Only Complete Report of the Burch Divorce Case, Containing a History..
An 1860 Illinois Divorce Case that Dominated Headlines Throughout the United States [Trial]. Burch v. Burch. Only Complete Report of the Burch Divorce Case; Containing a History of the Case--The Preliminary Movements, The "Confession" of Mrs. Burch, Opening and Closing Speeches of Counsel, The Deposition of Parties Implicated, and All the Testimony in Full, With the Letters Offered in Evidence but Ruled Out by the Court. New York: Robert M. DeWitt, [c.1860]. 116 pp. Main text in double columns. Pictorial wrappers lacking. Octavo (6" x 9-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Moderate toning to interior, light soiling to p. 116, early owner name (Dennison) to head of title page. $175. * Only edition. This sensational Illinois divorce case dominated headlines throughout the United States. It involved a prominent Chicago banker and his socialite wife, who denied his accusations of adultery and countered with charges that he married her for her fortune and had mistreated her. The jury agreed and ruled in her favor. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 11418.
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