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Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a...
Martial Law in the Aftermath of the American Civil War [Trials]. [Civil War]. Andrews, Edward W., Primary Defendant. Letter of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1865, Copies of the Records and Proceedings, With the Review of the Same by..... More
The Trial of John Bellingham, For the Assassination of the Right...
The Only Successful Attempt on the Life of a British Prime Minister [Trial]. Bellingham, John [1769-1812], Defendant. The Trial of John Bellingham, For the Assassination of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. &c. &c. In the Lobby of the House of..... More
The Trial of the Rev Thomas Fyshe Palmer, Before the Circuit Court...
The Trial of a "Scottish Martyr" [Trial]. Palmer, Thomas Fyshe [1747-1802], Defendant. The Trial of the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer, Before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, Held at Perth, On the 12th and 13th September, 1793, On an Indictment for Seditious Practices. Taken in Court by Mr. Ramsey, An Eminent..... More
The Trials of Richard Smith, Late Lieutenant in the 23d Regiment...
An Enterprising Female Criminal: McDade 889 [Trial]. Smith, Richard [d.1816], Defendant. Carson, Ann, Defendant. The Trials of Richard Smith, Late Lieutenant in the 23d Regiment U. States Infantry, As Principal, And Ann Carson, Alias Ann Smith, As Accessary [sic], For the Murder of Captain John Carson, On the 20th Day..... More
The Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Held in the Council...
The Aftermath of a British Naval Failure [Trial]. Mordaunt, Sir John [1697-1780], Defendant. The Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Held in the Council-Chamber at Whitehall, On Wednesday the 14th, And Continued by Several Adjournments to Tuesday the 20th of December 1757, Upon the Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Mordaunt..... More
The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy: Being a History of a Strange Case.
A Case of Insurance Fraud and Murder [Trial]. Goss, Eliza Waters, Defendant. Udderzook, William E., Defendant. The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy: Being a History of a Strange Case of Deception and Murder, Including the Great Life Insurance Case, and the Trial of William E. Udderzook for the Murder of W.S. Goss. [Baltimore]..... More
A Full Report of the Trial of James Blomfield Rush, For the Murder...
The Murders at Stanfield Hall [Trial]. Rush, James Blomfield [d.1849], Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of James Blomfield Rush for the Murder of Mr. Jermy and his Son, Of Stanfield Hall, In the County of Norfolk; Commencing on Wednesday, March 28, And Concluded April 4, 1849, At Norwich..... More
The Trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; And Timothy Brecknock...
The Fighting Fitzgerald [Trials]. Fitzgerald, George Robert [1746-1786], Defendant. Brecknock, Timothy [d.1786], Defendant. The Trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; And Timothy Brecknock, For the Procurement of James Fulton and Others, For the Murder of Pat. Ran. M'Donnell and Charles Hipson. Also the Trial of John Gallagher and Others, For..... More
The Trial at Large on an Action for Damages, Brought in His Majesty...
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;..... More
Trial of John Hamilton Moore for Pirating a Chart: Sittings After...
A Copyright Case Concerning Navigational Charts [Trial]. Moore, John Hamilton [1738-1807], Defendant. Trial of John Hamilton Moore for Pirating a Chart. Sittings After Term, March 1798, Before Lord Kenyon and a Special Jury of Merchants. Guildhall, London. Heather and Williams, v. John Hamilton Moore [Drop-Head Title]. [London]: Plummer, Printer, [1798]..... More
The Tryal of Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Before the...
An Infamous Earl Gets Away with Murder Herbert, Philip, 7th Earl of Pembroke [1653-1683], Defendant. The Tryal of Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Before the Peers in Westminster-Hall, On Thursday the 4th. Of April 1678. [London: s.n.], Printed in the Year 1679. [2], 28 pp. Folio (12" x 7-3/4")..... More
A Full Report of all the Proceedings on the Trial of the Rev...
[Trial]. Jackson, William [1737?-1795], Defendant. A Full Report of all the Proceedings on the Trial of the Rev. William Jackson at the Bar of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench, Ireland, on an Indictment for High Treason. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row and J. Debrett, Piccadilly, 1795..... More
Full Particulars of the Trial and Sentence of T B Birkett (Farmer)...
