Rare Account of "A Mysterious and Dreadful Murder" [Trials]. Thurtell, John [1794-1824]. Probert, William (d.1825). Hunt, Joseph. A Narrative of the Mysterious and Dreadful Murder of Mr. W. Weare, Containing the Examination Before the Magistrates, The Coroner's Inquest, The Confession of Hunt, And Other Particulars Previous to the Trial, Collected..... More
An Accused Adulterer Defended by Richard Henry Dana [Trial]. Kalloch, I[saac] S[mith] [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..... More
A Complete Set, 83 Volumes, of the Notable British and Scottish Trials [Trials]. [William Hodge & Company]. [Notable British and Scottish Trials]. London: William Hodge & Company, 1905-1960 (Volume 55, The Bounty Mutineers, printed by Hodge for Butterworths). Complete 83-volume set. Original cloth, moderate shelfwear, tear to backstip of one..... More
"More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State" [Trial]. Baker, Abner, Defendant. Crozier, C.W. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr., (A Monomaniac) Who Was Executed October 3, 1845, For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law, Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of..... More
Cluverius Defended by a Family Friend: McDade 194 [Leigh, Phillip]. [Cluverius, Thomas J. (1861-1887), Defendant]. Lillian Madison's Marriage and Murder: Cluverius Did Not Kill Her. The Sequel Told. Richmond, VA: Patrick Keenan, Printer, 1887. 29 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and faint staining..... More
A Collection of Scarce Dublin Pamphlets in a Contemporary Binding [Great Britain]. [A Trial Bound with Five Pamphlets on Social and Political Topics]. Dublin, 1740-1747. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Together 6 titles. Contemporary calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Some minor nicks and..... More
An 1802 Massachusetts Sermon Criticizing Public Executions Thacher, Thomas [1756-1812]. The Danger of Despising the Divine Counsel: Exhibited in a Discourse, Delivered at Dedham, Third Precinct, September 13, 1801, The Lord's Day After the Execution of Jason Fairbanks. Dedham, [Mass.]: Printed and Sold, By Herman Mann, 1802. 29 pp. Octavo..... More
Account of a Notorious Case of Election Bribery Bound with Several Related Items [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..... More
Parliament Defends Its Case Against the Earl of Strafford St. John, Oliver [1598?-1673]. [Wentworth, Thomas, First Earl of Strafford (1593-1641)]. An Argument of Law Concerning the Bill of Attainder of High-Treason of Thomas Earle of Strafford: At a Conference in a Committe of Both Houses of Parliament. By Mr. St..... More
Mrs. Kinney Defends Herself Kinney, Hannah. A Review of the Principal Events of the Last Ten Years in the Life of Hannah Kinney: Together with Some Comments Upon the Late Trial. Written by Herself. Boston: J.N. Bradley & Co., 1841. 87 pp. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary cloth, faint label..... More
Designed to Display the Corruption of the Irish Nobility [Trial]. Taylour, Thomas, Marquess of Headfort [1757-1829], Defendant. A Report of the Trial on an Action for Damages Brought by the Reverend Charles Massy Against the Most Noble the Marquis of Headfort, For Criminal Conversation With Plaintiff's Wife: Damages Laid at..... More
Interesting English Cases Tried in 1737, Three Concerning Soldiers, One a Cattle Thief [Trials]. [Great Britain]. [Three Cases Concerning Soldiers, One Concerning a Cattle Thief]. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1737. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Five pamphlets, two relating to the same trial, bound into nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over pebbled..... More
Unrecorded Imprint With an Added Hand-Colored Portrait of the Criminal [Trial]. Turpin, Richard [c.1705-1739], Defendant. Kyll, Thomas, Reporter. The Whole Life and Trial at Large of the Notorious Highwayman Richard Turpin, At York Assizes, On the 22d Day of March, 1739, Before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of..... More
Cases Selected "For the Information of Officers of the Militia" [Trials]. Loring, Joseph, Jr., [1767-1838], Defendant. Binney, Amos [1778-1833], Defendant. Howe, Thomas, Defendant. The Militia Reporter; Containing The Trials of Capt. Jos. Loring, Jun. on the Charges of Maj. Davis, Capt. Amos Binney on the Charges of Maj. Osgood, Capt..... More
Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina [Manuscript Archive]. [Argentina]. [Trial]. [Legal Documents Relating to a Railway Righ-of-Way Case]. Buenos Aires, 1883-1884. 6 items: 4 notebooks in stiff wrappers, 13" x 9," app. 100 pp. in all, 2 folding maps bound into a folder, 15-3/4" x 28," 12-1/2"..... More
Stevenson, Brenda. The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. xxxi, 411 pp. Hardcover in near-fine dust jacket. $10. More
Ravishment, Excommunication, Spousal Abuse and Other Matters [Manuscript Archive]. [Trials]. [Great Britain]. [Legal Documents Relating to Six Trials]. Great Britain, 1631-1632. 6 items, 2 are single leaves, 4 bifolia, sizes range from 9-1/2" x 8-1/3/4" to 12" x 7-1/2." Moderate toning and soiling, occasional browning, vertical folds, 5 items docketed..... More
"A Figure with the Body, Feet, And Tail of a Rat, With the Head and Face of a Man, (Resembling the Plaintiff)" [Trial]. Wood, William, Defendant. St. Luke's Parish Malt!!! Fairburn's Edition of the Trial Between Doctor Smith and Mr. Wm. Wood: For a Malicious and Scandalous Libel Against the..... More
Account of an Adultery Trial Published to Block an Academic Appointment [Trial]. Ure, Andrew [1778-1857], Plaintiff. [Chapman, Nathaniel, Editor]. The Whole of the Proceedings, Duly Authenticated, In the Case of Divorce of Andrew Ure, M.D. v. Catharine Ure, For Adultery with Granville Sharpe Pattison. Tried in the Consistory Court at..... More
He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel [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 and Moore..... More
Not in McDade [Trial]. Tirrell, Albert J., Defendant. The Trial of Albert J. Tirrell, Charged with the Murder of Mrs. Maria A. Bickford. Before the Suprteme Court in Boston. Boston: Daily Mail Report-Full and Complete, [1846]. 37 pp. Text in parallel columns. Portraits. Illustrations. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched..... More
A Notorious Case of Wrongful Conviction that Led to the Creation of the English Court of Criminal Appeal [Trial]. [Adolf Beck Case]. Committee of Inquiry into the Case of Mr. Adolf Beck. Report from the Committee; Together with Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, And Facsimiles of Various Documents. Presented to Both..... More
A Classic Case of Legal Malpractice Litigation Niven, George W., Defendant. Sampson, William, Reporter. The Case of George W. Niven, Esq. Charged with Mal-practices, and Suspended by Order of the Court of Common Pleas, of the City of New-York, Containing Much Curious Matter, Ingenuous Argument, and Eloquent Discourse, Equally Interesting..... More
The Model for Mr. Jaggers in Dickens's Great Expectations [Trial]. Harmer, James [1777-1853]. [Holloway, John (d. 1807), Defendant]. [Haggerty, Owen (d. 1807), Defendant]. Murder of Mr. Steele: Documents and Observations Tending to Shew a Probability of the Innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty, Who Were Executed on Monday the..... More
With Sixteen Hand-Colored Plates, Three by George Cruikshank [Trials]. Moore, A. [Cruikshank, George, Illustrator]. [Jenkins, J., Illustrator]. The Annals of Gallantry; Or, The Conjugal Monitor: Being a Collection of Curious and Important Trials for Divorces, And Actions of Crim. Con. During the Present Reign; Accompanied with Biographical Memoirs and Anecdotes..... More