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1878ref. 714661878. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co. 1878. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co. 1878. An Axe-Murder in Camden NJ: McDade 494 Trial. Hunter Benjamin F. d. 1879 Defendant. Hunter-Armstrong Tragedy. The Great Trial. Conviction of Benj. F. Hunter For the Murder of John M. Armstrong. Philadelphia: Barclay & Company 1878. ii 19-86 pp. Main text in parallel columns. 7 full-page woodcuts. Octavo 9-1/2" x 5-3/4"; 24.1 x 14.6 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers cover title reads in part: The Life Trial and Execution of Benjamin F. Hunter. Light soiling moderate edgewear and a few chips and tears to edges of wrappers which are beginning to detach at foot of spine. Moderate toning to text faint dampstaining to a few leaves. $750. First edition one of five issues. "Hunter had lost $7000 when he invested in Armstrong's music-publishing company. Thinking to turn his loss into a profit he insured Armstrong's life for $25000. With a hired assistant Tom Graham he enticed Armstrong to Camden New Jersey and there bashed his head in with an axe which he had carefully marked with the initials of another man to throw suspicion on him. Though he remained unconscious Armstrong survived and Hunter calling at his home hastened his death by tearing the bandages from his head. Graham confessed and Hunter was convicted and hanged and he was actually hanged by hand" McDade. Other issues of this pamphlet have different cover titles and paginations. All are scarce. OCLC locates 7 copies of our 86-page issue 1 in a law library University of Missouri. McDade The Annals of Murder 494. unknown
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1956ref. 184698Pretoria: The Government Printer 1956. A major moment in South African history First edition of the indictment for the "Treason Trial" in which Nelson Mandela and almost the entire anti-apartheid leadership were prosecuted. One defendant Ahmed Kathrada has signed beside his name; the signature was acquired by a collector in recent years. "The core of the treason charge related to a momentous - and for the government disconcerting - event at Kliptown on the outskirts of Johannesburg on 25-26 June 1955. The delegates were drawn from the ranks of the Congress Alliance a coalition of race-based anti-apartheid groups - the ANC still Africans only the Indian Congresses the Coloured People's Congress and the white mix of communists and non-communists. They had come together to draw up the country's first democratic constitution. Out of the deliberations came the endorsement of a Freedom Charter which to western eyes was an unexceptionable statement of democratic principles and equal rights owing something to the UN Charter but virtually nothing to the Communist Manifesto" Herbstein pp. 28-9. In response 156 individuals who attended or were associated with the meeting were arrested under the 1950 Suppression of Communism Act. The trial helped unite the anti-apartheid movement and attracted worldwide support for the struggle and international condemnation of the South African government. The trial lasted over four years after which all the accused were acquitted. However soon after Mandela and other defendants were imprisoned following the Rivonia Trial. 3 vols bound in 1 as issued folio. Ex library of the South African embassy in Bonn with their stamp to the front free endpaper and their shelf label and number to spine; binding rubbed and slightly worn and shaken contents toned. A good copy. Denis Herbstein White Lies: Canon Collins and the Secret War Against Apartheid 2004. unknown
ref. 2090502130602439Nihonhyoronsha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 288p Size: 19cm Nihonhyoronsha paperback
1995ref. 2090202120403720Akashishoten 1995. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Akashishoten paperback
ref. BN372137Judaism on trial: An unconventional discussion about Jews Judaism and the State of Israel Hardcover Jan 01 2000 Lopes Cardozo Nathan T Hardcover Judaism on trial: An unconventional discussion about Jews Judaism and the State of Israel Hardcover Jan 01 2000 Lopes Cardozo Nathan T Hardcover Judaism on trial: An unconventional discussion about Jews Judaism and the State of Israel Hardcover Jan 01 2000 Lopes Cardozo Nathan T Hardcover hardcover
1977ref. 2091502135409573Not Available 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
