April 15 1814. As Taken by a Short Hand Writer. Canterbury: Printed by Rouse Kirkby and Lawrence 1814. iv 145 pp. Octavo 8-5/8" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and fragment of paper shelf label to spine. Light soiling light staining to spine and front joint which is starting at head front joint cracked title page partially detached. Moderate toning faint dampstaining to corners of a few leaves moderate soiling library stamp and a few minor stains to title page a few library annotations to verso. $500. Only edition. Gordon fatally impaled Private Gregory on his sword during a review on a parade ground. At first it appeared that Gordon used excessive force when the private fell out of ranks. The trial showed that Gregory his reflexes impaired by alcohol lost his footing and fell into the major's sword. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American libraries Columbia Harvard LA County Library of Congress Social Law University of Georgia. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown
1804ref. 684321804. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. A Famous English Case Involving Abduction and Assault Trial. Gordon Loudoun Harcourt Defendant. An Apology for the Conduct of the Gordons; Containing the Whole of Their Correspondence Conversation &c. With Mrs. Lee: To Which is Annexed An Accurate Account of Their Examination at Bow Street And Their Trial at Oxford. London: Printed for John Ginger 1804. xxxiv 35-143 pp. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet title page mounted and re-hinged. Light soiling to exterior light toning to text "3" in early hand to head of title page. $150. Later edition. This colorful trial for abduction and assault was the result of a misguided love affair. The plaintiff Mrs Lee claimed that she had been abducted by Lonsdale Gordon and his brother the author of this pamphlet. Both were ultimately acquitted. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 10:951. unknown books
1814ref. 712731814. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Divorce and the Conflict of Laws Trial. Gordon Mary Margaret Pye Alleyne H. A Report of the Judgment Delivered in the Supreme Consistorial Court of Scotland By the Honourable the Judges of that Court In the Divorce Cause of Mrs. Mary Margaret Gordon Or Pye The Wife Against Lieut. Col. Pye The Husband As Printed in the Appendix of the Lord Advocate's Petition to the Court of Session in Scotland. Edinburgh: S.n. 1814. 97 pp. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-3/4". Disbound. Light soiling to exterior light rubbing to extremities "11" in early hand to head of title page. Moderate toning to interior faint spotting to a few leaves. $500. Only edition. An interesting case that involved the conflict of English and Scottish divorce law Gordon v. Pye held that a Scottish court did not have the power to dissolve the marriage of two English subjects who married in England and were currently living there. It is one of a group of Scottish cases cited by Story in his discussion of marriage in Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws 1834. No print copies of this report located on OCLC. Library Hub locates a printed copy at the British Library. We located additional printed copies at Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown books
1814ref. 684431814. Canterbury 1814. Canterbury 1814. Manslaughter on the Parade Ground Trial. Gordon William Defendant. The Trial of Major William Gordon Of the 2d Or Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards On a Charge of the Murder of George Gregory A Private in the Same Regiment at the Guildhall Sandwich On Friday April 15 1814. As Taken by a Short Hand Writer. Canterbury: Printed by Rouse Kirkby and Lawrence 1814. iv 145 pp. Octavo 8-5/8" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and fragment of paper shelf label to spine. Light soiling light staining to spine and front joint which is starting at head front joint cracked title page partially detached. Moderate toning faint dampstaining to corners of a few leaves moderate soiling library stamp and a few minor stains to title page a few library annotations to verso. $500. Only edition. Gordon fatally impaled Private Gregory on his sword during a review on a parade ground. At first it appeared that Gordon used excessive force when the private fell out of ranks. The trial showed that Gregory his reflexes impaired by alcohol lost his footing and fell into the major's sword. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American libraries Columbia Harvard LA County Library of Congress Social Law University of Georgia. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1086. unknown books
