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1832ref. 20457Paris, chez les libraires de la place de la Bourse, 1832 ; in-8, bradel large demi maroquin vert-lierre à grands coins, titre au dos et date en queue dorés, tête dorée sur témoins, couverture beige doublée avec absence du coin supérieur droit, illustrée du bois gravé de la deuxième page, avec la mention fictive de “Deuxième édition”, conservée (Fechoz) ; XXX, [2], 270 pp.
ref. 234586Versailles, s.d. (1873) ,
ref. 170916Paris, 1833-1834 8 pièces en un vol. in-8, demi-basane fauve, dos lisse orné de filets à froid et dorés et de fleurons à froid, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque). Manque de cuir à un mors supérieur, rousseurs.
ref. 206556Paris, Imprimerie de Knapen, 1773 in-4, titre, 28 pp., basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre, encadrement de triple filet à froid sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Frottis épars en coiffe supérieure et sur les plats.
1889ref. 18721889 Edition Hachette, Paris, 1889-1890, 5 volumes demi-chagrin, couvertures conservées. (ix), 488; 502; 450; 455; 422 pages. 1) La Vendée. 2) L'Ouest et le Sud-Ouest. 3) Le Sud-Est, l'Est et la Région de Paris. 4) La Fontière du Nord et l'Alsace. 5) La Lorraine, le Nord et le Pas-de-Calais. Les Châtiments.
1793ref. 21415A Londres et se trouve à Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1793 ; in-8 (220 mm), broché (217 x 140 mm) ; [4], 210 pp., couverture bleue d’époque.
1772ref. 127445A Amsterdam, chez Michel A Amsterdam, chez Michel Rhey, 1772 - 1778. 16 volumes In-12 reliés plein-veau blond, dos à nerfs très ornés, pièce de titre et de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré. Chaque volume d'environ 475 pages. 4 volumes présentent des épidermures, quelques petits manques de cuir aux coiffes et en queues sans grande gravité. Corps des ouvrages en bon état. Tomes 1 à 16 inclus, tête de série de ces écrits intéressants sur des affaires criminelles, de sorcellerie ou judiciaires dont certaines célébres : Martin Guerre, Marquise de Brinvillier, La Cadière accusée de sorcellerie, La Pivardière, la Demoiselle Gardel, l'Abbé de Mauroy, Procès des Jésuites à l'occasion de leur commerce, Mariage du Duc de Guise, Histoire du Chevalier de Morsan etc...Très bon ensemble malgré les défauts signalés.
1772A Amsterdam, chez Michel Rhey, 1772 - 1778. 16 volumes In-12 reliés plein-veau blond, dos à nerfs très ornés, pièce de titre et de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré. Chaque volume d'environ 475 pages. 4 volumes présentent des épidermures, quelques petits manques de cuir aux coiffes et en queues sans grande gravité. Corps des ouvrages en bon état. Tomes 1 à 16 inclus, tête de série de ces écrits intéressants sur des affaires criminelles, de sorcellerie ou judiciaires dont certaines célébres : Martin Guerre, Marquise de Brinvillier, La Cadière accusée de sorcellerie, La Pivardière, la Demoiselle Gardel, l'Abbé de Mauroy, Procès des Jésuites à l'occasion de leur commerce, Mariage du Duc de Guise, Histoire du Chevalier de Morsan etc...Très bon ensemble malgré les défauts signalés.
