"Is Your Profession Law? May Heaven Save It" [Broadside]. The Carriers' Annual. To the Patrons of the Daily Evening Transcript. At head: January 1....1834. [Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1833]. 15-1/2" x 10-1/2" broadside, text in two columns below headline and woodcut vignette of newspaper carriers doing their rounds, surrounded by..... More
Supporters of Charles II Take to the Tables in Gray's Inn [Broadside]. The Lawyers Demurrer, To the Addresses in Fashion. Or, The Several Declarations and Orders of the Honourable Societies of the Middle-Temple, And Gray's-Inn, Lately Made in Relation to That Affair. London: Printed for Richard Janeway, 1681. 12" x...... More
He Fatally Shot His Father's Servant [Broadside]. [Trial]. Davis, George [d.1833], Defendant. The Trial of Geo: Davis, For the Wilful Murder of Thomas Cooper. [London]: Smeeton, Printer, [1833]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside, text in single column below headline. Light toning, light foxing, soiling and very light creasing in places, a...... More
1836 Broadside of Laws Regulating Albany's Public Markets [Broadside]. [Albany, New York]. A Law in Addition to a Law, Entitled "Of the Public Market Houses." Passed February 1, 1836. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Albany, in Common Council Convened, do Ordain as Follows:... Erastus Corning, Mayor..... More
Legal Broadside from the Ancien Regime [Broadside]. [France]. Arrest du Conseil D'Etat du Roi, Portant Reglement pour la Perception des Droits de Petit-Scel, & De Ceux des Presentations & Defauts des Causes Entre Marchands, Qui Seront Jugees dans les Jurisdictions Ordinaires. Du 23 Avril 1765. Aix: Chez le Veuve de..... More
A Fatal Fall Through Thin Ice [Broadside]. [Accidental Death]. [Illinois]. $50.00 Reward! The Above Reward will be Paid for the Recovery the [sic] Body of Miss Jennie Warren, Who was Drowned by Breaking Through the Ice at Hampton, Saturday, February 1st. Hampton, Illinois: S.n., [February? 1890]. 13" x 9-1/2" broadside..... More
The "Negro of 'Inflooence'" [Broadside]. [African-Americans]. [North Carolina]. Hull, F[red] A., Engraver. A Sample of Democratic White Supremacy in North Carolina. Judge Winston's Dream of Riding the District with George H. White, the Negro of "Inflooence." Are the People of North Carolina Going To Elect Judge Francis D. Winston Lieutenant-Governor..... More
A Trio of Broadside Ballads [Broadside]. [Ballads]. [Great Britain]. Death of the Fox/I Saw Her at the Fancy Fair/The Thorn. [England, S.n., c.1840]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" triple-text broadside in two columns, backed onto 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" sheet, verse texts, each below headline, woodcut image of a fox hunter on horseback..... More
"Such Devils as Frank Almy Can Never Him Defy" [Broadside]. Beard, Alexander B. [Almy, Frank C.]. The Horrible Murder at Hanover, N.H.: Took Place July 21, 1891. Composed and Written While the Officers Were Seeking Almy. West Manchester, NH: [Published by the Author], 1891. 11" x 5-1/4" broadside, nine verses..... More
"To Confirme to His Subiects Their Defective Estates" [Broadside]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. By the King. A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Royall Grace and Pleasure, To Confirme to His Subiects Their Defective Estates in Their Lands and Possessions, By His Commission Lately Renewed and Enlarged to That Purpose..... More
Stricter Enforcement of Lenten Laws [Broadside]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. By the King. A Proclamation Commanding the Due Execution of the Lawes Made Against Eating and Selling of Flesh in Lent, And Other Times Prohibited. London: Imprinted...by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of Iohn Bill, 1631 [i.e...... More
"A Testimonial of Their Firmness and Integrity" [Broadside]. [Coldbath Fields Riot]. An Authentic Account of the Proceedings of the Coroner's Inquest on the Body of Robert Cully, A Policeman; With the Very Important Verdict of the Jury; To Which is Added (By Permission) An Authentic Copy of that Affecting Letter..... More
"The Very Important Verdict of the Honest Jury" [Broadside]. [Coldbath Fields Riot]. An Authentic Account of the Proceedings of the Coroner's Inquest on the Body of Robert Culley, A Policeman, With the Very Important Verdict of the Honest Jury. London: Smeeton, Printer, Tuesday, May 21, 1833. 14-3/4" x 10" broadside..... More