"So Much for the Game Laws!" [Trial]. Birkett, Thomas B, Defendant. Full Particulars of the Trial and Sentence of T.B. Birkett (Farmer) For the Murder of William Watmore at Barnby-in-the-Willows. With a Copy of Verses and an Account of the Dreadful Murder of Will- Stevenson, At Sibsey, In Lincolnshire. [(London)..... More
An Explicit Account of the remarkable Trial at Croyon in Surry....
Rare Unrecorded Report of a Sensational 1775 Murder Trial, The Only One With a Portrait of the Defendant [Trial]. Butterfield, Jane, Defendant. An Explicit Account of the Remarkable Trial at Croydon in Surry, August the 19th, 1775 of Miss Jane Butterfield, On a Charge of Poisoning the Late William Scawen..... More
Crim Con, A Full, Faithful, & Impartial Report of that Curious...
Defended By a Distinguished Anglo-Irish Barrister [Trial]. Blake, Martin Joseph, Defendant. Crim. Con. A Full, Faithful, & Impartial Report of that Curious, Extraordinary and Interesting Trial with Speeches of Counsel and Judge's Charge, In the Case Wherein Mark Browne, Esq., Was Plaintiff and Martin Jos. Blake, Esq., Defendant, In an..... More
Love and Law, In Two Parts, St Louis, 1882.
"One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 [Trial]. Kring, Charles F., 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..... More
Trial of Charles B Huntington For Forgery, Principal Defence...
An Important Defense of the Insanity Plea [Trial]. Huntington, Charles B. [b. 1821], Defendant. Trial of Charles B. Huntington For Forgery. Principal Defence: Insanity. Prepared for Publication by the Defendant's Counsel, From Full Stenographic Notes Taken by Messrs. Roberts & Warburton, Law Reporters. New York: John S. Voorhies, 1857. xii..... More
Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer, For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer.
He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel: McDade 300 [Trial]. Farmer, Daniel Davis [1793-1822], Defendant. Rogers, Artemas, Reporter. Chase, Henry B., Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer, For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer, At Goffstown, On the 4th of April, A.D. 1821. Concord [NH]: Published by Hill..... More
The Trial of John Williams...Murder on the High Seas, 1818.
An Interesting Mutiny, Murder, and Piracy Trial, Joseph Story Presided: McDade 1103 [Trial]. Williams, John, Primary Defendant. The Trial of John Williams, Francis Frederick, John P. Rog, Nils Peterson and Nathaniel White, On an Indictment for Murder on the High Seas: Before the Circuit Court of the United States, Holden..... More
The Trial and Life and Confessions of John F. Van Patten... Murder
He Shot Her in the Back: McDade 1020 [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..... More
The Trial of Helen Watt, Widow of the Deceased Alexander Keith...
A Mother and Son Accuse Each Other of Murder [Trials]. Keith, Helen Watt, Defendant. Keith, William, Defendant. The Trial of Helen Watt, Widow of the Deceased Alexander Keith of Northfield, And William Keith, Eldest Lawful Son Procreated Betwixt the Said Deceased Alexander Keith, And the Said Helen Watt; For the..... More
Commonwealth vs Henry K Goodwin, Charged by Indictment with the...
He Thought His Victim was Trying to Cheat Him: McDade 360 [Trial]. Goodwin, Henry K., Defendant. 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..... More
A Copious Report of the Trial of Thomas Dewey, For the Wilful...
A "Fatal Catastrophe" in Nottingham [Trial]. Dewey, Thomas [d.1825], Defendant. A Copious Report of the Trial of Thomas Dewey, For the Wilful Murder of Maria Austin, Before the Hon. James Allan Park, Knt. On Monday, July 25, 1825, At the Town Hall, Nottingham. To Which is Added, Some Particulars of..... More
A Complete Report of the Trial of Dr E W Pritchard for the...
The Last Public Hanging in Scotland [Trial]. Pritchard, Edward William [1825-1865], Defendant. A Complete Report of the Trial of Dr. E.W. Pritchard for the Alleged Poisoning of His Wife and Mother-In-Law. Reprinted, By Special Permission, From the "Scotsman." Carefully Revised by an Eminent Lawyer. With an Accurate Portrait. Edinburgh: William..... More
The Trial of James Watson, The Elder, Before the Court of King's...
Trial of a Leader of an 1816 Plot to Overthrow the British Government [Trial]. Watson, James [1766?-1838], Defendant. The Trial of James Watson, The Elder, Before the Court of King's Bench, In Westminster Hall, On the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, And 16th June, 1817. For High Treason. Taken..... More