Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks On the Indictment for Murder...
McDade 297: One of the Most Sensational American Trials of the Early 1800s [Trial]. Fairbanks, Jason, Defendant. Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks, On an Indictment for the Murder of Miss Elizabeth Fales. At the Supreme Court, Holden at Dedham, in the County of Norfolk, On Thursday the 6th, And Friday the 7th Days of August, 1801. Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, 1801. 87 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into later cloth, gilt title and fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, moderate browning and light foxing to interior, corner folds and small chips to edges of a few leaves, tears with early repairs to title page and following leaf. $350. * Second edition, one of four editions, all issued in 1801. The second, third and fourth editions have a history of the case and an eye-witness account of Fairbanks's execution. This was one of the most sensational American trials of the early 1800s. The parents of Elizabeth Fales objected to Fairbanks's suit, and he, in revenge or frustration, slit her throat in a field, attempting at the same time to commit suicide. When apprehended, he claimed that she tried to kill herself. After his conviction Fairbanks escaped custody and almost reached Canada, but was apprehended in Vermont. He was hanged a short time later. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 12550. McDade, The Annals of Murder 297.
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