An Early Example of a Clash Between Police and Protesters [Broadside]. [Coldbath Fields Riot]. An Authentic Account of the Riotous Meeting Near Gray's Inn Road; With Full Particulars of the Sad Murder of Robert Culley, A Policeman, And the Stabbing of Serj. Brookes. London: Smeeton, Printer, [1833]. 14-3/4" x 10"..... More
"These Two Parties are Traveling in a Big Buick Automobile" [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [California]. Wanted! No. 1 - Known Here as C.J. Wagner, Age About 30; 5 Feet 6 1-2 Inches Tall; Well Dressed; Weight About 175 Pounds. Claims to be an Oculist and Carries a Case with Eye Glasses for..... More
Prisoners Awaiting Trial in Newcastle, February, 1831. [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners Confined in His Majesty's Gaols at Durham, Newcastle, and Morpeth, For Trial at the Assizes, February, 1831, Before the Honourable Sir Joseph Littledale, Knight, And the Honourable Sir James Parke, Knight, Justices of the..... More
The Fates of 24 Criminals in Staffordshire [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Leek Division of the County of Stafford. List of Cases To Be Heard At The Court House [Leek] on the [6th] Day of [Nov.] 187[2]. Leek, Staffordshire, 1872. 16-1/2" x 13" part-printed broadside completed in manuscript. Light toning, horizontal..... More
A Lowell, Massachusetts Wanted Poster in English and French [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Lamothe, Joseph Agenor]. Wanted for Murder of Georgiana Goddu. Lowell, MA: Lowell Police Department, Sunday, June 28, 1903. 6" x 23" broadside, single column text below photograph of the fugitive, Joseph Agenor Lamothe, and headline, bottom half of text..... More
"Will Likely Steal Anything He Can Carry Away With Him" [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Montana]. [Hill, Edward]. Wanted for Burglary: Edward Hill, Hardin, Montana, March 25, 1915. 11" x 8-1/4" broadside, physical description of Hill in two columns with main text in single column below. Moderate toning, a few small tears and..... More
"$100 Reward!" [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [New York]. $100 Reward! Stolen, On the Night of Sept 20th or 21st, From the Office of Lucian Moses, In the Village of Skaneateles, About $100 in National Bank Bills, $10 in Gold, And One Gold Open-Faced English Lever Watch, Made by "M.J. Tobias & Co...... More
Highway Robbery, Tomkins County, New York, 1879 [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [New York (State)]. $100.00 Reward!! Dated Oct. 8, 1879. Tomkins County, NY, October 8, 1879. 9-1/2" x 9" broadside, text in single column below headline. Light browning, horizontal fold line through center, a few chips and clean short tears to left-hand..... More
"All Men Being in Office of Government...Shall So Continue Till His Highness Further Direction" [Broadside]. Cromwell, Richard [1626-1712], Lord Protector. By the Protector. A Proclamation Signifying His Highness Pleasure, That All Men Being in Office of Government, At the Decease of His Most Dear Father, Oliver Late Lord Protector, Shall..... More
"Escaped from the Custody of the Undersigned" [Broadside]. [Escaped Prisoner]. [New Hampshire]. $200.00 Reward! Two Hundred Dollars Will Be Paid for the Arrest and Delivery to the Subscriber of Joseph Frederick Emerson. Concord, NH: June 21, 1855. 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" broadside. Light browning, vertical and horizontal fold lines. A well-preserved..... More
Unrecorded Account of a Notably Brutal London Murder in 1822 [Broadside]. [Execution]. Abbott, William [d.1822]. An Account of the Trial, Behaviour, And Execution of Will.m Abbott for the Wilful Murder of Mary Lees, Alias Duggan, Or Long Poll. Who Was Executed at the Old Bailey, On Monday Last. [Hythe, Kent]..... More
Only Known Copy: "Their Behaviour Has Been Truly Penitent" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Attel, John. Hatchman, William. Newman, Charlotte. James, Mary Ann. The Trials and Execution of John Attel for Burglary, And William Hatchman, Charlotte Newman, And Mary Ann James for Forgery, Who were Executed this Morning, Before the Debtor's Door, Old..... More