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Trial of Dr. Pritchard, 1st edition, calf, presentation copy.
Rare Calf-Bound Presentation Copy [Trial]. Pritchard, Edward William [1825-1865], Defendant. Roughead, William, [1870-1952], Editor. Trial of Dr. Pritchard. Glasgow and Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, [1906]. 343 pp. Portrait frontispiece. 14 plates. Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine, gilt-stamped company name to..... 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
Summons to Appear as a Witness, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania...
A Pennsylvania Court Summons from 1830 [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Pennsylvania]. [Summons to Appear as a Witness]. Lycoming County, PA, September 1, 1830. 4 pp. 6-3/4" x 8," docketed on verso, embossed seal near upper-left corner. Light browning and edgewear, a few ink spots, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few minor..... More
An Authentic Account of the Proceedings Under a Writ of Enquiry of...
Adultery Trial Involving a Wealthy Heiress, A Member of Parliament and the Diplomat who Acquired the Elgin Marbles [Trial]. Ferguson, William [Robert] [1769-1840], Defendant. An Authentic Account of the Proceedings Under a Writ of Enquiry of Damages, In an Action in the Court of King's Bench, In Which the Right..... More
The Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury in a Cause Between..
"By Reason of Some Natural Imperfection"? [Trial]. Weld v. Weld. The Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury in a Cause Between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld, Daughter to the Lord Aston; And Edward Weld, Esq; Her Husband. Containing, I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II. Her Answer and..... 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
The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, 1776.
Annotated by the Defendant's Secretary [Trial]. Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey, Duchess of [1720-1788], Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full-Parliament, On Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and..... 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 Tryal and Condemnation of Arundel Coke Alias Cooke Esq; And of...
A Botched Murder Attempt [Trial]. Coke, Arundel [d. 1722], Defendant. Woodburne, John, [d. 1722], Defendant. The Tryal and Condemnation of Arundel Coke Alias Cooke Esq; And of John Woodburne Labourer, For Felony, in Slitting the Nose of Edward Crispe Gent. Contrary to the 22 & 23 Car. II. Cap. I...... 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
The Trial of the Bishop of Bangor and Others Before Mr Justice Heath..
"Assault, Rout, and Riot" [Trial]. Warren, John [1730-1800], Defendant. The Trial of the Bishop of Bangor and Others, Before Mr. Justice Heath, At the Assises at Shrewsbury, On Tuesday, July 16, 1796. For an Assault, Rout, And Riot: With the Pleadings at Large of Counsellors Adam and Erskine; Also the..... More
Trial of the Information Ex Officio The King versus John Lambert and..
With an Essay on Freedom of the Press [Trial]. Lambert, John, Defendant. Perry, James [1756-1821], Defendant. Trial of the Information Ex Officio The King versus John Lambert and Another, On a Charge of Libel on His Majesty's Person, Inserted in The Morning Chronicle. London: Edited by James Perry, And Printed..... More
The Trial of James Wilson, For High Treason, With an Account of His...
Executed after a Failed Insurrection [Trial]. [Scotland]. [Mackenzie, Peter (1799-1875)]. Wilson, James, Defendant [1760-1820]. The Trial of James Wilson, For High Treason, With an Account of His Execution at Glasgow, September, 1820, Etc. Etc. Now Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of the Reformers of Glasgow, By Their Faithful and Devoted..... More
The Account of the Manner of Executing a Writ of Inquiry of Damages...
The Beginning of the End For Titus Oates [Trial]. [Popish Plot]. Oates, Titus [1649-1705], Defendant. The Account of the Manner of Executing a Writ of Inquiry of Damages: Between His Royal Highness James Duke of York, &c. And Titus Otes, Which was Executed at the Bar of the Court of..... More
The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky [with] The Last...
Two Titles Related to the Murder of Thomas Thynne [Trial]. [Great Britain]. [Thynne, Thomas (1648-1682)]. The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky Alias Boratzi, Christopher Vratz, and John Stern; For the Barbarous Murder of Thomas Thynn, Esq; Together with the Tryal of Charles John Count Coningsmark, As Accessary before the..... More
The Trial of Joseph Wall, Esq, Late Governor of Goree, For the...
The Consequences of Overzealous Flogging [Trial]. Wall, Joseph, Defendant [1737-1802]. The Trial of Joseph Wall, Esq. Late Governor of Goree, For the Wilful Murder of Benjamin Armstrong, A Serjeant of the African Corps, At the Old Bailey, On Wednesday, January 20, 1802. London: Printed by A. Macpherson for J. Lee..... More