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Cavan Sessions, Monday January 15, 1828: Mary Reilly, v The Rev...
Blaming the Parish Priest [Trial]. Brady, Thomas, Defendant. Cavan Sessions, Monday January 15, 1828. Mary Reilly, v. The Rev. Thomas Brady, Of Cavan [Caption Title]. [Ireland: s.n., 1828]. 14, [2] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet recently resewn in plain wrappers. Small fold line to lower corner of front..... More
Trial of R Patch, For the Murder of Isaac Blight, Ship-Breaker...
"Not a Soul We Believe Can Lament his Fate" [Trial]. Patch, Richard, Defendant [c.1770-1806]. Trial of R. Patch, For the Murder of Isaac Blight, Ship-Breaker of Rotherhithe, In the County of Surry. Tried at Horsemonger-Lane, In the Borough of Southwark, Before the Lord Chief Baron Sir Archibald Mac Donald, And..... More
The Tryal of Charles Lord Mohun, Before the House of Peers...
The Controversial Acquittal of a Notorious Duelist and Rake [Trial]. Mohun, Charles, 4th Baron [c.1675-1712], Defendant. The Tryal of Charles Lord Mohun, Before the House of Peers in Parliament, For the Murder of William Mountford; Which Began the 31 of January 1692. And Continued by Several Adjournments till the Fourth..... More
The Trial of the British Soldiers, Of the 29th Regiment of Foot...
The Trial that Followed the Boston Massacre [Trial]. [Wemms, William, Primary Defendant]. The Trial of the British Soldiers, Of the 29th Regiment of Foot, For the Murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, And Patrick Carr, On Monday Evening, March 5, 1770. Boston: Printed and Published by..... More
Sunderland Murder: The Trial of Jacob Frederich Ehlert, For the...
Murder at Sea [Trial]. Ehlert, Jacob Frederich, Defendant. Sunderland Murder. The Trial of Jacob Frederich Ehlert, For the Murder of Capt. Johan Fredrick Berkholdz, Of the Ship Phoenix, While Asleep in his Cabin, On the Night of the 12th of June, 1839. Convicted on the Evidence of his Accomplice, Daniel..... More
Report of the Trial of Thomas Bent Hodgson, Esq and Others Charged...
Conspiracy to Suppress a Will [Trial]. Hodgson, Thomas Bent, Primary Defendant. Report of the Trial of Thomas Bent Hodgson, Esq. And Others Charged With a Conspiracy, At the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, London, On Wednesday & Thursday, The 21st & 22d of December 1831, By a Special Jury, Before..... More
A Review of the Case, the People Agt Rev Henry Budge, Indicted...
"Her Throat Had Been Cut": McDade 137 Swinburne, John [1820-1889]. Budge, Henry, Defendant A Review of the Case, The People Agt. Rev. Henry Budge, Indicted for the Murder of His Wife Priscilla Budge, (Tried at the Oneida, New York, Circuit Court, In August and September, 1861,) Containing an Examination of..... More
Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan. First edition. Notable Scottish Trials
First Edition, Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. M'Lachlan, Jessie [1834?-1899], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1911]. Notable Scottish Trials. c, 339 pp. 9 plates, 1 folding. Frontispiece. 4 pp. publisher advertisement (for Notable British Trials). Original cloth, gilt title..... More
Trial of Captain Porteous, First Edition 1909, Inscribed by Roughead.
First Edition, Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. Porteous, John [d. 1736], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Captain Porteous. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1909]. 366 pp. Frontispiece. 14 plates, 1 folding. 5 pp. publisher catalogue. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt. Light rubbing..... More
Trial of Oscar Slater. First edition, 1910. Notable Scottish Trials.
Inscribed by William Roughead [Trial]. Slater, Oscar [1872-1948], Defendant. Roughead, William [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Oscar Slater. Edinburgh and Glasgow: William Hodge & Company, [1910]. Frontispiece and 14 additional illustrations, including two folding maps. lxxx, 321 pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt. Light shelf wear. "George..... More
Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, At a Nisi Prius Court, Held...
A Conspiracy to Prevent Services in English in Two Lutheran Churches in Philadelphia [Trials]. Eberle, Frederick, Primary Defendant. Carson, James, Reporter. Trial of Frederick Eberle and Others, At a Nisi Prius Court, Held at Philadelphia, July 1816, Before the Honorable Jasper Yeates, Justice, For Illegally Conspiring Together by All Means..... More
Trial of Madeleine Smith. 1st edition, 1905. Notable Scottish Trials
First Title in the Notable Scottish Trials Series [Trial]. Smith, Madeleine [1835-1938], Defendant. Smith, A. Duncan, Editor. Trial of Madeleine Smith. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1905]. xi, 371, [9] pp. Frontispiece, 3 plates. Original green cloth, gilt title and series name to spine, top-edge gilt. Light rubbing..... More
Report of Trial in the Action of Damages for Crim. Con.: Poor...
