November 14, 2023
Highlights in this list include:
An Arcane Component of Victorian-Era Chancery Practice Braithwaite, Thomas W. Oaths in Chancery: Practical Directions to "Commissioners to Administer Oaths in Chancery;" Being a Collection of Officially Recognized Forms of Jurats and Oaths with Explanatory Notes and Observations. London: V. & R. Stevens and G.S. Norton, 1854. 57, [3], 24..... More
"$100 Reward!" [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [New York]. $100 Reward! Stolen, On the Night of Sept 20th or 21st, From the Office of Lucian Moses, In the Village of Skaneateles, About $100 in National Bank Bills, $10 in Gold, And One Gold Open-Faced English Lever Watch, Made by "M.J. Tobias & Co...... More
![Item #78391 The Trial, Defence & Sentence of Bishop[,] May & Williams for the. Broadside,...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/78391.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698874954)
Unrecorded Account of the Trial and Execution of the "London Burkers" [Broadside]. [Executions]. Bishop, [John]. Williams, [Thomas]. May, [James]. The Trial, Defence & Sentence of Bishop[,] May & Williams for the Murder of the Italian Boy, Who Were Ordered for Execution on Monday Morning. [London]: Bishop, Printer, Shorts Gardens, Drury..... More
The "Monarch of Highwaymen" [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. [Hawke, William (d.1774)]. An Authentic and Genuine Narrative of the Life and Surprizing Exploits, Of William Hawke, The Famous Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, July 1, 1774, For Robbing Mr. Charles Hart, On the Highway, Of 1s. 8d. Containing I. An Account..... More
Influential English Treatise on Tithes and Tithing Degge, Sir Simon [1612-1704]. The Parson's Counsellor, With the Law of Tithes or Tithing. In Two Books. The First Sheweth, The Order Every Parson, Vicar, &c. Ought to Observe in Obtaining a Spiritual Preferment, And What Duties are Incumbent upon Him After the..... More
First American Edition of an Important English Treatise on Slander and Libel Holt, Francis Ludlow [1780-1844]. [Bleecker, Anthony, Editor]. The Law of Libel: In Which is Contained a General History of This Law in the Ancient Codes, and of Its Introduction, and Successive Alterations, In the Law of England. Comprehending..... More
A Warm Letter from Kent [Manuscript]. Kent, James [1763-1847]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, From James Kent to Thomas Isaac Wharton, New York, May 3, 1828 (?)]. 2 pp. 10" x 8" bifolium, addressed and docketed (Ch. Kent Nov: 3d. 38) on verso with postmark and wax seal. Light toning, fold lines..... More
Cruelty Against a Woman, Or a Political Hatchet Job? Marie, Jane. The Case of Jane Marie, Exhibiting the Cruelty and Barbarous Conduct of James Ross, To a Defenceless Woman. Written and Published by the Object of His Cruelty and Vengeance, And Addressed to the Public of Philadelphia and the Whole..... More
Authoritative Treatise on Tithes Mirehouse, John [1789-1850]. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Tithes. With Additions. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1822. xliv, 336 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Laer cloth, gilt fillets and title to spine, endpapers renewed, edges untrimmed. Light soiling to exterior, spine somewhat darkened, library..... More
State Trials, In Verse Moile, Nicholas Thirning, Pseudonym. [Bliss, Henry (1797-1873)]. State Trials: Specimen of a New Edition. London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1838. xxix, [3], 402 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"). Recent cloth, gilt title and date to spine, endpapers renewed, cloth hinges. Light soiling to exterior, light toning..... More
The Law of Tithes in Early Nineteenth-Century England Plowden, Francis [1749-1829]. The Principles and Law of Tithing: Adapted to the Instruction and Convenience Not Only of Gentlemen of the Profession of the Law, But of All Persons Interested in Tithes; Illustrated by References to the Most Leading and Recent Tithe..... More
![Item #78331 First [through Fourth] Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the. Prison...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/78331.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699570149)
Annual Reports of the Prison Discipline Society, 1826-1829 Prison Discipline Society. First Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society, Boston, June 2, 1826. Sixth Edition. Boston: Published by Perkins and Marvin, 1830. 48 pp. Woodcut diagram. [With] Second Annual Report of the Board of Managers..... More
