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1818ref. 728811818. Edinburgh: Printed for Manners and Miller 1818. Edinburgh: Printed for Manners and Miller 1818. "For Administering Unlawful Oaths" Trial. McKinley Andrew 1799-1817 Defendant. The Trial of Andrew McKinley Before The High Court of Justiciary At Edinburgh On the 18th Day of July 1817 For Administering Unlawful Oaths. Edinburgh: Printed for Manners and Miller 1818. iv 70 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet in near-contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners front hinge cracked rear board separating but secure front hinge mended later owner bookplate of Norman and Janey Buchan to front pastedown. Light browning to interior light soiling to p. 70 and title page which has an owner signature of Andrew Snody likely Andrew Snody SSC c.1795-1881 dated 1858 to the upper outside corner. $650. Only edition. Intended to suppress radicalism the Unlawful Oaths Act of 1812 c.104. 52 Geo. 3 prescribed the death penalty for anyone guilty of "administering of any oath or engagement purporting or intending to bind the person taking the same to commit any treason or murder or any felony punishable by law with death." McKinley was tried under this act and ultimately acquitted for his role in an unsuccessful 1817 labor uprising one of many instigated by the economic depression that followed the Napoleonic Wars. These uprisings culminated in the Cato Street Conspiracy and Radical War or Scottish Insurrection a week of strikes and unrest in Scotland England and Ireland. OCLC locates 6 copies 1 in North America University of Pennsylvania Law School. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1137. unknown books
1822ref. 763231822. Clifford's Inn Seeks an Exemption from Poor Rates Trial. Hickin John. The Trial of an Action of Trespass in the Court of Common Pleas Guildhall Before the Right Honorable Lord Chief Justice Dallace and a Special Jury On the 28th of July 1821 Between John Allen Esq. Plaintiff And Frederick Waller and John Shaw Overseers of the Poor of St. Dunstan's in the West Defendants Respecting the Liability of the Honorable Society of Clifford's Inn to Payment of Rates for the Relief of the Poor; To Which are Prefixed Observations on the Liability of Places Usually Termed Extra Parochial Including the Inns of Court and Chancery To Payment of Poor Rates. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son 1822. viii lxxxix 1 79 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Near-contemporary pebbled cloth institutional name and seal to boards rebacked retaining existing spine with gilt title endpapers renewed. Faint dampstain to upper outside corner of rear board light rubbing to extremities light wear to corners library bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing faint dampstain to upper outside corner of first three leaves early underlining and annotations in several places a few affected by trimming ownership signature of John Jopson to title page which has a small ink library stamp along with a few other leaves. $450. Only edition. Extra-parochial areas such as universities and the Inns of Court were geographically defined areas considered to be outside of ecclesiastical or civil parishes and thus exempt from certain payments such as tithes or poor rates. As these areas became populated it became increasingly difficult to provide the governance and assistance to residents that parishes traditionally maintained. In 1822 Clifford's Inn sued after being assessed a poor rate. It was determined by the court that Clifford's Inn was functioning as part of the parish of St. Dunstan's in the West and the case was dismissed as a nonsuit. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Pennsylvania Social Law. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:165. unknown books
1846ref. 694211846. Boston: Daily Mail Report-Full and Complete 1846. Boston: Daily Mail Report-Full and Complete 1846. Not in McDade: A Skilled Boston Orator's Courtroom Triumph Trial. Tirrell Albert J. Defendant. The Trial of Albert J. Tirrell Charged with the Murder of Mrs. Maria A. Bickford. Before the Supreme Court in Boston. Boston: Daily Mail Report-Full and Complete 1846. 37 pp. Text in parallel columns. Portraits. Illustrations. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 21.6 x 13.3 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers rear wrapper lacking. Portrait of Tirrell on front wrapper depiction of crime scene to verso; portrait of Bickford on p. 37. Light soiling small chip to upper corner of front wrapper moderate toning light foxing to a few leaves. $650. Only edition. As McDade remarks "The murder of a harlot seems to lend a special interest to a case which is measurable by the many publications which ensue." He considers the Tirrell case "one of the triumphs of Rufus Choate who convinced the jury that his client did not cut the throat of Mrs. Bickford or if he did he did it in his sleep. The defense of somnambulism by Choate might well join that other classic of defense put forth by Delphin Michael Delmas who as counsel for Harry K. Thaw pleaded 'dementia Americana.'" Choate a Massachusetts lawyer orator and politician is considered one of 19th-century America's greatest lawyers for his powers of persuasion and innovation in the courtroom. The Tirrell case was one of several landmarks he achieved in private practice: it was the first successful somnambulism defense in an American murder trial. Our 37-page account is not among the 8 accounts in McDade which lists a similar account with 32 pages. OCLC locates 11 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Missouri Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder note to 986. unknown books