Scottish Criminal Conversation Trial, Interesting for Issues Concerning Intercepted Letters [Trial]. Murray, William, Defendant. Report of Trial in the Action of Damages for Crim. Con.: Poor Alexander Bell, Teacher, Dundee, Versus William Murray, Now or Lately Rector of the Dundee Academy, Taken in Short-Hand; Containing a Discussion Upon the Law..... More
Report of Trial of Issues, In the Action of Damages for Libel in the..
Represented by Two Distinguished Scottish Jurists [Trial]. Stevenson, Duncan [1776?-1867], Defendant. Report of Trial of the Issues, In the Action of Damages for Libel in the Beacon, James Gibson of Ingliston, Esq. Clerk to the Signet - Pursuer, Against Duncan Stevenson, Printer in Edinburgh - Defender. Taken in Short Hand..... More
The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, At the Sessions House...
The Most Extensive Account of an Important Trial Inspired by Fear of the French Revolution [Trial]. Hardy, Thomas [1752-1832], Defendant. Gurney, Joseph [1744-1815], Reporter. The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, On Tuesday the Twenty-Eighth, Wednesday the Twenty-Ninth, Thursday the Thirtieth..... More
The Whole Proceedings on the Trial... Against John Stockdale...
A Case That Influenced the Passage of the Libel Act of 1792 [Trial]. Stockdale, John [1749?-1814], Defendant. Gurney, Joseph [1744-1815], Reporter. [Erskine, Thomas [1750-1823]. The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Information Exhibited Ex Officio, by the King's Attorney General, Against John Stockdale; For a Libel on the House..... More
Report of the Trial of Watson against Carr
Assault and False Imprisonment [Trial]. Carr, Thomas, Defendant. Report of the Trial of Watson Against Carr, For an Assault and False Imprisonment, Before Sir John Bayley, Knt. One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench, Westminster, At the Guildhall, Newcastle, On Saturday, August 2d, 1823. Newcastle: Printed..... More
The Trial of the Cause on the Action Brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer.
Perhaps the Most Notorious English Example of a Rigged Election [Trial]. Sykes, Francis [1730-1804], Defendant. The Trial of the Cause on the Action Brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer, Esq; Member for the Borough of Shaftesbury, Against Francis Sykes, Esq; For Bribery Committed at Shaftesbury, Previous to the General Election, In..... More
Report of the Trial of William Henry Theodore Durrant, Indicted for..
"A Classic of American Criminal History": McDade 276 [Trial]. Durrant, William Henry Theodore [1871-1898], Defendant. Peixotto, Edgar D., Reporter. Report of the Trial of William Henry Theodore Durrant: Indicted for the Murder of Blanche Lamont, Before the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Including a Full..... More
Glasgow Poisoning Case: Unabridged Report of the Evidence in this...
The "Extraordinary Trial" of a Glasgow Socialite [Trial]. Smith, Madeleine [1835-1928], Defendant. Glasgow Poisoning Case. Unabridged Report of the Evidence in this Extraordinary Trial, With All the Passionate Love Letters Written by the Prisoner to the Deceased, And Numerous Illustrations, Including Portrait of Madeleine Smith. London: George Vickers, 1857. 77..... More
The Trial of Thomas Muir, Younger of Huntershill, Before the High...
Highly Politicized Trial of Scottish Radical Who Promoted Thomas Paine's Rights of Man [Trial]. Muir, Thomas [1765-1798], Defendant. The Trial of Thomas Muir, Younger of Huntershill, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh: On Friday the 30th of August, 1793: On a Charge of Sedition. From the Records of..... More
Report of the Cause between Charles Sturt, Esq, Plaintiff, And the...
"Perfidy and Depravity" [Trial]. Spencer-Churchill, George [1766-1840], Defendant. Report of the Cause between Charles Sturt, Esq. Plaintiff, And the Most Noble The Marquis of Blandford, Defendant, For Criminal Conversation with the Right Hon. Lady Mary Ann Sturt; Tried in the Court of King's Bench, Westminster, On Wednesday, The 27th May..... More
An Impartial Account of the Trial of the Lord Conwallis. London, 1679.
A Drunken Night Gone Wrong [Trial]. Cornwallis, Charles, 3rd Baron [1655-1698], Defendant. An Impartial Account of the Trial of the Lord Conwallis [sic]. London: [s.n.], 1679. [ii], 12 pp. Folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent printed wrappers. Light edgewear and chipping to fore-edge and spine. Light toning to..... More
The Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Murray, Bart, by a ...
A Controversial 1815 Court Martial of One of Wellington's Generals [Trial]. Murray, John, Defendant. Gurney, W[illiam] B[rodie] [1777-1855], Reporter. The Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Murray, Bart. By a General Court Martial, Held at Winchester, On Monday the 16th of January, 1815, And Continued by Adjournment, Till Monday the..... More
Message of the President of the United States, Communicating the...
Mutiny and Insubordination in California [Trial]. Fremont, John Charles [1813-1890], Defendant. Message of the President of the United States, Communicating the Proceedings of the Court Martial in the Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Fremont. [Washington?: 1848]. 447 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5"). Recent library buckram, lettering piece to spine. A few..... More