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Item #73185 Report of the Cause between Charles Sturt, Esq, Plaintiff, And the. Trial, George Spencer-Churchill, Defendant.
Report of the Cause between Charles Sturt, Esq, Plaintiff, And the...

Report of the Cause between Charles Sturt, Esq, Plaintiff, And the...

"Perfidy and Depravity" [Trial]. Spencer-Churchill, George [1766-1840], Defendant. Report of the Cause between Charles Sturt, Esq. Plaintiff, And the Most Noble The Marquis of Blandford, Defendant, For Criminal Conversation with the Right Hon. Lady Mary Ann Sturt; Tried in the Court of King's Bench, Westminster, On Wednesday, The 27th May 1801, Before Lord Kenyon, And a Special Jury. With an Appendix, Containing the Letters of the Parties Which Did Not Appear on the Trial; A Preface, And Notes. London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1801. xxiii, [1], 149, [3] pp. Publisher advertisements to last 3 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Recent buckram, gilt fillets, title and date to spine, endleaves renewed. Light browning to interior, occasional light foxing, light edgewear with corners lacking in a few places, chipping and small marginal tears to last two leaves, no loss to text. $350. * Third and final edition. Spencer-Churchill, known for his free-wheeling lifestyle, had an affair with Sturt's wife. Sturt had himself been unfaithful, as he himself admitted during the trial and in the preface to this work. This did not temper his anger. Feeling betrayed at the marquis's conduct, which he describes as "a singular instance of perfidy and depravity," he brought a suit for ?20,000. The judge concluded that Sturt's adultery had precluded damages, but the jury disagreed and awarded him one hundred pounds. OCLC locates 8 copies of this edition, 4 in North America (New York Public Library, George Washington Law School, University of Georgia Law School, Harvard Law School).

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