1886ref. 791321886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. Bartlett Adelaide Defendant. Beal Edward Editor. Clarke Edward Preface. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder. Held at the Central Criminal Court Monday April 12 to Saturday April 17th 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. x 313 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 6". Original cloth. Bookplate of "Sir John Hall of Dunglass Baronet" to front pastedown. Some shelfwear and dampstaining binding somewhat cocked. Internally clean. A good copy. $95. The Dunglass family was a noble Scottish family. The plate may belong to Sir John Richard Hall of Dunglass 9th Bt 1865-1928 who was an author and decorated serviceman appointed to Commander Order of the British Empire. thepeerage.com. One of the more unusual and baffling English murder cases it involved liquid chloroform and an incestuous family. Mrs. Bartlett the lover of her brother-in-law was accused of poisoning her husband in order to inherit his estate. How she murdered him remains a mystery however. Although chloroform was found in his stomach no traces were found in his mouth or throat. Unable to determine how she could have killed her husband the jury did not convict Mrs. Bartlett. 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 books
1833ref. 573241833. A Scarce Scottish Defamation Case Trial. Nairne James 1782-1847 Defendant. The Trial Before the Lord President of the Court of Session Lord Mackenzie And a Special Jury Taken in Shorthand Of the Issues in the Action of Damages at the Instance of Lady Ramsay Widow of the Late Colonel Sir Thomas Ramsay of Balmain Baronet Against James Nairne W.S. For Falsehood and Defamation; Containing the Speeches of Counsel and Charge of the Lord President With the Whole Evidence And an Appendix of Letters and Documents. Edinburgh: Published for the pursuer by W. and R. Chambers; London: Orr and Smith 1833. iv 234 80 pp. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9". Original three-quarter cloth over paper-covered boards rebacked retaining original spine and printed paper title label hinges mended untrimmed edges. Some rubbing a few stains to boards early owner signature of John Osbourne Browne Esq. to front. Annotations in contemporary hand to foot of table of contents interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Shelf number to foot of spine bookplate to front pastedown date-due sheet and label to front free endpaper. A nice copy of a scarce title. $250. Only edition. A highly detailed record of a case involving accusations of marital infidelity by a colleague of Lady Ramsay's late husband. Lady Ramsay prevailed; the jury determined that her "character" was "perfectly pure and unsullied" and awarded her damages of 200 pounds sterling. 234. OCLC locates 10 copies in North American law libraries. Catalogue of the Library of Harvard Law School 1909 II:1171. 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
1864ref. 694191864. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. With "Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind" Trial. Townley George Victor b. 1838 Defendant. The Trial and Respite of George Victor Townley for Wilful Murder. With Original Documents and Correspondence Now First Published; Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind Portraits Autographs and Plan. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons 1864. iii 6-70 pp. Portraits. Plan. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4-3/4"; 18.4 x 12 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Negligible light soiling to exterior early owner signature St. John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1864 to head of front wrapper moderate toning to text slightly heavier in places. $450. Only edition. In 1863 Townley murdered his girlfriend Elizabeth Goodwin after she broke off her engagement to him. An expert witness at Townley's trial was Dr. Forbes Winslow one of the founders of forensic psychiatry and the author of The Plea of Insanity In Criminal Cases 1843. Despite Winslow's testimony Townsend was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was granted a reprieve however after evidence was produced confirming hereditary insanity and a history of delusional behavior. Public outrage over the reprieve led to a second committee investigation which judged him to be sane. Our account includes memorials from the public and the committee's report along with Winslow's account of a visit with Townley in prison. Townley was later transferred to an asylum where he committed suicide. The portraits are of Townley and Goodwin; the plan shows the scene of the crime. Crookes was a British antiquary and bibliophile with an interest in true crime particularly provincial murder cases. OCLC locates 11 copies in North American law libraries. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1210. unknown books