ref. 9605Gueux des champs- Gueux de Paris – Nous autres Gueux. In 12 demi-cuir marron à nerfs, titre, Roulette dorés. Filets à froid. Faux- titre, titre, 248 pages, non rogné. Couverture conservée. Librairie illustrée sans date (1876) édition originale. Il a été ajouté le portrait de Jean RICHEPIN en frontispice, un lavis originale, non signé, ainsi que sept eaux-fortes sur chine collé par Eugène COURBOIN pour l’édition Dreyfous de 1883. Très bon état. Complet des pièces supprimées par la suite : Idylle des pauvres – Fils de fille- voyou - il faut vivre - ballade de joyeuse vie. L’auteur fut condamné à un mois de prison et 500 francs d’amende- La suppression de cinq pièces du livre
1987ref. 2092902143902218Not Available 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 5 Not Available paperback
1987ref. 2092902143802254Not Available 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 5 Not Available paperback
1875ref. 393The Tilton versus Beecher Trial. Beach William A. Admit Bearer to Trial Tilton vs. Beecher At the City Court Room. Signed "W. A. Beach." A printed ticket form to be used by William A. Beach 1809 – 1892 the senior counsel of the legal team representing the plaintiff Theodore Tilton. Printed on decorated heavy paper 6.5 cm x 10 cm. Condition fine. A rare surviving paper admission ticket-pass for repeated entry to the most sensational trial in nineteenth-century America this special ticket-pass signed by an officer of the City Court in Brooklyn admitted an unidentified bearer to the legal action brought by Tilton against his wife's lover Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for alienation of affection. On August 20 1874 Theodore Tilton started his lawsuit against Henry Ward Beecher for alienation of affections. The trial began January 11 1875 and lasted six months. Unlike the blue paper "day pass" tickets which were collected at the door of the courtroom gallery this special ticket-pass was returned to the bearer and may have been used by a member of Mr. Tilton's legal team. The Tilton-Beecher trial was lurid front-page news in every major newspaper in America for months and ended with a hung jury. On May 22 1871 a letter to the editor of the New York World written by Victoria Woodhull was published in which she said among other things "My judges preach against 'free love' openly and practice it secretly; their outward seeming is fair but inwardly they are full of 'dead men's bones and all manner of uncleanness.' For example I know of one man a public teacher of eminence who lives in concubinage with the wife of another public teacher of almost equal eminence." The "public teacher of eminence" was Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the wife was Mrs. Theodore Tilton. For the better part of three years many measures were taken to protect the reputation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's brother from ruin. As in politics the cover-up of Mrs. Tilton's adulterous relationship with Beecher was ultimately unsuccessful. During the trial scalpers sold tickets to the trial for as much as five dollars apiece. Some days thousands of spectators were turned away. Those lucky enough to obtain one often went without lunch to hold it for the day. books
1853ref. 711771853. Unrecorded Account the Murder "Of an Aged Couple Near Stafford" Trial. Blackburn Henry Defendant. Moore Edward Defendant. Walsh Charles Defendant. Full and Correct Account of the Trial Henry Blackburn Edward Moore And Charles Walsh For the Murder of an Aged Couple Near Stafford. Stafford England: Buxton Printer 1853. 8 pp. 12mo. 5" x 3-1/2". Whip-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers. Light soiling and edgewear light toning ink spot to verso of final leaf. $750. Only edition. An especially gruesome account of the Ash Flats Murder. John and Jane Blackburn were robbed and bludgeoned to death in their home. The criminals tried to hide their crime by burning the house but the fire was extinguished before the bodies were destroyed. Other evidence of the crime also survived including blood stains and the murder weapon. Blackburn Walsh and Moore were tried for the crime. Blackburn was freed and Walsh and Moore were sentenced to death. Moore later confessed that he acted alone which spared Walsh's life. The final page of our account has a moralizing account of the crime in verse. Our imprint appears to be unrecorded. No copies located on OCLC or COPAC. unknown books
1865ref. 711631865. The First Bank Robbery in the United States Trial. Bullock Alexander H. 1816-1882. Green Edward W. d.1866 Defendant. Address of His Excellency Alexander H. Bullock to the Honorable Council on the Occasion of Presenting the Case of Edward W. Green A Convict Under the Sentence of Death for the Crime of Murder in the First Degree. February 27 1866. Boston Wright & Potter State Printers 1865 i.e. 1866. 29 pp. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers recent repair to lower corner of rear wrapper. Light soiling and a few minor spots light wear to spine ends faint vertical crease through center presentation inscription "J.C. Jenkins from Gov. Gov. Bullock" to head of front wrapper light toning to interior a few spots to title page. $750. Only edition. Green the postmaster of Malden Massachusetts is believed to be the first person to rob an American bank. He was "a 'secretly drinking man' and had been short on his post office accounts. On December 15 1863 finding the bank manned solely by the seventeen-year-old son of the president he went back for his gun. Entering the bank he shot the youth twice through the head and carried off $5000. in bills. The crime was very quickly traced to him; his confession disclosed where he had hidden the money and he was condemned to die" McDade annotation to 381. Bullock was the governor of Massachusetts. His Address discusses his reasons for signing Green's death warrant. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Ohio State University Worcester Trial Court Library Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 382. unknown books
1822ref. 556511822. A Notable Freethinker and Publisher Of Thomas Paine Reports One of His Blasphemy Trials Trial. Carlile Richard 1790-1843 Defendant and Reporter. The Report of the Proceedings of the Court of King's Bench In the Guildhall London On the 12th 13th 14th And 15th Days of October: Being the Mock Trials of Richard Carlile For Alledged sic Blasphemous Libels In Publishing Thomas Paine's Theological Works and Elihu Palmer's Principles of Nature; Before Lord Chief Justice Abbott And Special Juries. London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile 1822. xx 203 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet without wrappers bound into recent marbled boards with paper title label. Toning light soiling to title page creases to corners of a few leaves. An appealing copy. $750. Only edition. Carlile was one of the most prolific freethinking journalist-publisher-political activists of his day. As one would suspect he was often at odds with the government. In 1819 he was fined 1500 pounds and imprisoned for three years for six counts of "blasphemous libel." He published this account of the first day of his 1819 trial after his release. It deals with the information against him for publishing Thomas Paine's Age of Reason and Examination of the Passages in the New Testament Quoted from the Old and Called prophecies concerning Jesus Christ which Carlile issued as The Age of Reason Part the Third. Portions of these were read in court by Carlile with commentary. Carlile reissued this pamphlet in 1826. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School II:1035. unknown books
1819ref. 647361819. Woodward William Henry. Woodward William Henry. First Report of the Landmark Dartmouth College Case Trial. Dartmouth College Case. Farrar Timothy 1788-1874 Reporter. Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against William H. Woodward. Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New-Hampshire November 1817. And on Error in the Supreme Court of the United States February 1819. Portsmouth N.H.: Published by John W. Forster And West Richardson And Lord Boston 1819. iv 406 pp. Octavo 9" x 5". Later nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to corners hinges cracked. Moderate toning and light foxing to text. Early owner signature and annotation to head of title page interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown two small inkstamps to title page residue from card pocket to rear pastedown. A solid copy. $750. First published report. This is probably the most important American case concerning the contract right of corporations. The New Hampshire legislature passed a bill in 1816 that revoked Dartmouth College's original charter and converted the college from a private to a state institution. The college challenged the constitutionality of this act in the state Supreme Court without success but the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the state's decision in a landmark opinion based on the contract clause of the Constitution. This decision represented "an assurance for all investors in American corporate enterprises that the terms upon which they had committed their capital could not be unilaterally altered by a state. At a time when corporations were first being widely used it thus encouraged the expansion of American business enterprise. The decision vested the Corporation with indestructible contract rights even against its creator" Schwartz 86 111. "By construing the contract clause as a means of protecting corporate charters from state interventions Marshall derived a significant limitation on state authority. As a result various forms of private economic and social activity would enjoy security from state regulatory policy. Marshall thus encouraged through constitutional sanction the emergence of the relatively unregulated private autonomous economic actor as the major participant in a liberal political economy th. unknown books