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1951ref. 1903891951. The failed appeal against the "trial of the century" One of very few copies of Emanuel Bloch's appeal seeking to overturn the prosecution of the Rosenbergs at their infamous trial signed by Bloch for submission to the Court of Appeals on the final page. Bloch 1901-1954 an attorney who focused on civil rights was known for defending clients associated with left-wing and communist causes. The Rosenbergs communists accused of sending atomic secrets to the Soviets chose Bloch to lead their defence. The court found the Rosenbergs guilty of espionage in March 1951 and sentenced them to death in April following a trial widely criticized as prejudiced and motivated by Cold War hysteria. J. Edgar Hoover dubbed the case which attracted worldwide attention "the trial of the century". The Rosenbergs were granted time to prepare the appeal which Bloch submitted to the Circuit Court on 5 November 1951. Comprising 143 pages of argument extensively referenced against other legal cases and with an index Bloch sets forth his legal case. It rests on three grounds: the government had not established definite guilt the Rosenbergs had not been granted a fair trial and the "cruel and unusual punishment" violated the eighth amendment. Besides the constitutional grounding Bloch emphasizes the "frantic atmosphere" in which the Rosenbergs were arrested placing the trial within the context of the panic caused by the Soviet Union's acquisition of the atomic bomb. The appeal was denied by the three judges on the court on 25 February 1952. They reported they had carefully examined the trial record against Bloch's appeal and had found the death sentence was constitutional and would stand. Following the defeat Bloch filed a further appeal with the Supreme Court which declined to review the case. A stay on execution was granted to appeal to President Eisenhower who denied the petition. Various other legal challenges the last of which reached the Supreme Court also failed. Despite an international campaign for clemency backed by the Pope and Albert Einstein the Rosenbergs were executed on 19 June 1953. Despite the failure of Bloch's appeal his brief greatly impressed the Rosenbergs. Julius wrote to Ethel on 4 November 1951 "I read the brief and I wrote Manny Bloch telling him what a stupendous job he did and how everlastingly grateful we are for his tireless efforts for us. Darling the brief is a legal masterpiece and in addition is a literary gem. Although I don't have the background to really pass on the legal fine points I can attest to its excellent organization its meticulousness in presenting in a fair light our case the devastating logic of his points and the tremendous assiduous effort Manny exerted in preparing this document. Believe me it's a priceless piece of work from a great man. How proud we are to be considered his friends. I intend to reread it a number of times so I'll be able to better understand some of the legal points raised" The Rosenberg Letters 2013 pp. 253-4. Bloch is often seen as a lawyer unsuited to the case more suited to civil rights work than a major criminal trial. His failure to interrogate properly the government's key witness Harry Gold has been much criticized. This appeal shifted more to Bloch's speciality of constitutional and civil rights probably constitutes a stronger legal case than that which he presented in the original trial. Nonetheless the Rosenbergs were very confident in him and he became a close friend. Bloch delivered the eulogy at their funeral and took guardianship of their sons though he died soon afterwards of a heart attack. This copy of the brief is evidently one of a small number produced for official use alongside the copies which each Rosenberg received. This copy was deposited in the Civil Rights Division of the American Jewish Committee - it is marked as their file copy and subsequently "withdrawn". It is unknown how they acquired the brief - the American Jewish Committee pointedly distanced themselves from the case likely to avoid the association of Jews with communism and treachery which the case did much to encourage among the public. An inscription on the first page reads "Return to Ted Leskes" - Theodore Leskes 1908-1964 was director of the legal division of the American Jewish Committee focusing on civil rights and discrimination. We trace only one other example of the brief at the University of Kansas and no other copy in commerce. Quarto 285 x 217 mm. Containing 154 mimeographed leaves printed recto only paginated comprising i-xi index 143 pages of contents firmly staple-bound in "Accopress binder" an early likely original binding printed title page mounted to front of binder. Housed in a black cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. Stamps of American Jewish Committee to front cover and p. i verso. Chipping around title on front cover reinforced with tape at extremities slight wear to binder extremities contents a little toned else clean. A good copy. hardcover
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1846ref. 715931846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. "More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State": McDade 60 Trial. Baker Abner d.1845 Defendant. Crozier C.W. 1807-1884. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker Jr. A Monomaniac Who Was Executed October 3 1845 For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of a Pardon And Narrative of the Circumstances Attending His Execution Etc. Etc. Trial and Evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. iv xiii 1 152 pp. Frontispiece diagram of murder scene and additional portrait frontispiece of Baker. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.6 x 17.8 cm. Modern period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and fillets to spine endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine moderate toning and foxing faint dampstaining to most of text. $850. Only edition. "Dr. Baker thought Bates was having an affair with his wife. On a street in Cumberland Kentucky he shot Bates in the back but was released as insane. The Bates family published an award for his capture and Baker family pride stung by the publication produced the Doctor who was convicted and hanged. Like many Clay County cases this was more a struggle between two families than an affair of the state" McDade. Our account of Baker's trial was also a family matter: it was compiled in part by his sister Elizabeth's husband Dr. Carrick White Crozier. OCLC locates 2 copies Yale Law School Los Angeles County Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 60. unknown
