The Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Murray, Bart, by a ...
A Controversial 1815 Court Martial of One of Wellington's Generals [Trial]. Murray, John, Defendant. Gurney, W[illiam] B[rodie] [1777-1855], Reporter. The Trial of Lieutenant General Sir John Murray, Bart. By a General Court Martial, Held at Winchester, On Monday the 16th of January, 1815, And Continued by Adjournment, Till Monday the 6th of February, 1815. Taken in Short Hand. London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1815. vii, 562 pp. Woodcut folding map. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-7/8"). Later library cloth, red and black lettering pieces and paper location label to spine. Some shelfwear and soiling with wear to lettering pieces, hinges cracked, front free endpaper detached, partial vertical tear to folding map along fold line. Moderate toning and light foxing to text, marks and annotations in early hand to several leaves, light soiling and two faint library inkstamps to title page. $350. * Only edition. Murray was court-martialed for his mishandling of an engagement with Napoleon's army in Tarragona during the Peninsular War (1807-1814). A highly debated trial, it resulted in Murray's acquittal of all charges except one: abandoning his cannon. That charge was later dismissed. Overall, it seems that Murray's performance was marred by incompetence and cowardice. Many believed so at the time, including Prince Regent George IV, who denied Murray's petition to become a member of the Order of the Bath. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, LA County, Library of Congress, University of Minnesota, US Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School). Yale Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:1149.
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