1824ref. 699621824. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. One of the Last People Executed for Forgery in Great Britain Trial Fauntleroy Henry 1785-1824 Defendant. Egan Pierce 1772-1849 Reporter. Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of Mr.Fauntleroy For Forgery At the Session's-House In the Old Bailey On Saturday The 30th of October 1824 Before Mr.Justice Park and Mr.Baron Garrow. London: Knight and Lacey Publishers 1824. 67 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling and edgewear moderate toning to text minor chips and tears to a few leaves early owner signature and "5" to head of title page. $750. Only edition. Fauntleroy was an English banker convicted of forgery. He admitted his guilt but pleaded that he forged documents in order to access funds to pay his firm's debts. Several bankers and merchants stepped forward to defend his integrity during the trial but he was sentenced to death. He appealed his case twice without success. Appeals for clemency followed but they were not successful. He was hanged in November 1824 one of the last people executed for forgery before it ceased to be a capital crime in 1836. British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 9:70. unknown books
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. i 53 1 pp. Lacking initial advertisement leaf. 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
1778ref. 714871778. Oxford: Printed for W. Jackson. 1778. Oxford: Printed for W. Jackson. 1778. "For the Wilful Murder.Of His Own Father" Trial. Hitchcock Robert Defendant. The Trial at Large of Robert Hitchcock At the Lent Assizes Held at Oxford On the 4th Day of March 1778 Before Sir George Nares Knt. One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas For the Wilful Murder of Edward Hitchcock His Own Father. Taken in Short-Hand by W. Williamson Short-Hand Writer in London. Oxford: Printed for W. Jackson; and J. Bew London. Sold by R. Raikes Gloucester; and Mess. Carnan and Co. Reading 1778. 15 1 pp. Text in parallel columns. Quarto 8-1/2" x 6-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent cloth gilt title to spine. Margins trimmed just touching text at foot of title page light toning faint stains to a few leaves light soiling to title page. $750. Only edition. Robert Hitchcock was found guilty and hanged on March 9 1778. "After hanging upwards of half an hour he was cut down and carried in the same cart that attended his execution to the Anatomy School at Christ Church and there delivered for the use of anatomical lectures" 15. OCLC locates 6 copies 2 in North America Yale Law School York University Law School. English Short-Title Catalogue N66619. unknown books
1836ref. 636871836. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. Notable Fraud Case at an Important Argentinian Trading House Trial. Iturriaga Jose de Defendant. Cavallero Manuel. Respuesta a la Acusacion Formada por la Sindicatura de los Concursos de Lezica y Hornung Contra D. Jose Iturriaga. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. iv 47 pp. Bound with Iturriaga Jose de. Breve Contestacion al Libelo Publicado por Manuel Sainz de la Maza. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. 8 pp. And O. G. Manifesto en Derecho a Favor de Jose de Iturriaga Acusado de Ocultacion de Unos Ganados y de Complicidad en la Falsificacion de su Firma Ejecutada por Federico Hornung. Buenos Aires: Imprenta Argentina 1836. 83 pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards gilt ornaments and title reading Causa de Iturriaga to spine. Rubbing to extremities with heavy wear to corners chipping to head of spine hinges starting owner bookplate to front pastedown. Manuscript divisional title pages between items. Moderate toning and occasional foxing to text internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine small inkstamps to title page of Respuesta brief annotations to verso. Solid copies of three rare items. $750. Only editions. These items relate to a trial that followed the collapse of a notable Argentinian trading house. "Corruption or mismanagement by employees or partners of non-British houses frequently made news during the century. One of the more celebrated cases was the failure of Sebastian Lezica Brothers in September 1835. The manager of the house a German named Frederick Hornung apparently forged bills of exchange without the knowledge of his employers three Argentine brothers. After the failure of a British house Thwaites and Company and after the retention of money in the Chilean branch the Lezica Brothers had to raise money. Originally Hartung procured the signatures of a number of people including Thwaites; but when persons declined he began to forge names on bills of exchange--both the drawer's and drawee's names--in order to prevent bankruptcy. He thought this would need to be done for only a short time but he became involved until the total sum owed the market was over one and a half million pesos." Reber. OCLC locates 1 copy of Respuesta at UC-Berkeley 1 copy of Breve Contestacion at the. unknown books