1873ref. 712941873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. The Infamous "Gilded Age" Murder of Jim Fisk Trial. Stokes Edward 1841-1901 Defendant. Life Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes; For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk Jr. To Which is Added The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time Made Public. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. ii 19-111 1 pp. 12 full-page woodcuts. Complete. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4"; 23.5 x 14.6 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and a few faint dampstains and minor tears to wrappers spine abraded moderate wear to corners of wrappers and text block. Moderate toning to interior corners of some leaves dog-eared faint stains to a few leaves. $750. Only edition Philadelphia Issue: Published shortly after the conclusion of the second trial. Barclay concurrently issued this work with a Cleveland imprint Great Western Publishing Company. "Jim Fisk. was a financial wonder in New York in 1872. Edward Stokes had been associated with him in the oil business but they had become engaged in a bitter legal battle which originated when Stokes stole Fisk's mistress Josie Mansfield." This classic Barclay sensation pamphlet captures one of the most notorious crimes of New York's Gilded Age-a volatile cocktail of corporate espionage blackmail and romantic betrayal. After a bitter falling out over the Erie Railroad-backed oil business and the affections of Josie Mansfield Fisk and Stokes engaged in a flurry of litigious retaliation including charges of embezzlement and false imprisonment. The boiling point was reached on January 6 1872 following a humiliating police court cross-examination of Mansfield regarding her relations with Fisk and the threatened publication of his financial secrets. In a fury Stokes tracked the flamboyant "Jubilee Jim" to the Broadway Central Hotel and fatally shot him on the grand staircase. Following two sensational trials a high-powered defense team managed to mitigate the charge resulting in a controversial conviction for third-degree manslaughter. The twelve dramatic full-page woodcuts vividly illustrate the protagonists the assassination scene and the subsequent courtroom theater characteristic of Barclay's highly sought-after true crime publications. This Barclay account was published af. unknown
1882ref. 745731882. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. "One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 Trial. Kring Charles F. 1845-1883 Defendant. Kring Eugene. Love and Law In Two Parts. Part I. The Only True History of the Killing of Mrs. Dora C.J. Broemser by Chas. F. Kring: Together with the Autobiography of the Latter: Part II. Missouri's Fraud; Or The Full and Complete Legal History of the Case of the State of Missouri vs. Chas. F. Kring: Embracing a Description of the Many Trials and Appeals Together with Law Points Involved and Appellate Court's Decisions Thereon. St. Louis: Published by the Author 1882. 200 6 pp. 2 woodcut frontispieces. 14 woodcut plates. Final 5 pp. are advertisements. Octavo 9" x 6". Publisher's flexible cloth blind frame and gilt title to front cover which is detached. Light rubbing and a few spots to covers heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends early owner bookplate of T.J. Silvius to front pastedown his signature to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior light foxing to a few leaves fold lines and small chips to upper outside corners of preliminaries and first four leaves of main text. $450. Only edition. "Kring's case is one of those legal marathons peculiar to the United States. Infatuated with but rejected by Mrs. Broemser he shot her on January 4 1875. The death sentence in trial number 1 was reversed. Trials number 2 and 3 were mistrials. At trial number 4 Kring pled guilty to second-degree murder but after receiving a twenty-five-year sentence he got that reversed. At trial number 5 he received his second death sentence which the United States Supreme Court reversed in October 1882 by a five-to-four vote" McDade. This copy probably belonged to the T.J. Silvius who was a printer and publisher in Sunbury Pennsylvania Thomas J. Silvius 1854-1937. OCLC locates 3 copies in law libraries Columbia Harvard St. John's University. Bell History of Northumberland County Pennsylvania 845-46. McDade The Annals of Murder 576. unknown