Report of the Landmark 1729 Investigation of Britain's Prisons by a Committee Chaired by the Founder of Georgia [Prisons]. [Great Britain]. [House of Commons]. A Report from the Committee Appointed to Enquire Into the State of the Goals of this Kingdom: Relating to the Marshalsea Prison; And Farther Relating to..... More
A Provocative 1830 Essay on Legal, Political and Social Reform Putt, Charles. Essay on Civil Policy, Or, The Science of Legislation; Comprising the Origin and Nature of Government, Religion, Laws, Population, Wealth, and Happiness. With a Review of the Practice of the English Law, And Hints for its Improvement. London..... More
Lord Admiral Nelson Testified as a Character Witness [Trial]. Despard, Edward Marcus [1751-1803], Primary Defendant. Gurney, Joseph, Reporter. Gurney, William Brodie, Reporter. The Trial of Edward Marcus Despard, Esquire. For High Treason, At the Session House, Newington, Surry [sic], On Monday the Seventh of February, 1803. London: Sold by M...... More
Convicted for Strangling His Pregnant Wife: McDade 335 [Trial]. Getter, Charles [d.1833], Defendant. The Trial of Charles Getter, For the Murder of His Wife; Late of Forks Township, Northampton County, And Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, And General Goal Delivery, Held at Easton, In and..... More
An "Unparalleled" Record of Love, Bigamy and Murder: A Variant of McDade 493 [Trial]. Hughes, Dr. John W., Defendant. The Trial of Dr. John W. Hughes, For the Murder of Miss Tamzen Parsons; With a Sketch of His Life, As Related by Himself. A Record of Love, Bigamy and Murder..... More
The Colorful Duchess of Kingston [Trial]. Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey, Duchess of [1720-1788], Defendant. The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full-Parliament, On Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and..... More
![Item #78490 Report of the Trial of William Palmer [with] The Great Lunacy Case. Trial, William...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/78490.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699570165)
Poisoning and Lunacy [Trial]. Palmer, William [1824-1856], Defendant. Illustrated and Unabridged Edition of The Times Report of the Trial of William Palmer for Poisoning John Parsons Cook, At Rugeley. From the Short-Hand Notes Taken in the Central Court from Day to Day. London: Ward and Lock, 1856. 184 pp. With..... More
"He Killed Him With an Axe": McDade 781 [Trial]. Rabello, Agostinho, Defendant. The Trial of Agostinho Rabello for the Murder of Ferris Beardsley, At New-Preston, Con. April 27, 1835. With Some Particulars in Relation to the Life of Rabello. Litchfield, CT: Printed for Birdsey Gibbs, 1835. 48 pp. Octavo (8"..... More
A Murder that May Have Inspired One of Edgar Allen Poe's Most Famous Stories: McDade 809 [Trial]. Robinson, Peter, Defendant. Attree, William, Reporter. The Trial of Peter Robinson for the Murder of Abraham Suydam, Esq., President of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of New Brunswick: Containing a Very Full and..... More
Murder or Self-Defense? [Trial]. Turton, William, Defendant. The Tryal of William Turton, Esq; For the Murder of John Holloway, At the Assizes Held at Oxford, On Thursday, The Seventeenth Day of July, 1755. Before the Honble. Sir Michael Foster, One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench..... More
Trial of the Leaders of the Ill-Fated Miranda Expedition [Trials]. Smith, William S. [1755-1816], Defendant. Ogden, Samuel G. [1779-1860], Defendant. Lloyd, Thomas [1756-1827], Stenographer. The Trials of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden for Misdemeanours had in the Circuit Court of the United States for the New-York District in..... More
![Item #78473 Report of the Trial of John Thomson [with] Report of Mrs Gilmour's. Trials, John...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/78473.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699570154)
Scarce Accounts of Two Scottish Poisoning Trials [Trial]. Thomson, John [c.1830-1858], Defendant. Report of the Trial of John Thomson alias Peter Walker Before the Circuit Court of Justiciary at Glasgow 22d to 24th December 1857, For the Murder of Agnes Montgomery by Prussic Acid, And Subsequent Administration of Prussic Acid..... More
The First English Writer on Jurisprudence Zouch(e), Richard [1590-1661]. Elementa Jurisprudentiae, Definitionibus, Regulis & Sententiis Selectioribus Juris Civilis, Illustrata; Accesserunt Descriptiones Juris & Judicii, Sacri, Militaris, Et Maritimi. Amsterdam: Sumptibus Joh. Nevilsoni, [1652]. [x], 439 pp. Four parts with continuous pagination and divisional title pages. 12mo. (5" x 2-3/4"). Contemporary..... More