1904ref. 694071904. London: HMSO 1904. London: HMSO 1904. A Notorious Case of Wrongful Conviction that Led to the Creation of the English Court of Criminal Appeal Trial. Adolf Beck Case. Committee of Inquiry into the Case of Mr. Adolf Beck. Report from the Committee; Together with Minutes of Evidence Appendix And Facsimiles of Various Documents. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office 1904. xix 5 7-334 pp. 4 folding tables of facsimile documents. Complete. Contemporary library buckram red and black calf lettering pieces and gilt library name to spine faint embossed library stamp to front board endleaves added and later removed. Light rubbing to extremities light scuffing to lettering pieces faint binder stamp to front pastedown hinges partially cracked light toning to text a few minor creases and tears to folding tables. $1500. Adolf Beck was twice the victim of wrongful conviction on two related cases due to mistaken identity. The efforts of the judge who presided over his second trial led to the establishment of a committee of inquiry chaired by the noted jurist and Master of the Rolls Sir Richard Henn Collins 1842-1911. The committee determined that Beck was convicted twice through unreliable methods of identification erroneous eyewitness testimony and a rush to convict the accused. Along with its influence on police procedure the committee's report led to the creation of the English Court of Criminal Appeal in 1907. OCLC locates 4 copies in North America 2 in law libraries University of Michigan Yale. Other copies located at Harvard Law School and the Library of Congress. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1014. unknown
1864ref. 712931864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. Boston: James Redpath 1864. The Definitive First Edition of an Exceptionally Rare Anti-Capital Punishment Pamphlet Regarding the First Recorded Bank Robbery in American History Trial. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. A Citizen of Malden. Shall We Suffocate Ed. Green. Boston: James Redpath 1864. 61 3 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2"; 23.5 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling staining and edgewear to wrappers and corners of text block spine abraded wrappers partially detached but secure. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to a few leaves early owner inscription "Chas W. Raisbeck/ Malden/ Mass" to head of front wrapper. $1250. Only edition. Edward W. Green the seemingly respectable postmaster of Malden Massachusetts earned a dark place in American history as the nation's first bank robber. Secretly struggling with alcoholism and a shortfall in his post office accounts Green targeted the Malden Bank on December 15 1863. Finding the institution manned solely by Frank Converse the 17-year-old son of the bank's president Green retrieved a gun shot the youth twice in the head and escaped with $5000. The crime was swiftly solved; Green confessed led authorities to the stolen funds and was sentenced to hang. Published during the height of the public furor surrounding Green's trial this highly charged polemic fiercely condemns the bloodlust of the public. The anonymous author writing as "A Citizen of Malden" argues that those demanding Green's execution are betraying the core teachings of Christ. The pamphlet was issued by James Redpath 1833-1891 the prominent journalist radical abolitionist and progressive publisher known for championing social reform and human rights causes. This title is of exceptional rarity. While Thomas M. McDade's definitive bibliography The Annals of Murder records two other contemporary accounts of the Green case items 381 and 382 this specific pamphlet is unrecorded by McDade. Charles William Raisbeck 1829-1872 the former owner of this copy was a bookkeeper and genealogist who split his time between Boston and Malden. Only edition. Green the postmaster of Malden Massachusetts is. unknown
1681ref. 809481681. The Cartoonist Executed: The Treason Trial of the "Protestant Joiner" Trial. College Colledge Stephen c.1635-1681. The Arraignment Tryal and Condemnation of Stephen Colledge for High-Treason In Conspiring the Death of the King The Levying of War And the Subversion of the Government. Before the Right Honourable Sr. Francis North Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas And Other Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery Held at the City of Oxon for the County of Oxon The 17th and 18th of August 1681. London: Printed for Thomas Bassett at the George in Fleetstreet And John Fish Near the Golden Tun in the Strand 1681. vi 30 27-62 69-84 79-102 pp. Pagination irregular. With imprimatur leaf. Folio 12-1/4" x 7-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent paper-covered boards pebbled-cloth spine with calf lettering piece endpapers renewed. Light browning to interior light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf minor worming near foot of gutter of first half of text block chipping to corners of several leaves notable chipping to edges of title page following leaf and final leaf of text corrections to page numbers in recent penciled hand to several leaves. $450. First and only contemporary edition. College a fine carpenter famously known as the "Protestant Joiner" was a radical Whig activist and inventor of the "Protestant Flail." This trial represents a peak in the Exclusion Crisis hysteria; after a London grand jury famously returned an "Ignoramus" refusal to indict verdict the Crown moved the proceedings to Oxford to ensure a conviction. Notably College's own satirical prints were used as evidence against him-a rare instance of political cartoons serving as a basis for a treason charge. He was subsequently executed via hanging drawing and quartering. English Short-Title Catalogue R015865. unknown