1945ref. 47189Krakow: Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik" Czytelnik Publishing Cooperative 1945. First edition. Softcover. g to von-. Octavo 8 1/4 x 6". 93pp. 13 leaves of double sided photographic plates interleaved and unpaginated. Illustrated tan red and black wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Photographic b/w frontispiece. Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik." Possibly an earlier publication on lower quality paper compare to a slightly smaller publication by the "Library of the Union of Polish Patriots in the USSR" Biblioteczka Zwiazku Patriotów Polskich w ZSRR with the same text in different layout. That publication issued on higher quality paper and with twenty-eight photogravures three more than in this publication with twelve photographs appearing in both publications though in lesser quality here. Court Proceedings of the Polish-Soviet Special Criminal Court established in Lublin in August 1944 in order to investigate the crimes committed by the Germans in the Majdanek extermination camp. Despite the importance of this document it must be mentioned that the Commission made erroneous assumptions regarding the duration of the camp and the number of people killed at Majdanek. The Publishing cooperative "Czytelnik" was established behind Soviet front lines in 1944. It became the first post-World War II. publisher in Poland. The total numbers of the victims is still controversial: In this report 1.5 million victims of different nationalities were counted however according to the latest researches there were 79000 victims 59000 of whom were Jews See: Kranz T.: "Bookkeeping of Death and Prisoner Mortality at Majdanek." pp. 81-110. In: Silberklang D. Ed.: Yad Vashem Studies. Vol. 35:1. Jerusalem 2007. Illustrated with 25 pages of b/w photographic reproductions including a frontispiece on 13 double-sided interleaved plates altogether thirty-two photographs depicting members of the Commission Nazi guards now prisoners who used to run the camp and survivors alike testifying before the Commission. Also includes views of the actual concentration camp piles of suitcases Zyklon B poison gas pellets gas chambers ovens and survivors amid corpses. Wrappers with some chipping rubbing creasing and/or closed tears to extremities. Small stain on the back cover and side edge of book block. Verso of frontispiece with a vertical crease. Some pages throughout with some light age toning or small water spots. Overall text and images clear and vibrant. Wrappers in good interior in very good- condition overall. One of two editions of this work published in Moscow and Krakow in 1945. It is not certain which was released first. Each has different wrappers size pagination and publishers. Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik" (Czytelnik Publishing Cooperative) unknown
2009ref. 2090202120408676Kaibundo shuppan 2009. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kaibundo shuppan paperback
1988ref. 4465Wiley Law 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to348 pages red cloth Trial Practice Library series. Edited by Warsaw who edited WOMEN TRIAL LAWYERS and formerly "Trial Diplomacy Journal". "That trial lawyering is an art rather than a science is acknowledged by nearly all who try to teach trial advocacy. . Those with advocacy teaching experience testify that trial tactics skills and techniques that lead to success . CAN be learned by deicated study and practice. . This is down-to-earth plain lawyering talk full of the kind of information that would pass from a senior partner to an associate during a coffee break conference in a top trial firm - Foreword." Contributors include Rudy Giuliani Philip Corboy Robert Habush Gerry Spence Leonard Ring Jill Wine-Banks etc. Wiley Law hardcover
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1857ref. 694811857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Bell Luther V. 1806-1862. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling to exterior wear to spine ends and corners some chipping and edgewear to wrappers which are partially detached at ends dampstaining to wrappers and text block moderate toning lower corners lacking from first three leaves with no loss to text corners of some other leaves chipped or dog-eared early owner signature "Wm Bouvier" of "Bonner" to front wrapper and half-title. $750. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He left a will made in 1842 that had been amended with three codicils signed by him some time after suffering a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested on the grounds of mental impairment. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At time of this pamphlet's publication Bell was president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a former superintendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane near Boston. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow containing this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown
1857ref. 694891857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Bell Luther V. 1806-1862. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers spine reinforced with archival tape. Light soiling and a few minor marks to exterior wear to spine ends and corners a few small chips to wrappers and edges of a few leaves moderate toning to interior. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He left a will made in 1842 that had been amended with three codicils signed by him some time after suffering a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested on the grounds of mental impairment. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At time of this pamphlet's publication Bell was president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a former superintendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane near Boston. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow containing this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown
1857ref. 694901857. A Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Parish Henry 1787-1856. Earle Pliny 1809-1892. Medical Opinion in the Parish Will Case. New York: John F. Trow 1857. 69 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 6"; 23.5 x 15.2 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling to exterior spine abraded wrappers partially detached at ends light wear to corners moderate toning to interior lower corners lacking from final leaf and rear wrapper with no loss to text "Hon: Charles Allen Worcester Mass." in contemporary hand to head of title page small check-mark next to author name which is underlined. $450. Only edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69. He had made his will in 1842 but subsequently amended it with three codicils signed after he had suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1849. These codicils were contested by James and Daniel Parish residuary devisees in the will on the grounds of mental impairment. The New York Surrogate's Court and subsequently the state Court of Appeals ultimately rejected their argument and upheld the codicils. This trial attracted a good deal of attention and it involved testimony by several leading medical and legal experts. At the time of this pamphlet's publication Earle was visiting physician to the New York City Lunatic Asylum. He went on to a prestigious career in psychiatry including as one of the founders of the American Medical Association and is best known for his many visits to institutions which included giving instructional and entertaining lectures to patients on a variety of subjects. Charles Allen 1797-1869 a former owner of this pamphlet was a lawyer Congressional representative from Massachusetts from 1849-1853 and chief justice of the Suffolk County Superior Court from 1858-1867. His ownership of this title reflects the level of attention the case received. OCLC locates 1 copy at SUNY-Albany. Not in Cohen which lists a composite volume by Trow that includes this title. See Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown
1949ref. 027267Washington D.C.: U.S. Government 1949. 25 pages; inscribed by the author "Frida My best Joe" on the cover and with a hand-written note on The Dodge Hotel Washington D.C. letterhead paper referring to details of this landmark WWII case: ".Dear Frida: General Clay affirmed the confiscation about ten days ago but with some awfully strained wording last Sunday's Times. I am fighting it out by cable. Hope to be in next week. Cordially Joe." Joseph William Kaufman 1899 - 1981 lawyer and judge; ".made his most distinctive mark as a prosecutor in the Nuremberg war crime trials. He functioned as a deputy chief counsel overall and as chief prosecutor at the trial of Alfried Krupp and eleven other executives of the Krupp armaments industries. The Krupp trial held in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg lasted eleven months and resulted in the conviction of the defendants for the crimes of plunder and using slave labor. They were found not guilty of the charge of waging aggressive war. Kaufman was praised by contemporaries for his handling of the difficult and detailed case." Barry Ryan in the ANB The text of this "memorandum" defends the confiscation of the Krupp holdings refuting the arguments used by the defense against the decree point by point. ".For nearly 11 months the Krupp case unfolded in a sprawling dirty gray sandstone courthouse known as the Palace of Justice where the other major war crimes trials had been held. More than 200 witnesses were called and 4200 exhibits offered and the transcript of the proceedings ran to 13454 pages. Mr. Kaufman's presentation of the evidence was later praised by colleagues as detailed thorough and overwhelming. He told of atrocities and offenses that included murder torture enslavement imprisonment deportation and other abuses against Jews and other civilians as part of a conspiracy with Hitler to dominate the world." 1981 Robert D. McFadden NY Times obituary Also laid-in is a partial article by General Lucius Clay concerning the trial proceedings particularly that of the I.G. Farben corporation. The Memorandum printed at The Court Press N.Y.C. Approx. 8" x 10 1/2" size; light green stapled paper covers; corners chipped sunned; contents with light wear bottom corner chipped away no loss to text. In good condition. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. U.S. Government paperback
