CRIME

• "BLACK JACOB," A MONUMENT OF GRACE. THE LIFE OF JACOB HODGES, AN AFRICAN NEGRO, WHO DIED IN CANANDAIGUA, N.Y., FEBRUARY, 1842 . BY A.D. EDDY, NEWARK, N.J. REVISED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION. - Eddy, A.D.:
• "LITTLE CUBA:" OR, CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. BEING A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, WAR, AND STARTLING ADVENTURES. THE MASSACRE OF THE YOUNG STUDENTS! SHOOTING THE MEN FOUND ON THE AMERICAN SHIP "VIRGINIUS." SPANISH DEEDS OF BLOOD-CHILLING ATROCITY! - [Dallas, Minnie]:
• A CORRECT REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM HOLDEN, JAMES ASHCROFT THE ELDER, JAMES ASHCROFT THE YOUNGER, DAVID ASHCROFT, AND JOHN ROBINSON; FOR THE MURDER OF MARGARET MARSDEN AND HANNAH PARTINGTON; AND FOR ROBBERY IN THE DWELLING-HOUSE OF MR. THOS. LITTLEWOOD, AT PENDLETON: BEFORE SIR RICHARD RICHARDS, KNIGHT, LORD CHIEF BARON OF HIS MAJESTY'S COURT OF EXCHEQUER; AT LANCASTER ASSIZES, ON FRIDAY, THE FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1817. TAKEN IN SHORT-HAND BY GEORGE TAYLOR, SOLICITOR, MANCHESTER. WITH A VIEW OF MR. LITTLEWOOD'S HOUSE AND ADJOINING PREMISES; GROUND PLAN - AND PLAN OF THE ROADS AND PRINCIPAL STATIONS. - Taylor, George:
• A CORRECT STATEMENT OF THE WHOLE PRELIMINARY CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THO. O. SELFRIDGE AND BENJ. AUSTIN; ALSO A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CATASTROPHE IN STATE STREET, BOSTON, ON THE 4TH AUGUST, 1806. WITH SOME REMARKS. - Selfridge, Thomas O.:
• A FULL AND AUTHENTIC REPORT OF THE TESTIMONY ON THE TRIAL OF MATT. F. WARD, CERTIFIED TO BE CORRECT...WITH THE SPEECHES OF GOV. CRITTENDEN, GOV. HELM, T. MARSHALL, ESQ., AND NATHANIEL WOLFE, ESQ., AND THE REPLY OF ALFRED ALLEN, ESQ., ATTORNEY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH. REPORTED BY A.D. RICHARDSON. - [Ward, Matt. F.]:
• A FULL REPORT OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THOMAS F. CARPENTER, SAMUEL Y. ATWELL, AND JOSEPH M. BLAKE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, IN THE CASE OF THE STATE VS. JOHN AND WILLIAM GORDON. FOR THE MURDER OF AMASA SPRAGUE. SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, MARCH, 1844. REPORTED BY EDWIN C. LARNED. - [Gordon, John and William]:
• A FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JAMES BLOMFIELD RUSH FOR THE MURDER OF MR. JERMY AND HIS SON. OF STANFIELD HALL, IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK; COMMENCING ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 28 AND CONCLUDED APRIL 4, 1849, AT NORWICH ASSIZES. - [Rush, James Blomfield]:
• A NEW EDITION OF THE DEMAND OF WILLIAM VANS, ON STEPHEN CODMAN, AND THE HEIRS OF JOHN & RICHARD CODMAN, FOR THE SUM OF 370,000 SILVER DOLLARS, DUE HIM ON FINAL JUDGMENT RENDERED IN FRANCE, AT THE COURT OF APPEAL IN PARIS; WITH A LETTER WRITTEN BY JOHN LOWELL, ESQ. TO C.R. CODMAN, NO. 8, ANNEXED; AND VANS' REPLY TO THAT LETTER, NO. 9, AS WILL APPEAR BY THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS OF FACTS. THE YOUNG, THE OLD, THE WIDOW AND THE PARSON, ARE INVITED TO BUY THIS BOOK, AND LEARN HOW TO GET AND KEEP PROPERTY ACCORDING TO LAW. - Vans, William:
• A REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF THE CASE OF H. R. & J. REYNOLDS, VS. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, BEFORE THE HONORABLE, THE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY, Z. COLLINS LEE. COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS, WM. SCHLEY, ESQ., HON. REVERDY JOHNSON. COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS, ARCHIBALD STIRLING, ESQ., CITY COUNSELLOR, GRAFTON S. DULANY, JONATHAN MEREDITH, ESQS. JULY, 1859. REPORTED BY T.S. PIGGOT, AND W.G. PARKHURST, PHONOGRAPHIC REPORT. - [Reynolds, Henry R. and Josiah]:
