A Defense Based on "Epileptic Insanity": McDade 583 [Trial]. Laros, Allen C. Edgar, F.W., Editor. Trial of Allen C. Laros at Easton, Pennsylvania, August, 1876, For the Murder of His Father, Martin Laros, By Poison, And His Defence, Based upon the Allegation of Epileptic Insanity, Together with the Argument on..... More
Law and History Review. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press for the American Society for Legal History. Volume 1 no. 1 (Spring 1983) to Volume 7 no. 1 (Spring 1989), complete in 6 books. Imprint varies with Volumes. 1 to 5 published by Cornell Law School. Volumes bound in blue..... More
A New York City Counterpart to the Newgate Calendar Rogers, Daniel, Reporter. The New-York City-Hall Recorder, For the Year 1816. Containing Reports, Of the Most Interesting Trials and Decisions Which Have Arisen in the Various Courts of Judicature, For the Trial of Jury Causes in the Hall, During that Year..... More
With a Novel System for Drafting of Forms Read, Collinson [1751-1815]. Precedents in the Office of A Justice of Peace. To Which is Added a Short System of Conveyancing, In a Method Entirely New. With an Appendix, Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Forms. With Considerable Additions. Harrisburg: Printed..... More
The First Systematic Treatise on International Law by An English Author Manning, W[illiam] Oke [1809-1878]. Commentaries on the Law of Nations. London, S. Sweet; Milliken and Son, Dublin; and Clark, Edinburgh, 1839. xxviii, 390 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary papert-covered boards, printed papaer title label to spine. Light rubbing..... More
First Edition of the Standard English Textbook on Grotius Rutherforth, Thomas [1712-1771]. Institutes of Natural Law Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis Read in S. Johns College Cambridge. In Which are Explaned the Rights and Obligations of Mankind Considered as Individuals..... More
Inscribed by Kent Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1832. Volume I of a four-volume set. xvi, 559 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spines, lower lettering piece lacking. Moderate rubbing and a few..... More
Only American Edition of Tomlins's Dictionary Tomlins, Sir Thomas Edlyne [1762-1841]. Granger, Thomas Colpitts [d. 1852], Editor. The Law-Dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, And Present State of the British Law: Defining and Interpreting the Terms or Words of Art, And Comprising also Copious Information on the Subjects of Trade and..... More
A Famous Salem Murder: McDade 569 [Trial]. Knapp, John Francis, Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of John Francis Knapp for the Murder of Joseph White, Esq. of Salem, On the Sixth of April 1830. Boston: Published by Charles Ellms, 1830. 35, [1] pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut title vignette of murder..... More
One of the Men Who Murdered Captain White: McDade 564 [Murder]. Citizen of Danvers. [Crowninshield, Richard (1804-1830)]. Biographical Sketch of the Celebrated Salem Murderer, Who for Ten Years Past has Been the Terror of Essex County, Mass. Including a Full and Authentic Account of His Daring Exploits; Together with Many..... More
The Jury Could Not Decide: McDade 572 [Trial]. Knapp, John Francis, Defendant. Trial of John Francis Knapp as Principal in the Second Degree for the Murder of Capt. Joseph White, Before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, At a Special Session, Commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830..... More
"Such Devils as Frank Almy Can Never Him Defy" 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 enclosed..... More
Davies, Ross E., Editor. Hoeflich, M. H., Editor. Holmes Reads Holmes: Reflections on the Real-Life Links Between the Jurist and the Detective in the Library, In the Courtroom, And on the Battlefield. 84 pp. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing, 2020. ISBN-13: 9781616196479. ISBN-10: 1616196475. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * Starting in..... More
Account Book of Polk's Attorney General and Ambassodor to Mexico, Later an Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice [Manuscript]. Clifford, Nathan [1803-1881]. [Clifford, Hannah Ayer (1811-1892)]. [Account Book]. Newfield, ME, 1839-1849. [110] pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 6-1/4"). Quarter calf over marbled boards, rebacked, hinges mended. Moderate rubbing to boards, corners bumped..... More
1854 California Session Laws in Spanish [California]. Mauriz, H. Gomez, Translator. Leyes de California Aprobadas en la Quinta Sesion de la Lejislatura que Comenzo en Benicia el Cuatro de Enero de 1854, Y Concluyo en Sacramento el Quince de Mayo del mismo Ano. Traducidas del Ingles por H. Gomez Mauriz..... More
The Last Compilation of Texas Law Published Before the Civil War Oldham, Williamson S., Compiler. White, George, Compiler. A Digest of the General Statute Laws of the State of Texas: To Which Are Subjoined the Repealed Laws of the Republic and State of Texas, By, Through, or Under Which Rights..... More
A Witty (And Very French) View of Family Law Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De la Puissance Paternelle. X. De la Minorite. XI. De la Majorite. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]..... More
Revolutionary-Period Rhode Island Justice's "Book of Records" [Manuscript]. Cook(e) Hopkins [b.1735]. A Book of Records of Justice's Courts No 2. Begun January 1st. Anno Domi. 1774 By H. Cooke Just. Peace. [East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, December 24, 1773-September 4, 1781], [282] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Four sewn..... More
Fascining Insights into the Political, Social, Legal and Commercial Life of Medieval London Carpenter, John [d.1441]. Whittington, Richard [d.1423] Riley, Henry Thomas [1816-1878], Translator. Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of London. Compiled A.D. 1419, By J. Carpenter, Common Clerk, R. Whitington, Mayor. Translated from the Original Latin..... More
Texas Reward Poster Seeking the Capture of Jewelry Thieves and the Recovery of Stolen Jewelry [Broadside]. [Theft]. [San Angelo, Texas]. $400.00 Reward. The Above Reward is Offered for the Apprehension of the Burglar or Burglars and Return of the Following Goods, Taken from H.D. Leffel, Jeweler, San Angelo, Texas, On..... 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
Cluverius Tells His Story: McDade 193 Cluverius, Thomas J. [1861-1887]. Cluverius: My Life, Trial and Conviction. Richmond: Andrews, Baptist & Clemmitt, 1887. 112 pp. Quarto (6" x 5"). Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate soiling, light rubbing to extremities, spine ends abraded, moderate toning to text, minor stains to title..... More
"Fraternalism Gone Bad": McDade 689 [Trial]. [Mollie Maguires]. Argument of Franklin B. Gowen, Esq., Of Counsel for the Commonwealth, In the Case of the Commonwealth vs. Thomas Munley, Indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Schuylkill County, Pa., For the Murder of Thomas Sanger, A Mining Boss, At..... More
A Satirical Poetic Account of a Notable Nineteenth-Century Virginia Murder Trial [Winston, Mrs. Charles P.]. "Cousin Tommie!" (T.J. Cluverius), A Parody By a Richmond Lady, Respectfully Dedicated to the Counsel for the Commonwealth. Richmond, VA: C.F. Johnston, 1885. 8 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers (with..... More
A Murder in Richmond: McDade 711 [Murder]. [Richmond, VA]. [Myers, William R.]. The Letters and Correspondence of Mrs. Virginia Myers, (Which Have Never Before Been Published or Even Read in Court,) to Dudley Marvin Hoyt, Who was Murdered at Richmond, Sept. 28th, 1846, by Wm. R. Myers, and Two Others..... More