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 books
1825ref. 745381825. New York 1825. 16 pp. McDade 1020. Cohen 13136. New York 1825. 16 pp. McDade 1020. Cohen 13136. He Shot Her in the Back: : OCLC Locates 3 Copies in Law Libraries Trial. Van Patten John F. 1801-1825 Defendant. The Trial and Life and Confessions of John F. Van Patten Who was Indicted Tried And Convicted of the Murder of Mrs. Maria Schermerhorn On the 4th of October Last And Sentenced to be Executed on the 25th February 1825. New York: S.n. 1825. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 21.6 x 13.3 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers woodcut execution vignette to front wrapper untrimmed edges. Moderate toning and dampspotting faint dampstaining to margins of a few leaves lower outside corner lacking from leaf containing pp. 5-6 text not affected ink smudge to p. 11 legibility not affected. A very good copy. $1250. Only edition. A chilling early American true crime narrative. The conflict began when Mrs. Maria Schermerhorn cautioned a local young woman against marrying John F. Van Patten prompting the girl's parents to forbid the courtship. Seeking revenge Van Patten borrowed a shotgun from a neighbor and visited Mrs. Schermerhorn at her home in Rotterdam New York. Under the pretense of needing wadding for his gun he waited until her back was turned as she ascended the stairs to fetch it and shot her dead McDade. This pamphlet is one of only three contemporary accounts published on the Van Patten case all of which are exceptionally scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of our imprint in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 1020. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13136. unknown books
1830ref. 714241830. Scarce Account of a Famous Salem Murder: McDade 569 Trial. Knapp John Francis 1810-1830 Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of John Francis Knapp for the Murder of Joseph White Esq. of Salem On the Sixth of April 1830. Boston: Published by Charles Ellms 1830. 35 1 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut title vignette of murder. Half-title reads: Knapp's Second Trial Conviction And Sentence. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 23 x 14 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking. Light soiling to exterior moderate toning to text some chipping short tears and wear to fore-edges of leaves through p. 19 with no loss to text faint spotting in a few places faint dampstaining to a few leaves. A scarce title. $500. First edition one of five known variants/issues of this sensational 19th-century murder pamphlet. The trial details a gruesome and calculated insurance fraud plot. Benjamin Hunter having lost a $7000 investment in John M. Armstrong's music-publishing company sought to recoup his losses-and turn a profit-by taking out a $25000 life insurance policy on Armstrong. Hunter and a hired accomplice Tom Graham lured Armstrong to Camden New Jersey where Hunter brutally attacked him with an axe. In a calculated move to mislead investigators Hunter had pre-marked the axe with another man's initials. Remarkably Armstrong survived the initial assault though he remained unconscious. In a chilling final act Hunter visited the dying man at his home and hastened his death by tearing the bandages from his head wounds. Graham ultimately confessed leading to Hunter's conviction and subsequent hanging. All Barclay & Company issues of this pamphlet feature varying cover titles and paginations and all are genuinely scarce on the market. OCLC locates only 7 copies of this specific 86-page issue with only one held in a law library University of Missouri. OCLC locates 9 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 569. unknown books
