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Trial of Judge Luther M Goddard, Including Legislative, Quo Warranto..
Did the Judge Promise an Appointment in Exchange for a Donation? [Trial]. Goddard, Luther M., [1840-1917] Defendant. Johnson, H.B., Reporter. Trial of Judge Luther M. Goddard: Including Legislative, Quo Warranto and Disbarment Proceedings. Denver: S.n., 1888. 470 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary three-quarter law calf, lettering piece and blind..... More
The Trial of Daniel McFarland for the Shooting of Albert D Richardson.
Unexpurgated Account of a Lurid Murder Trial [Trial]. McFarland, Daniel [b.1820], Defendant. [Cazauran, A.R. (1820-1889), Reporter]. The Trial of Daniel McFarland for the Shooting of Albert D. Richardson, the Alleged Seducer of His Wife. By a Practical Law Reporter. Containing a Comprehensive History of the Case...Together with the Letters, Etc...... More
The Jefferson Borden Mutiny, Trial of George Miller, John Glew...
Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas, McDade 679 [Trial]. Miller, George [d. 1876], Defendant. Glew, John, Defendant. Smith, William [d. 1876], Defendant. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller, John Glew, And William Smith for Murder on the High Seas: Before Clifford & Lowell, JJ. Boston: Printed Under..... More
The Trial of Maurice Margarot, Before the High Court of Justiciary...
A Member of the "Scottish Martyrs to Liberty" [Trial]. Margarot, Maurice, Defendant [1745-1815]. The Trial of Maurice Margarot, Before the High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, On the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, On an Indictment for Seditious Practices. Taken in Shorthand by Mr. Ramsey. New York: London: Printed.-New-York..... More
Report of the Case of Timothy Upham Against Hill & Barton...
Libel and Press Freedom in 1830 New Hampshire [Trial]. Hill, Horatio [b.1807], Defendant. Barton, Cyrus [1795-1855], Defendant. Report of the Case of Timothy Upham against Hill & Barton, Publishers of the New-Hampshire Patriot, For Alleged Libels, At the Court of Common Pleas, Rockingham County, March and October Terms....1830. Dover: Published..... More
The Bermondsey Murder: A Full Report [with] The Only Correct...
Thomas McDade's Copy [Trial]. Manning, Frederick George [1820-1849], Defendant. Manning, Maria [1821-1849], Defendant. The Bermondsey Murder. A Full Report of the Trial of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning, For the Murder of Patrick O'Connor, At Minver-Place, Bermondsey, On the 9th of August, 1849. Including Memoirs of Patrick O'Connor, Frederick..... More
Only Complete Report of the Burch Divorce Case, Containing a History..
An 1860 Illinois Divorce Case that Dominated Headlines Throughout the United States [Trial]. Burch v. Burch. Only Complete Report of the Burch Divorce Case; Containing a History of the Case--The Preliminary Movements, The "Confession" of Mrs. Burch, Opening and Closing Speeches of Counsel, The Deposition of Parties Implicated, and All..... More
The Trial of an Action of Trespass in the Court of Common Pleas...
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..... More
Report of a Case Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer...
A Privilege Witheld from a Catholic Peer [Trial]. Petre, Robert Edward, 9th Baron Petre [1742-1801], Complainant Dillon, John Joseph, Reporter. Report of a Case Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, In Easter Term, 40 Geo. III., Between the Right Hon. Robert Edward Lord Petre, Plaintiff, And the Rt..... 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
Report of the Trial of the Action, Bogle Versus Lawson, For a Libel...
Probably the Most Detailed Account of a Nineteenth-Century Financial Swindle [Trial]. Hughes, W. Hughes, Editor. "The Times" Testimonal: Report of the Trial of the Action, Bogle Versus Lawson, For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper, Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey, Held at Croydon, Monday..... 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 Trial of Katharine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie For the Crimes of
Incest and Murder in Edinburgh [Trial]. Nairn, Katharine, Defendant. Ogilvie, Patrick [d.1765], Defendant. The Trial of Katharine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie, For the Crimes of Incest and Murder. Containing the Whole Procedure of the High Court of Judiciary, Upon the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, And 16th Days of August..... 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 Trial of Katharine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie For the Crimes of
Incest and Murder in Edinburgh [Trial]. Nairn, Katharine, Defendant. Ogilvie, Patrick [d.1765], Defendant. The Trial of Katharine Nairn and Patrick Ogilvie For the Crimes of Incest and Murder. Containing the Whole Procedure of the High Court of Judiciary, Upon the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, And 16th Days of August..... 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
Copy of Testimony Given at the Trial of Thomas Walcot, July 12, 1683.
Testimony Given at the Trial of a Rye House Plotter [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Rye House Plot]. Walcot, Thomas [1625-1683], Defendant. [Indenture of Testimony Given at the Trial of Thomas Walcot]. London, July 27, [1683]. 2 pp. 21" x 16-1/2" sheet with text in single neat hand to recto and verso, top..... More
The Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury; As it was Argued before His...
A Powerful Defense of Habeas Corpus [Trial]. Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of [1621-1683], Defendant. The Case of Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury; As it was Argued before His Majesties Justices of the Kings Bench, Trin. Term. 29. Car. 2. Being Upon His Confinement in the Tower &c. With a Speech..... 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
Supreme Court, New York Co, Francis Brothers & Jellett Against...
Includes a Wealth of Detail About the Interior of One of New York City's Grandest Apartment Buildings [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Francis Brothers & Jellett v. Tiffany]. Supreme Court, New York Co. Francis Brothers & Jellett Against Tiffany Studios, Impleaded With the Onward Constuction Company, And Others Before Hamilton Odell, Esq., Referee..... 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
Report of the Trial of the Action, Bogle Versus Lawson, For a Libel...
Presentation Copy of a Landmark 19th Century Financial Swindle [Trial]. Hughes, W. Hughes, Editor. The Times" Testimonal: Report of the Trial of the Action, Bogle Versus Lawson, For a Libel Published in "The Times" London-Newspaper, Tried at the Summer Assizes for the Country of Surrey, Held at Croydon, Monday, August..... More