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The Arguments and Reports of Sr Hen Pollexfen, Kt, Late Lord Chief...
A Valuable Set of Reports Pollexfen, Henry [1631-1691], Reporter. The Arguments and Reports of Sr. Hen. Pollexfen, Kt. Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, In Some Special Cases, By Him Argued During the Time of his Practice at the Barr. Together with Divers Decrees in the..... More
Reports of Cases Concerning the Revenue, Argued and Determined...
Handsome Presentation Copy of an Uncommon Volume of Exchequer Reports Parker, Thomas [1695?-1784], Reporter. Reports of Cases Concerning the Revenue, Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, From Easter Term 1743, To Hilary Term 1767. With an Appendix, Containing Cases Upon the Same Subject in Former Reigns. With Two..... More
Un Livre des Entries, Contenant Auxi un Report des Resolutions del...
"Valuable and Accurate" Lutwyche, Sir Edward [d. 1709]. Un Livre des Entries: Contenant Auxi un Report des Resolutions del Court sur Diverse Exceptions Prises as Pleadings, Et Sur Auters Matters en Ley; Surdant (Pur la Plupart) en le Court de Common-Bank, Enter le 34 An del Roy Charles le Second..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, Since the...
"An Epoch in the History of Reporting" Burrow, Sir James [1701-1782], Reporter. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, Since the Death of Lord Raymond; In Four Parts, Distributed According to the Times of his Four Successors, Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord..... More
A Narrative History of the Murder of Mrs Frances Delaney-Hummel....
An Axe-Murder in Central Pennsylvania Ghaff, George E., Editor. Person, Elmer E., Editor. A Narrative History of the Murder of Mrs. Frances Delaney-Hummel and Her Three Children, Including the Capture, Imprisonment, Trial, Court's Charge, And Conviction, And Embracing the Confession of William Hummel, The Murderer. Williamsport, PA: The Sun and..... More
Mark E Foster, Hardwick, County of Caledonia, Vermont, Wanted for...
A Vermont Embezzler [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Vermont]. Mark E. Foster, Hardwick, County of Caledonia, Vermont, Wanted for Embezzlement. [Caledonia County, VT, 1908]. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" broadside, single-column text below photographic image of Foster and headline. Light toning, two horizontal fold lines, light soiling to margins. $150. * Foster embezzled funds from..... More
Account of the Short Life and Ignomious Death of Stephen Merrill...
Trial and Execution of a Teen-Age Arsonist in Salem, Massachusetts [Trial]. Clark, Stephen Merrill [1804-1821], Defendant. Account of the Short Life and Ignomious Death of Stephen Merrill Clark, Who was Executed at Salem on Thursday the Tenth Day of May, 1821 at the Early Age of 16 Years and 9..... More
The Trial of John Williams...Murder on the High Seas, 1818.
An Interesting Murder and Piracy Trial, Joseph Story Presided [Trial]. Williams, John, Primary Defendant. The Trial of John Williams, Francis Frederick, John P. Rog, Nils Peterson and Nathaniel White, On an Indictment for Murder on the High Seas: Before the Circuit Court of the United States, Holden for the District..... More
Eccentricities & Anecdotes of Albert John Tirrell, The Reputed...
A Rare Account of the Bickford Murder Trial: McDade 987 [Trial]. Tirrell, Albert J., Defendant. [Estabrook, Silas, Primary Author]. Eccentricities & Anecdotes of Albert John Tirrell, The Reputed Murderer of the Beautiful Maria Bickford, Who Met Her Untimeley Fate on the Night of the 25th October, 1845, In the Moral..... More
The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, Knight and Baronet, Late one...
"Among the Best of the Older Books" Yelverton, Sir Henry [1566-1629]. Wylde, Sir William (1611-1679), Editor. The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, Knight and Baronet, Late One of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, Of Divers Special Cases in the Court of King's Bench, As Well in the..... More
The Dialogue in English, Betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, And a...
A Classic English Work on Equity and the Philosophy of Law that Influenced Blackstone [Saint German (Germain), Christopher]. The Dialogue in English, Betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, And a Student in the Lawes of England. Newly Corrected and Imprinted with New Additions. [London]: Printed by the Assignes of John More..... More
The History of the Common Law of England, 3rd ed. 1739
Handsome Early Edition of Hale's History of the Common Law Hale, Matthew [1609-1676]. The History of the Common Law of England. Divided into Twelve Chapters. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, And R. Gosling, 1739. [viii], 261, [11] pp. Title page preceded by publisher advertisement leaf. Copperplate table of..... More
The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt In Verse; Wherein the Name...
