Impressive Scholarly Edition of De Criminibus Matthaeus, Antonius [1601-1654]. Hewett, M.L., Editor. Stoop, B.C., Research Editor. On Crimes: A Commentary on Books XLVII and XLVIII of the Digest Edited and Translated into English. Volume I: Cape Town: Juta & Co., 1987; Volume II: Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1993; Volume... More
Rare Nineteenth-Century Treatise on Ship Mortgages Trollope, Thomas Anthony [1774-1835]. A Treatise on the Mortgage of Ships, As Affected by the Registry Acts; And on the Proper Mode of Effecting Mortgages on Property of this Nature, And on the Liabilities of the Mortgagee. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son... More
Reports in Chancery, 1615-1712 [Great Britain]. Court of Chancery. Reports of Cases Taken and Adjudged in the Court of Chancery, In the Reign of King Charles I., Charles II., James II., William III. And Queen Anne. Being Special Cases and Most of Them Decreed With the Assistance of the Judges... More
Comberbach's Reports Comberbach, Roger. Comberbach, Roger, [Jr.], Editor. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; From the First Year of King James the Second, To the Tenth Year of King William the Third. Collected by Roger Comberbach Esq; Late Recorder of... More
A Scarce Collection of Entries B[rown(e)], W[illiam]. Formulae Bene Placitandi. A Book of Entries: Containing Variety of Choice Precedents of Counts, Declarations, Informations, Pleas in Barre and in Abatement, Continuances, Replications, Rejoynders, Issues, Verdicts, Judgments After Verdict, Utlaries, Recoveries, & Avowries: And Divers Other Pleadings in Reall, Personall and Mixt..... More
A Great Authority on the Law of Scotland Erskine, John, Of Carnock [1695-1768]. An Institute of the Law of Scotland. In Four Books. In the Order of Sir George Mackenzie's Institutions of that Law. Enlarged by Additional Notes, Containing the Latter Decisions of the Supreme Court on Many Interesting Points;... More
Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Supreme Court Racial Discrimination Case Signed by Justice Kennedy Supreme Court of the United States. [Kennedy, Anthony]. (Slip Opinion) Patterson v McCLean Credit Union, Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1989]. iv, 21... More
Pre-US Reports Printing of an Important Supreme Court Decision Concerning the Death Penalty Inscribed by Justice Powell Supreme Court of the United States. [Powell, Lewis F. (1907-1998)]. (Slip Opinion) Eddings v Oklahoma, Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1982]. ii, 12, 3... More
Pre-US Reports Printing of a Supreme Court Decision Concerning Minors Inscribed by Justice Stevens Supreme Court of the United States. [Stevens, John Paul]. (Slip Opinion) City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1982]... More
One of Two Copies Made to Commemorate the Release of a Man Who was Wrongfully Convicted of Murder [Galley, Edmund]. [Whire, F. Faulkner, Illuminations]. The Galley Momento. [Exeter, England: H. Harrin, 1879, bound 1880]. 15 ff. Folding leaf, a tipped-in 25" x 18" broadside. Large quarto (14-1/2" x 10-3/4"). Crimson... More
A Curious 1864 Case Involving Murder and Insanity Editors of the Journal of Mental Science. Insanity and Crime: A Medico-Legal Commentary on the Case of George Victor Townley. London: John Churchill and Sons, 1864. 47, [1] pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into recent cloth... More
An Alleged Libel on Daniel Webster [Trial]. Lyman, Theodore, Jr. [1792-1849], Defendant. Whitman, John W. [1798-1833], Reporter. Report of a Trial in the Supreme Judicial Court, Holden at Boston, Dec. 16th and 17th, 1828, Of Theodore Lyman, Jr., For an Alleged Libel on Daniel Webster, A Senator of the United... More
Discussion of an 1834 Murder Case by a "Medical Advisor" to the Defense Counsel Fletcher, John [1792-1836]. Remarks on the Trial of Robert Reid, For the Murder of His Wife, Before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh on the 29th of June, 1835. Edinburgh : John Carfrae & Son... More
"A Constant Reminder that Innocent Persons Can Be Convicted" [Trial]. Boorn, Stephen, Defendant. Boorn, Jesse, Defendant. Sargeant, Leonard [1793-1880], Reporter. The Trial, Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn for the Murder of Russell Colvin, And the Return of the Man Supposed to Have Been Murdered. Manchester, VT: Journal... 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
A Scarce Set of Eighteenth-Century Chancery Reports Vesey (Vezey), Francis [1721?-1804]. Cases Argued and Determined, In the High Court of Chancery, In the Time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, From the Year 1746-7, To 1755. With Tables, Notes, And References. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1773. Two volumes... More
The Largest Award Granted in an English Adultery Case [Trial]. Mildmay, Sir Henry [1787-1848], Defendant. [Cruikshank, George (1792-1878), Frontispiece]. Crim Con!! Damages Fifteen Thousand Pounds! Fairburn (Senior's) Edition of the Trial Between Lord Roseberry and Sir Henry Mildmay, For Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife; Before J. Birchall, Esq. At... More
Sensational 1825 Murder Trial in Buffalo, N.Y. [Trial]. Thayer Brothers. The Life, Trial, Condemnation and Dying Address, Of the Three Thayers! Who Were Executed for the Murder of John Love, At Buffalo, N.Y. June 17th, 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher, [1825]. 15 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet... More
Murder Broadside Overlooked by COPAC and OCLC [Broadside]. Gould, Richard, Defendant. Trial of Gould Alias Nicholson for the Murder of Mr. Templeman. [London]: Birt, Printer, 39 Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, [April 14, 1840]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside. Text in single column below headline. Moderate toning, a faint stains... 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
Trial Notable for "Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind" [Trial]. Townley, George Victor [b. 1838], Defendant. The Trial and Respite of George Victor Townley for Wilful Murder. With Original Documents and Correspondence Now First Published; Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind, Portraits, Autographs and Plan. Derby: W. Bemrose... More
A Notable Trial that Pitted Freedom of the Press Against the Law of Libel [Trial]. Child, David Lee [1794-1874], Defendant. Whitman, John W. [1798-1833], Reporter. Trial of the Case of the Commonwealth Versus David Lee Child, For Publishing in the Massachusetts Journal a Libel on the Honorable John Keyees, Before... More
Raped Under Anesthesia by Her Dentist [Trial]. Beale, Stephen T., Defendant. Trial and Conviction of Dr. Stephen T Beale; With the Letters of Chief Justice Lewis, And Judges Black and Woodward, On His Case. Interesting Ether Cases, And the Letters of Prof. Gibson, Prof. Wiltbank, Wm. Badger, Esq., W.L. Hirst..... More
Illustrated Account of "America's Classic Murder" [Trial]. Webster, John White [1793-1850], Defendant. Trial of Professor John W. Webster, For the Murder of Dr. George Parkman in the Medical College, November 23, 1849. Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk, March Term, Present Chief Justice Shaw, Associate Judges Wilde, Metcalf and Dewey. (...)... More
Ancient Laws of Scotland Skene, John [?1543-1617]. Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland, Faithfullie Collected Furth of the Register, And Other Auld Authentick Bukes, Fra the Dayes of King Malcolme the Second, Untill the Time of King James the First, Of Gude Memorie: And Trewlie Corrected in... More