1806ref. 728521806. London 1806. Second ed. Edward Mangin's copy. London 1806. Second ed. Edward Mangin's copy. With Interesting Manuscript Commentary by a Notable Irish Writer Trial. Great Britain. Patch Richard Defendant c.1770-1806. The Trial of Richard Patch For the Wilful Murder of Mr. Isaac Blight September 23 1805 At Rotherhithe In the County of Surry; Before the Right Hon. Sir A. Macdonald Knt. Lord Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer; At the Sessions House Newington; On Saturday April 5 1806. London: Printed By the Express Appointment of the Sheriff For Edward Jeffery 1806. xvi 194 pp. With 5 plates including 3 portraits a facsimile of a letter and a folding illustration. Octavo 8-1/4" x 4-3/4". Marbled wrappers. Light edgewear with slight chipping to top-edge and small tear to fore-edge of rear wrapper. Light toning to interior light foxing in a few places. Ownership signature to head of title page of Edward Mangin dated May 10 1831 annotation in his hand to front free endpaper. An interesting association copy. $950. Second edition. Patch the eldest son of a smuggler had been forced to mortgage his Exeter farm and subsequently fled to London in order to dodge his creditors. While there he met Blight a ship-breaker who proposed that he become a partner in the business. Patch agreed but lacked the money to pay for his share and killed Blight instead. In passing sentence the judge told Patch: "you began this practice in fraud continued it in ingratitude and completed it by shedding the blood of your friend and benefactor." This item appears to have been extracted from a bound volume owned by Edward Mangin 1772-1852 an Irish writer translator and cleric. The lengthy note to the front free endpaper concerns the case of Elizabeth Fenning a domestic servant accused of murdering her employer whose trial and execution became a national cause celebre. Many believed Fenning innocent among them Charles Dickens. Mangin remarks that Fenning was "the victim of the combined wickedness & obscenity of her prosecutors; . the brutality and filthy national prejudices of a rabble jury; and the infamous scribbling of a time-serving prostitute villain the editor of the Sunday Observer newspaper." The notes are likely based on a copy of The Important Results of an Elaborate Investigation into the Mysterious Case of Eliza Fenning 1815 and reference an article written b. unknown
1682ref. 729351682. Two Titles Related to the Murder of Thomas Thynne Trial. Great Britain. Thynne Thomas 1648-1682. The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky Alias Boratzi Christopher Vratz and John Stern; For the Barbarous Murder of Thomas Thynn Esq; Together with the Tryal of Charles John Count Coningsmark As Accessary before the Fact to the Same Murder. Who was Acquitted of the Said Offence. At the Sessions in the Old Bailey Tuesday February 28. 1681. London: Printed for Thomas Basset 1682. vi 56 pp. Photostat of a c.1734 copperplate depiction of the murder bound after imprimatur leaf. Bound With Burnet Gilbert 1643-1715. Horneck Anthony 1641-1697. The Last Confession Prayers and Meditations of Lieuten. John Stern Delivered by Him on the Cart Immediately Before His Execution To Dr. Burnet. Together with the Last Confession of George Borosky Signed by Him in the Prison And Sealed Up in the Lieutenants Pacquet. With Which an Account is Given of their Deportment Both in the Prison and at the Place of their Execution Which was in the Pall-Mall On the Tenth of March In the Same Place in which they had Murthered Thomas Thynn Esquire The Twelfth of February before 1681/2. London: Printed for Richard Chiswell 1682. ii 12 15-28 pp. Complete. Folio 12" x 6-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlets bound into recent quarter cloth over marbled boards edges rouged. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing and soiling light spotting in a few places. Leaf of early ms. notes describing execution of defendants bound between titles. $650. Only editions. While riding in his coach on February 12 1862 Thomas Thynne was shot by three men George Borosky Christopher Vratz and John Stern. The three were suspected to have acted on the orders of Count Karl Johann von Konigsmark who had been pursuing an affair with Thynne's wife. All four were arrested and Konigsmark was charged as an accessory before the fact. The trial was apparently fraught with language barriers since the men were all foreign nationals but the three primary defendants were duly convicted and hanged on March 10 1682. Konigsmark escaped the noose himself to some controversy. The ESTC indicates a portrait frontispiece to the Tryal but we have found many copies catalogued without the plate and our copy lack. unknown
1845ref. 718911845. He Poisoned His Wife with Arsenic: OCLC Locates 6 Copies 2 in Law Libraries Trial. Green Henry G. Defendant. Trial of Henry G. Green For the Murder of His Wife. New York: Printed for the Publisher 1845. 32 pp. Text to p. 22 in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet woodcut portrait of Green to title page. Moderate toning and light foxing corners of a few leaves dog-eared lower right corner lacking from final leaf of text with minor loss. A good copy overall. $750. Only edition. A scarce contemporary account of a notorious 19th-century New York murder. "Green twenty-two years old met his wife Mary Ann Wyatt eighteen years old during some Temperance lectures. They had been married less than a week when he poisoned her with arsenic at Berlin New York. The crime seems to have been induced by his mother's disapproval of his wife" McDade. This scarce New York City imprint appears to be condensed from a 48-page account published the same year in Troy New York. OCLC locates 6 copies 2 in law libraries Harvard University of Pennsylvania. McDade The Annals of Murder 389. unknown