1874ref. 726231874. Otego N.Y.: Otego Job Printing 1874. Otego N.Y.: Otego Job Printing 1874. "Criminal Intercourse" in Otego NY Trial. Smith Charles S. Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of Charles S. Smith Of Otego N.Y. Elder of the Presbyterian Church Superintendent of the Sunday School And Trustee of the School District For Bastardy With Sketch of Lucy Edith Wilson His Victim A Girl Eleven Years and Five Months Old And One of His Sunday School Scholars. Otego NY: Otego Job Printing Office 1874. 60 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers portrait of Charles S. Smith to front wrapper and title page. Light soiling to wrappers some chipping to extremities with loss to lower right front corner small tear to back wrapper near spine. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing some small folds to corners. $650. Only edition. Smith a married Presbyterian elder was put on trial in December 1873 for repeatedly raping and ultimately impregnating Edith Wilson an eleven-year-old girl. Although the account is highly sympathetic to the victim the assault described as "criminal intercourse" was apparently less at issue than the bastardy. Edith swore an affidavit in November 1873 that she was pregnant by Charles Smith "without means of support" and "likely to become a charge upon the town." Still pregnant she testified against Smith in open court a remarkable act of bravery and self-possession. The scandal rocked the small upstate New York town. Despite gossip that Edith's father had been involved and a certain degree of scapegoating by other witnesses Smith was convicted of criminal bastardy on the strength of her testimony. Nothing is known about the aftermath of this remarkable trial. OCLC locates 8 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard Social Law University of Missouri. unknown books
1806ref. AQ35068London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1806. iv xcv 1 1-120 121-230 121-378pp 8. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Twentieth century green buckram lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. browning to title and blank fly-leaves light scattered spotting with chipping to edges of title page. The first edition of this report of the last impeachment trial to be held in the House of Lords. The defendant Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville 1742 – 1811 was accused of embezzling government funds during his appointment as treasurer of the admiralty between 1782 and 1800. Despite being acquitted the trial lost Dundas a great degree of public favour partially sullying his legacy as Home Secretary Lord Advocate Secretary of State for War and First Lord of the Admiralty. . First edition. 8vo. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme hardcover
1800ref. AQ35203Dublin: Published by John Rea 1800. 48pp. Disbound. Inked ownership inscription to head of title. Later bookseller's ticket of Wildy & Sons Ltd. of London to foot of title. Light scattered staining and spotting throughout. The sole edition of a witness account of the scandalous trial of Assistant Deputy Post-Master and apothecary Arthur Wallace of Carlow Ireland indicted under the charges that 'on the 1st March in the 40th year of the King at Carlow he feloniously did secrete and embezzle a packet directed to Henry Loftus Tottenham at Ross which packet was sent by the post'. Despite the severity of the charges Wallace received countless recorded testimonies of good character being described by his own prosecution as 'a man of honour and integrity'. As such convicting Wallace of defrauding the mail required definitive evidence which was collected with the assistance of one Mr. De Joncourt described as a man 'of considerable sagacity’ and a ‘gentleman of considerable trust in the Department of the General Post Office'. In an almost-cartoonish fashion Joncourt's interrogation of the 'honest sober and industrious' Wallace revealed a great deal of repossessed banknotes in 'an inside concealed pocket' which were promptly identified as those missing from Tottenham's package. Wallace was accused of subsequently forging numerous counterfeit bills to replace those stolen and circulating them across the county; he was sentenced to death with execution ordered for the 16th of August 1800. . First edition. 8vo. Published by John Rea unknown
1798ref. ABE-1713891567743James Ridgway 1798. London: James Rigway 1798. 8vo 133 p. disbound. Contemporaneous account of the trial of Arthur O'Connor and his co-conspirators. The men were arrested in Margate after Binns' failed attempt to secure passage to France for O'Connor and Coigley. They were charged with high treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London though only Coigley who had been arrested with incriminating correspondence in his pocket would be executed. O'Connor was released in 1802 on the condition of his 'banishment'. He traveled to Paris where he served under Napoleon as the official representative of the United Irishmen. Disbound with wear and discoloration along spine joints; library stamp to upper title page; p 63/4 mended with tape but a sound complete copy. OCLC locates six copies of this edition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. James Ridgway Paperback
ref. 159037London: William Hodge and Company 1953 1st printing. Hardcover 271pp. Fine no dust jacket. Illustrations photographs chronology appendices bibliography. Trial of John George Haigh. Murder of Olive Durand-Deacon. Publisher series: Notable British Trials. Law Murder Trials. William Hodge and Company Hardcover