1857ref. 716411857. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. An Accused Adulterer Defended by Richard Henry Dana Trial. Kalloch Isaac Smith 1831-1887 Defendant. Only Full Report of the Trial of Rev. I.S. Kalloch on Charge of Adultery: Complete History of the Affair Doings of the Church Kalloch's Pulpit Defence Arrest Arraignment Trial And Result. With Accurate Portraits of Kalloch and the Beautiful Lady in Black And the Lecture Room of the Lechmere. Boston: Federhen & Company 1857. 64 pp. Woodcut pictorial title page. Two woodcut text illustrations. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial self-wrappers bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Moderate toning and dampstaining to text repairs to edges of first and final leaves. $750. Only edition. "Isaac Smith Kalloch accused of adultery in this prosecution was a Baptist clergyman and was supported by the trustees of his church throughout this affair. . The jury could not reach a verdict in the case which was tried in the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas Criminal Session in Cambridge Massachusetts" Cohen. Kalloch was defended by the eminent lawyer and politician Richard Henry Dana Jr. 1815-1882. The trial resulted in a hung jury. Kalloch later moved to San Francisco and became that city's mayor in 1879. The Full Report includes the judge's charge but not the jury's final verdict. Kalloch was acquitted. He moved to San Francisco where he continued to generate controversy by skirting the bounds of decency. When he decided to run for mayor of San Francisco in 1879 he came under attack from the San Francisco Chronicle's editor-in-chief Charles de Young who was backing another candidate. DeYoung hoping to end Kalloch's campaign accused the minister of having an affair. Kalloch responded by claiming that De Young's mother ran a brothel. In response DeYoung ambushed Kalloch on a street and shot him twice. Kalloch survived the wounds. Due in part to the sympathy of voters he was elected the 18th Mayor of San Francisco. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Brigham Young University Harvard LA County Social Law Library of Congress University of Cincinnati University of Minnesota. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13700. unknown books
1705ref. 711441705. London: no publisher 1705. Macclesfield copy. London: no publisher 1705. Macclesfield copy. Contemporary Report of a Fundamental Case in English Constitutional and Tort Law Regarding the Right to Vote Trial. Needham Culverwell b.1656 Reporter. Ashby Matthew Plaintiff. White William Defendant. Ashby and White: Or The Great Question Whether an Action Lies at Common Law for an Elector Who Is Deny'd His Vote for Members of Parliament Debated and Resolv'd. Together with the Case of Jay and Topham: And the Defence Made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones for Their Judgment Given Therein: With Other Cases. London: S.n. 1705. ii 257 3 pp. Final page blank. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind panels to boards raised bands to spine. Some scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners joints just starting at ends hinges cracked armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield to front pastedown small embossed Macclesfield device to title page. Moderate toning faint dampspotting in a few places a few brief annotations to index initials in small early hand to foot of title page lower corner lacking from final index leaf below text. An appealing copy. $750. Only edition. Also known as the Aylesbury Election Case Ashby v. White is a fundamental case in English constitutional and tort law. Ashby was prevented from casting a vote in an Aylesbury election by White a constable who claimed Ashby was not an established resident of that town. The case was decided in Parliament in Ashby's favor and it established the following rule: the actions of one party may not hinder the rights of another. The present copy once belonged to the library of Shirbirn Castle the library of the Earls of Macclesfield one of the finest private libraries in Great Britain. English Short-Title Catalogue T84969. unknown books
1857ref. 694951857. New York: John F. Trow 1857. New York: John F. Trow 1857. Testimony of the Seven Medical Experts in a Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. The Parish Will Case Before the Surrogate of the City of New York. Medical Opinions upon the Medical Competency of Mr. Parish by John Watson M.D. D.T. Brown M.D. M.H. Ranney M.D. Pliny Earle M.D. Luther V. Bell M.D. LL.D. M.H. Ranney M.D. I. Ray M.D. Sir Henry Holland Bart. M.D. F.R.S. New York: John F. Trow 1857. iii 573 pp. Each section preceded by divisional title page. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt title to spine speckled edges. Some rubbing to boards and extremities moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. A well-preserved copy. $750. First edition. Henry Parish a New York merchant died in 1856 at age 69 having left a will made in 1842 and amended with three codicils signed by him some time after suffering a paralyzing stroke in 1849. Later editions were issued in 1858 and 1860. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 11386. unknown books
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 books
1857ref. 694831857. Expert Testimony in a Notable Nineteenth-Century Will Case Involving Codicils and Questions of Sanity Trial. Parish Will Case. Porter John K 1819-1892. Parish Will Case. Argument of John K. Porter In Behalf of the Respondents in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York January 10 1862. Albany: Comstock & Cassidy 1862. 98 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers front wrapper detached. Light soiling and moderately edgewear to wrappers moderate wear to spine ends moderate toning to text corners of some leaves dog-eared. $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. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1159. unknown books
