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Item #75985 The Trial of John Bellingham, For the Assassination of the Right. Trial, John Bellingham, Defendant.

The Trial of John Bellingham, For the Assassination of the Right...

The Only Successful Attempt on the Life of a British Prime Minister [Trial]. Bellingham, John [1769-1812], Defendant. The Trial of John Bellingham, For the Assassination of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. &c. &c. In the Lobby of the House of Commons, On Monday the 11th May, 1812. Taken in Short Hand, By Mr. Fraser. To Which is Added, An Account of Bellingham's Execution, On Monday, May 18. London: Printed for R. Mercer, 1812. [ii], 108 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning, light soiling to exterior, light foxing to title page and a few other leaves, small chip to bottom-edge of final leaf. $500. * Only edition. Bellingham was motivated by a baseless claim that the Crown owed him money as compensation for time he served in a Russian prison. He believed he was owed compensation because the government did not try to assist him. His murder of Perceval was the only successful attempt on the life of a British Prime Minister. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, LA County, Social Law, University of Pennsylvania, York). Not in the British Museum Catalogue.

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