1809ref. 373530Cobbett's State Trials London 1809. Softcover Booklet - Unbound Pages. Very Good Condition. If the fact that I have done cannot be justified by the law of England let me perish. Proving that even Parliament's Chains shall not bind a Freeborn Englishman. Tried under a new Treason Act seemingly tailored for him Lilburne's defiant oratory transformed his prosecution into a spectacle of resistance. Arguing for his freeborn rights he denounced the legitimacy of Cromwell's regime and turned public sentiment in his favour. His acquittal by a London jury was a stunning embarrassment to the Commonwealth ' and a lasting testament to the power of conscience over command. 101 pages printed in double columns. Printed between 1809 and 1826 these historic documents are vivid extracts from Cobbett's State Trials; pages from the courtroom record that preserve the voices arguments and verdicts which helped shape the course of British justice and still echo through its constitutional legacy. Over two centuries old each leaf is a tangible fragment of legal history compelling original and rarely encountered outside institutional collections. These are not reprints or replicas but authentic 19th-century printings that are rich in drama and steeped in history. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Cobbett's State Trials and is now preserved in a modern card cover for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 25 cms. Category: State Trials; State Trials::Octavo; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cobbett's State Trials paperback
2020ref. 23053ELos Angeles: Netflix 2020. First Edition. Small format paperbound 5 1/4” x 8 1/4” 160 pages. Specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Original Screenplay. Shooting script for the film The Trial of the Chicago 7 written and directed by Aaron Sorkin starring Eddie Redmayne Alex Sharo Sacha Baron Cohen John Carroll Lynch Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Mark Rylance Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ben Shenkman Frank Langella and Michael Keaton. A perfectbound book looking like a trade paperback. The film was nominated for six Oscars; Best Supporting Actor Sacha Baron Cohen Best Original Screenplay Best Picture Best Editing Best Cinematography Best Original Song. It won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture and was nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama Best Director Best Supporting Actor Cohen and Best Original Song. Fine bright copy in printed wrappers. Netflix paperback
ref. 72424London 1717 Unbound. Wrapps. pp. 48. Extracted from Trials 1717. Only the second Jew to be tried for High Treason. Francia was found not guilty. RARE London, 1717 unknown
1822ref. TRIALSTU005649Archibald Constable Edinburgh and Hurst Robinson and Co. and James Ridgeway London. 1822. Second edition. pp iv 186 ii 20 Appendix. Recent plain quarter calf with marbled boards title label on front board. A murder trial which excited much public interest at the time. The son of James Boswell had been killed in a duel.Fine. Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, [and] Hurst, Robinson, and Co. and James Ridgeway, London. hardcover
ref. 15673London : Sold by George Kearsley No. 46 Fleet-Street and Martha Gurney No. 34 Bell-Yard Temple-Bar 1781. First edition. Folio 14 x 9 1/2 inches 58-pages; disbound. Title page detached and dust-marked first leaf torn without loss tear to margin of last leaf. Later 1860 inscription on title. Drawing of Mrs. Donellan's tomb and notes on her subsequent marriages below. London : Sold by George Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street, and Martha Gurney, No. 34 Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, 1781. unknown
1886ref. 791321886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. Bartlett Adelaide Defendant. Beal Edward Editor. Clarke Edward Preface. The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder. Held at the Central Criminal Court Monday April 12 to Saturday April 17th 1886. London: Stevens and Haynes 1886. x 313 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 6". Original cloth. Bookplate of "Sir John Hall of Dunglass Baronet" to front pastedown. Some shelfwear and dampstaining binding somewhat cocked. Internally clean. A good copy. $95. The Dunglass family was a noble Scottish family. The plate may belong to Sir John Richard Hall of Dunglass 9th Bt 1865-1928 who was an author and decorated serviceman appointed to Commander Order of the British Empire. thepeerage.com. One of the more unusual and baffling English murder cases it involved liquid chloroform and an incestuous family. Mrs. Bartlett the lover of her brother-in-law was accused of poisoning her husband in order to inherit his estate. How she murdered him remains a mystery however. Although chloroform was found in his stomach no traces were found in his mouth or throat. Unable to determine how she could have killed her husband the jury did not convict Mrs. Bartlett. 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
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