Coke's Reports in Verse Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. [Worrall, John (d.1771), Editor]. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt. In Verse; Wherein the Name of Each Case and the Principal Points are Contained in Two Lines. To Which are Added, References in the Margin to All the Editions of the..... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, With Some...
"Their General Accuracy, I Believe, Has not Been Questioned" Salkeld, William [1671-1715]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Heads; From the First Year of K. William and Q. Mary..... More
The Touch-Stone of Common Assurances, Or, A Plain and Familiar...
The First Work Devoted to the Theory of Conveyancing Sheppard, William [fl. 1660]. Hilliard, Edward, Editor. The Touch-Stone of Common Assurances: Or, A Plain and Familiar Treatise, Opening the Learning of the Common Assurances, Or Conveyances of the Kingdom. Revised & Corrected, With Notes and Additional References by Edward Hilliard..... More
A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or, A System of the Principal...
A Classic Treatise on English Criminal Law Hawkins, William [1673-1746]. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or a System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Their Proper Heads. Corrected, With the Addition of Some References. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, 1724..... More
Le Primer Report des Cases et Matters en Ley Resolues & Adiudges...
Davies's Reports Davies, Sir John [1569-1626]. Le Primer Report des Cases et Matters en Ley Resolues & Adiudges en les Courts del Roy en Ireland. Collect & Digest per Sr. Iohn Dauys Chivaler, Atturney Generall del Roy en Cest Realme. London: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Company of Stationers..... More
A Practical Treatise on Ecclesiastical and Civil Dilapidations...
The First English Treatise on Laws Concerning Architecture Elmes, James [1782-1862]. A Practical Treatise on Ecclesiastical and Civil Dilapidations, Re-Instatements, Waste, &c. With an Appendix Containing Cases Decided, Precedents of Notices to Repair, Examples of Valuations, Surveys, Estimates, &c. Considerably Enlarged. London: Samuel Brooke, 1829. xxiv, 288, cxxi, [28] pp..... More
The Lives of the Lord Chancellors. Extra-Illustrated. 8 vols. Complete
Lavishly Extra-Illustrated Copy of Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors in a Handsome Binding Campbell, John, Lord [1779-1861]. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. London: John Murray, 1846-1869. Seven volumes and..... More
The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. 1st ed. 1628
"Not the Name of a Lawyer Onely, But of the Law It Selfe" Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Or, A Commentarie upon Littleton, Not the Name of a Lawyer Onely, But of the Law It Selfe. London: Printed for the..... More
Commentaries on the Laws of England. Dublin, 1773. 4 Volumes.
The "Fifth" Dublin Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books. Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, John Williams, and David Hay, 1773. Four volumes. Copperplate "Table of Consanguinity" and folding "Table of Descents." Octavo (5" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary calf..... More
The Young Lawyer's Recreation: Being a Choice Collection of Several...
"When the Pill is Gilt, It is Easily Swallowed" [Philonomus]. The Young Lawyer's Recreation. Being a Choice Collection of Several Pleasant Cases, Passages, And Customs in the Law: For the Entertainment as Well as Profit of the Reader. London: Printed for Samuel Briscoe, 1694. [xvi], 206, [2] pp. Main text..... More
A Report of Divers Cases in Pleas of the Crown, Adjudged and...
The First Set of Reports Devoted to Criminal Law Kelyng, Sir John [d. 1671], Reporter. A Report of Divers Cases in Pleas of the Crown, Adjudged and Determined; In the Reign of the Late King Charles II. With Directions for Justices of the Peace and Others. Collected by Sir John..... More
Reports and Cases, Collected by the Learned, Sir John Popham, Knight.
"Matter Profound...With Convenient Brevity" Popham, Sir John [1531-1607]. Reports and Cases, Collected by the Learned, Sir John Popham, Knight, Late Lord Chief-Justice of England. Written with His Own Hand in French, And Now Faithfully Translated into English. To Which are Added Some Remarkable Cases Reported by Other Learned Pens Since..... More
The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer, 4 vols, London, 1772
A Handsome Edition of Burn's Justice Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1772. Four volumes. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Recent cloth, blind fillets and red and black calf lettering pieces to spines, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning, light..... More