• A REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF THE REV. EPHRAIM K. AVERY, BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF RHODE ISLAND, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE MURDER OF SARAH MARIA CORNELL; CONTAINING A FULL STATEMENT OF THE TESTIMONY, TOGETHER WITH THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL, AND THE CHARGE TO THE JURY. BY RICHARD HILDRETH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. WITH A MAP. - Hildreth, Richard:
• A REVIEW OF THE CASE, THE PEOPLE AGT. REV. HENRY BUDGE, INDICTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE PRISCILLA BUDGE, (TRIED AT THE ONEIDA, NEW YORK, CIRCUIT COURT, IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1861,) CONTAINING AN EXAMINATION OF THE MEDICO-LEGAL QUESTIONS INVOLVED IN THE CASE; A REVIEW OF THE POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE MEDICAL WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENCE; AN EXTENDED DISCUSSION OF THE POSITIONS ASSUMED BY THE MEDICAL WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION, WITH CUTS, AND TABLES FOR ILLUSTRATION...AND THE JUDGE'S CHARGE IN THE CIVIL ACTION OF HENRY BUDGE AGT. CALEB LYON, FOR LIBEL, TRIED AT THE HERKIMER CIRCUIT IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1861. BY JOHN SWINBURNE, M.D., ALBANY, N.Y. - Swinburne, John:
• A REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE LAST TEN YEARS IN THE LIFE OF MRS. HANNAH KINNEY TOGETHER WITH SOME COMMENTS UPON THE LATE TRIAL. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. - Kinney, Hannah:
• A REVIEW OF THE WEBSTER CASE. BY A MEMBER OF THE NEW-YORK BAR. - [Hall, A. Oakey]:
• A SAMMELBAND OF SIX PAMPHLETS, IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING, BY MASON WEEMS. - Weems, M.L.:
• A SERMON, OCCASIONED BY THE MURDER OF PHILIP EDWARDS, PERPETRATED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOLIC INSANITY, BY JOHN L. DAVIS, IN HOLDEN, MASS., AUGUST 15, 1838. BY WILLIAM P. PAINE, PASTOR OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN HOLDEN. - Paine, William P.:
• A SERMON, PREACHED IN HARTFORD, JUNE 10TH, 1797; AT THE EXECUTION OF RICHARD DOANE. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE, AS GIVEN BY HIMSELF: ALSO OF THE STATE OF HIS MIND DURING THE TIME OF HIS CONFINEMENT, AND AT HIS DEATH. - Strong, Nathan:
• A STATEMENT OF REASONS AGAINST THE ASSUMPTION AND EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POWERS BY THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT: WITH REMARKS INTENDED TO PROVE THAT THERE IS NO LAW IN THIS STATE, CLOTHED WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION, AGAINST THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS; AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SUPPRESSING THE SALE BY PENAL LAWS, WITHOUT TRANSCENDING THE POWERS, AND INVADING THE SACRED RIGHTS OF PROPERTY, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED AND GUARANTIED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. - [Junius] [pseud.]:
• A SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: CONSISTING OF A CODE OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS; A CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES; A CODE OF PRISON DISCIPLINE; AND A BOOK OF DEFINITIONS. PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. BY...ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. - Livingston, Edward:
• A TEXAS PRISONER. SKETCHES OF THE PENITENTIARY, CONVICT FARMS AND RAILROADS, TOGETHER WITH POEMS. - George, Andrew L.:
• A TOO EASY HEAVEN FOR CRIMINALS. A PREMIUM ON CRIME. THE GANTER-REXFORD CORRESPONDENCE IN THE McGILL CASE. REPRINTED FROM THE AKRON DAILY BEACON. - Rexford, E.L.:
• A TRUE AND MINUTE HISTORY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF JAMES KING OF WM. AT SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ALSO REMARKS OF THE PRESS CONCERNING THE OUTRAGE; AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION AND ACTION OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE; MEETINGS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITIZENS OF SACRAMENTO, MARYSVILLE AND STOCKTON; FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF MR. KING, WITH THE ADDRESSES OF REV. MESSRS. CUTLER AND LACY OVER THE BODY; AND THE EXECUTION OF CASEY AND CORA. CAREFULLY COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. - [Fargo, Frank]:
• A VINDICATION OF THE RESULT OF THE TRIAL OF REV. EPHRAIM K. AVERY; TO WHICH IS PREFIXED HIS STATEMENT OF FACTS RELATIVE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES BY WHICH HE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION. WITH A MAP. - Avery, Ephraim:
• A VINDICATION OF THE SEPARATE SYSTEM OF PRISON DISCIPLINE FROM THE MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, JULY, 1839. - [Packard, Frederic Adolphus]:
• ACCOUNT OF THE TERRIFIC AND FATAL RIOT AT THE NEW-YORK ASTOR PLACE OPERA HOUSE, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 10TH, 1849; WITH THE QUARRELS OF FORREST AND MACREADY, INCLUDING ALL THE CAUSES WHICH LED TO THAT AWFUL TRAGEDY! WHEREIN AN INFURIATED MOB WAS QUELLED BY THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND MILITARY, WITH ITS MOURNFUL TERMINATION IN THE SUDDEN DEATH OR MUTILATION OF MORE THAN FIFTY CITIZENS, WITH FULL AND AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS. - [Astor Place Opera House Fire]:
• ADDRESS TO THE JURY BY COL. JOHN HALLUM IN SELF DEFENSE IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AGAINST HIM. AN INDICTMENT FOR SHOOTING A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL TOGETHER WITH THE FACTS AND REMARKABLE INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE TRIAL AND PROSECUTION. - Hallum, John:
• AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC, BY WILLIAM VANS, NATIVE CITIZEN OF MASSACHUSETTS, AGAINST THE SLANDERS CIRCULATED BY STEPHEN CODMAN, EXECUTOR OF THE WILLS OF JOHN AND RICHARD CODMAN, AND THEIR HEIRS, MRS. CATHERINE CODMAN, WIDOW, REV. JOHN CODMAN, OF DORCHESTER, AND CHARLES R. CODMAN, OF BOSTON, WHO HAVE DEFRAUDED VANS OF 450,000 DOLLARS, THIS NARRATIVE PROVES. - Vans, William:
• AN ASTONISHING AFFAIR! THE REV. SAMUEL ARNOLD CAST AND TRIED FOR HIS CRUELTY, THOUGH HIS CAUSE WAS ADVOCATED IN A MASTERLY MANNER, BY THE RIGHT HON. JOSEPH ALMON CLARK PRAY, THE MOST ABLE AND ACCOMPLISHED ATTORNEY, WHO "WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE AGAIN, WAS LOST AND IS FOUND." BY PHILANDROS. - Philandros:
• AN ASTOUNDING RECORD OF CRIME AND ITS EXPOSURE. TRIALS OF SCOTT AND DUNLAP FOR ROBBING THE NORTHAMPTON NATIONAL BANK, AND BREAKING AND ENTERING THE CASHIER'S HOUSE. TWELVE DAYS IN COURT. VERBATIM REPORTS OF THE ADDRESSES TO THE JURY, BY HON. EDWARD B. GILLETT, OF WESTFIELD, HON. N.A. LEONARD, OF SPRINGFIELD, AND H.H. BOND, ESQ., OF NORTHAMPTON. SKETCH OF BANK BURGLARIES PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY EDSON, SCOTT, DUNLAP, CONNORS, AND OTHERS.- NEARLY $3,000,000 STOLEN. - [Scott, Robert and James Dunlap]:
• AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE TRIALS AT LARGE, OF GEORGE ROBERT FITZGERALD, ESQ; TIMOTHY BRECKNOCK, JAMES FULTON, AND OTHERS, FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF, AND FOR THE MURDER OF PATRICK RANDALL MCDONNELL AND CHARLES HIPSON... - [Fitzgerald, George Robert]:
• AN AUTHENTICATED REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF MYERS AND OTHERS, FOR THE MURDER OF DUDLEY MARVIN HOYT. WITH THE ABLE AND ELOQUENT SPEECHES OF COUNSEL, AND "THE LETTERS," IN FULL, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, WHICH FURNISH A CLEAR AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE CASE. DRAWN UP BY THE EDITOR OF THE RICHMOND SOUTHERN STANDARD. - [Myers, William R.]:
• AN INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED TENDENCY OF THE SEPARATION OF CONVICTS, ONE FROM THE OTHER, TO PRODUCE DISEASE AND DERANGEMENT. BY A CITIZEN OF PENNSYLVANIA. - [Packard, Frederic Adolphus]:
• APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON. TO BE READ BEFORE VOTING. - [Child, L.]:
• AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM NEW HAVEN, CT, FEBRUARY 11, 1850, TO ROBERT SCHUYLER, ESQ., NO. 2 HANOVER ST., NEW YORK: DEAR SIR - Leffingwell, Frederick O.:
• CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PAPERS RELATING TO THE CASE OF MR. JOHN CARNALL...ORDERED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TO BE PRINTED, 29 JUNE 1827. - [Carnall, John]:
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, SHOWN TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT, AS DEVELOPED BY NATURE, RECORDED IN HISTORY AND TAUGHT BY JESUS CHRIST; AND PROVED TO BE INEXPEDIENT, BY ITS EFFECTS UPON SOCIETY, ITS FAILURE TO ACCOMPLISH ITS OBJECT, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RIGHTS OF ITS VICTIMS. - Codding, Milo D.:
• CASE OF THE SOMERS' MUTINY. DEFENCE OF ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE, COMMANDER OF THE U.S. BRIG SOMERS, BEFORE THE COURT MARTIAL HELD AT THE NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN. - Somers Mutiny:
• COMMONWEALTH VS. DAVID SOUSLEY, JANUARY SESSION, 1871, HOMICIDE. COUNSEL FOR COMMWTH: DIST. ATTY. SHEARER, RALSTON, & BLAND & JOHN S. RICHARDS. COUNSEL FOR DEFDT: MESSRS. YUNDT, MALTZBERGER & LAUCKS. CASE OFFERED FOR TRIAL JANUARY 16, 1871. P.M.THE PRISONER APPEARING IN OPEN COURT, AND ANSWERING TO THE CALL, THE INDICTMENT WAS READ IN HIS PRESENCE BY THE CLERK- TO WHICH HE PLEADED "NOT GUILTY" AND WISHES TO BE TRIED BY A JURY. - Pennsylvania:
• COMPLETE MEDICAL RECORD OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S CASE, CONTAINING ALL OF THE OFFICIAL BULLETINS, FROM THE DATE OF THE SHOOTING TO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH, TOGETHER WITH THE OFFICIAL AUTOPSY, MADE SEPTEMBER 20, 1881, AND A DIAGRAM SHOWING THE COURSE TAKEN BY THE BALL. COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. - [Garfield, James A.]:
• CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE CURLLSVILLE ANTI-HORSE THIEF COMPANY. - Curllsvile Anti-Horse Thief Company:
• DEFENCE OF JUDGE DANIEL H. WHITNEY, WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF BELVIDERE LODGE, NO. 60, BEFORE THE GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS, OCTOBER, 1851. ON CHARGE OF UNMASONIC CONDUCT, IN BRINGING SAMUEL L. KEITH, THE MURDERER OF ELEN SLADE, AND A MEMBER OF HIS LODGE TO JUSTICE, WITH JUDGE WHITNEY'S SUBSEQUENT RENUNCIATION OF MASONRY. ALSO JUDGE WHITNEY'S REMARKS ON THE FEMALE MASONIC DEGREES AND STEPHEN A. HURLBUT, AS A SWINDLING OFFICER IN THE UNION ARMY. - [Masons]:
• DOCUMENTS IN THE CASE OF MAJOR ANDREW WASHBURN, LATE OF THE FOURTEENTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, (HEAVY ARTILLERY). - [Greene, Wm. B.]:
• DURRANT HANGS!! THE BRUTAL SLAYER OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS, BLANCHE LAMONT AND MINNIE WILLIAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO, IS SENTENCED TO DIE NOVEMBER 12. THE UTICA SATURDAY GLOBE OF NOVEMBER 13 WILL CONTAIN A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS REMARKABLE CRIME AND OF HIS JEKYLL AND HYDE LIFE...KILLED HIS VICTIMS IN A CHURCH, WHERE ALL THREE WORSHIPPED, AND THEN SOUGHT TO IMPLICATE THE PASTOR. - [Durrant, William Henry Theodore]:
• ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR UTAH PENITENTIARY. LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING A COPY OF A COMMUNICATION FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, WITH ITS INCLOSURE, SUBMITTING ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UTAH PENITENTIARY. FEBRUARY 23, 1892... - [Spaulding, O.L.]:
• EXTRACTS FROM TWO REPORTS, MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF LOUISIANA, BY EDWARD LIVINGSTON, LATE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. CONTAINING HIS ARGUMENTS FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. - Livingston, Edward:
• FIRST REPORT OF THE PRISON ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. DECEMBER, 1844. - Prison Association of New York:
• GOFFIANA; A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOHN B. GOUGH, BY ONE QUALIFIED: WITH THE TESTIMONY, PRO AND CON, COMPARED AND WEIGHED. - [Gough, John D.]:
• IN ASSEMBLY, FEBRUARY 26, 1833. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE, APPOINTED PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY, PASSED MARCH 27, 1832, TO EXAMINE INTO THE STATE OF THE PRISONS AT MOUNT-PLEASANT AND AUBURN. - New York:
• IN COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, MAY TERM, 1876. JIM WEST, APPELLANT, VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE. BRIEF FOR APPELLANT. - Texas Murder Trial:
• IN THE MATTER OF PAT. WOODS, ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, ON A CHARGE OF CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE, ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY ASSAULTING CHARLES H. PORTER, A MEMBER THEREOF, ON THE 30TH OF MAY, 1870, AT RICHMOND, VA. ARGUMENT OF BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, COUNSEL FOR WOODS. - Johnson, Bradley T.:
• INIQUITY UNFOLDED! AN ACCOUNT OF THE TREATMENT OF MR. FAIRCHILD BY THE DEACONS IN SOUTH BOSTON, AND OTHERS. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. SECOND EDITION. - Fairchild, Rev. Joy H[amlet]:
• INTRODUCTORY REPORT TO THE CODE OF PRISON DISCIPLINE: EXPLANATORY OF THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE CODE IS FOUNDED. BEING PART OF THE SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW, PREPARED FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. - Livingston, Edward:
• JOHN WARD, OR THE VICTIMIZED ASSASSIN, A NARRATIVE OF FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE CRIME, ARREST, TRIAL, IMPRISONMENT, AND EXECUTION OF THE WILLISTON MURDERER, WHO WAS HUNG IN THE STATE PRISON AT WINDSOR, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1868; TOGETHER WITH HIS CONFESSION, INTERCEPTED CORRESPONDENCE, AND THE CAPTAIN'S DIARY OF VISITS, &C. BY THE CHAPLAIN. - [Butler, Franklin]:
• LETTER...TO ROBERTS VAUX, ON THE ADVANTAGES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM OF PRISON DISCIPLINE, FOR THE APPLICATION OF WHICH THE NEW PENITENTIARY HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED NEAR PHILADELPHIA. - Livingston, Edward:
• LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW-YORK, TO EXAMINE AND REPORT ON CERTAIN QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE STATE PRISONS. - [Eddy, Thomas and Cadwallader D. Colden]:
• LIBBY LIFE: EXPERIENCES OF A PRISONER OF WAR IN RICHMOND, VA., 1863-64, BY LIEUT. COLONEL...USV. - Cavada, F.F.:
• LIFE OF MICHAEL POWERS, NOW UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH, FOR THE MURDER OF TIMOTHY KENNEDY. DICTATED BY HIMSELF. - [Powers, Michael]:
• LIFE, CONFESSION, AND LETTERS OF COURTSHIP OF REV. JACOB S. HARDEN, OF THE M.E. CHURCH, MOUNT LEBANON, HUNTERDON CO., N.J. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, ON THE 6TH OF JULY, 1860. AT BELVIDERE, WARREN CO., N.J. - [Harden, Jacob S.]:
• LIZZIE NUTT'S SAD EXPERIENCE. A HEART BROKEN, AND A FAMILY PLUNGED IN GRIEF. WRECK AND RUIN! THE SHOOTING AND TRAGIC DEATH OF NOBLE-HEARTED CAPTAIN NUTT, LIZZIE'S BRAVE FATHER, WHO FLINCHED NOT, LIKE A TRUE SOLDIER, TO DIE IN DEFENCE OF HIS DAUGHTER'S HONOR. THE GREAT DUKES TRIAL AT UNION TOWN, PA. FULL ACCOUNT, AND ALL "THOSE TERRIBLE LETTERS." - [Nutt, Lizzie]:
• MANIFEST OF THE CHARGES PREFERRED TO THE NAVY DEPARTMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO CONGRESS, AGAINST JESSE DUNCAN ELLIOTT, ESQ., A CAPTAIN IN THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR UNLAWFUL CONDUCT WHILE COMMODORE OF THE LATE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON; AND A REFUTATION OF THE RECRIMINATION RAISED BY THAT OFFICER. - Barton, Charles Crillon:
• MANUSCRIPT LETTER ADDRESSED TO CHARLES P. BROWN, NEW YORK, SEPT. 21, 1844, FROM WM. THRONEBERRY: D. SIR, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GRAND JURY ARE INVESTIGATING THE SUBJECT OF ILLEGAL VOTING, I REJOICE IN THIS MOVEMENT AND SHALL BE GLAD TO AIDE IN THIS INVESTIGATION. WE WERE SATISFIED THAT THERE WAS ILLEGAL VOTING IN THE 12TH WARD AND APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE SUBJECT... - New York City 1844 Election:
• MEMOIRS OF J. SIDNA ALLEN. A TRUE NARRATIVE OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT HILLSVILLE, VIRGINIA. - Allen, J. Sidna:
• MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING SUNDRY DOCUMENTS, RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 25TH JANUARY, 1803, REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS. - Washington DC:
• MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...IN RELATION TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE TENTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN OF THE 9TH OF AUGUST, 1842. - Extradition:
• MESSAGE OF GOV. JOSEPH W. McCLURG, TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MISSOURI. - [Missouri]:
• MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS ON THE POLICE OF BOSTON; AS RESPECTS PAUPERS; ALMS AND WORK HOUSE; CLASSES OF POOR AND BEGGARS; LAWS RESPECTING THEM; CHARITABLE SOCIETIES; FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MISSIONARY SOCIETIES; EVILS OF THE JUSTICIARY; IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT; REMEDIES. - [Webster, Redford?]:
• MURDER BY A U.S. MARSHAL. E.M. DALTON WAYLAID AND ASSASSINATED IN COLD-BLOOD. SWORN TESTIMONY OF EYE-WITNESSES. - [Dalton, Edward Meeks]:
• NARRATIVE OF THE APPREHENSION IN RINDGE, N.H. OF THE REV. E.K. AVERY, CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF SARAH M. CORNELL, TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INHABITANTS OF FALL RIVER. - Harnden, Harvey:
• PENITENTIARY-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF THE PENITENTIARY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. JANUARY 16, 1849. - Washington D.C.:
• PROCEEDINGS OF THE NAVAL COURT MARTIAL IN THE CASE OF ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE, A COMMANDER IN THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, &C. INCLUDING THE CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS OF CHARGES, PREFERRED AGAINST HIM BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, AN ELABORATE REVIEW, BY JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. - [Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell]:
• READ AND REFLECT! - [Fow, Ambrose F.]:
• RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN THURTELL, WHO WAS EXECUTED AT HERTFORD ON FRIDAY, THE 9TH OF JANUARY, 1824; FOR MURDERING MR. W. WEARE: INCLUDING VARIOUS ANECDOTES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF HIS DEMEANOUR AFTER SENTENCE WAS PASSED. ALSO, THE CONDEMNED SERMON, AND A CORRECT VIEW OF THE EXECUTION, TAKEN ON THE SPOT BY AN EMINENT ARTIST. BY...BEING AN APPENDIX TO HIS ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL. - Egan, Pierce:
• REPORT OF A TRIAL IN THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, HOLDEN AT BOSTON, DEC. 16TH AND 17TH, 1828, OF THEODORE LYMAN, JR., FOR AN ALLEGED LIBEL ON DANIEL WEBSTER, A SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES, PUBLISHED IN THE JACKSON REPUBLICAN... - Whitman, John W.:
• REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE PENITENTIARY TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. DECEMBER 1, 1872. - Illinois State Penitentiary:
• REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE 6TH OF DECEMBER LAST, THE PETITION OF SETH NELSON, ATTORNEY FOR SAMUEL BROWN.24TH MARCH, 1800. COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE, ON MONDAY NEXT. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.] 5, [3 blanks] pp. - United States:
• REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN CITIZENS, APPOINTED AT A MASS MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, HELD AT FRANKLIN HALL, BY ADJOURNMENT, MAY 9TH AND 18TH, 1848, TO "INVESTIGATE AND REPORT UPON THE CORRUPTION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW, THE TAKING OF ILLEGAL FEES, AND EXTORTION PRACTICED BY PUBLIC OFFICERS," ETC. ALSO, THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS OF MAY 9TH AND 18TH, 1848, AT WHICH THE COMMITTEE WERE APPOINTED, TOGETHER WITH ABSTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE, AND DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE REPORT. FIFTY THOUSAND COPIES PRINTED FOR THE COMMITTEE. - Philadelphia:
• REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN CITIZENS, APPOINTED AT A MASS MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, HELD AT FRANKLIN HALL, BY ADJOURNMENT, MAY 9TH AND 18TH, 1848, TO "INVESTIGATE AND REPORT UPON THE CORRUPTION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW, THE TAKING OF ILLEGAL FEES, AND EXTORTION PRACTICED BY PUBLIC OFFICERS," ETC. ALSO, THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS OF MAY 9TH AND 18TH, 1848, AT WHICH THE COMMITTEE WERE APPOINTED, TOGETHER WITH ABSTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE, AND DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE REPORT. SECOND EDITION. FIFTY THOUSAND COPIES PRINTED FOR THE COMMITTEE. READ AND CIRCULATE. - Philadelphia:
• REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ABOLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. TO THE HONORABLE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 1838. THE SUBSCRIBERS, TWO OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO REVISE THE PENAL CODE, RESPECTFULLY REPRESENT... - Rhode Island:
• REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PENITENTIARY, MARCH 23, 1871. - Illinois:
• REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JASON FAIRBANKS, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE MURDER OF ELIZABETH FALES. AT THE SUPREME COURT, HOLDEN AT DEDHAM, IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK...AUGUST, 1801. FOURTH EDITION. - Fairbanks, Jason:
• REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL PENITENTIARY CONGRESS OF LONDON, HELD JULY 3-13, 1872. BY..., DD, LLD, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER TO WHICH IS APPENDED THE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PRISON ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, CONTAINING THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE NATIONAL PRISON REFORM CONGRESS, HELD AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, JANUARY 21-24, 1873. - Wines, E.C.:
• REPORTS OF CRIMINAL CASES, TRIED IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, BEFORE PETER OXENBRIDGE THACHER, JUDGE OF THAT COURT FROM 1823 TO 1843. EDITED BY HORATIO WOODMAN, OF THE SUFFOLK BAR. - Woodman, Horatio:
• SEVENTH REPORT OF THE MASTER COMMISSIONER IN THE MATTER OF THE OHIO LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY. 1842. - [Worcester, Samuel T.]:
• SHALL CRIMINALS SIT ON THE JURY? A REVIEW OF GOVERNOR ANDREW'S VETO, WITH OTHER DOCUMENTS ON THE SUBJECT. - Miner, A.A.; and R.C. Pitman:
• SPEECH OF THE HON. LEWIS C. LEVIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, ON A MOTION FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO INQUIRE, WHETHER ANY ALTERATIONS WERE REQUIRED IN OUR PRESENT NATURALIZATION LAWS, FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 18, 1845. - Levin, L[ewis] C[harles]:
• SPEECHES DELIVERED AT THE CITY-HALL OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, IN THE COURTS OF OYER & TERMINER, COMMON PLEAS, AND GENERAL SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. - Graham, John Andrew:
• STEPHEN H. BRANCH'S DAILY HAND, WITH TRUTH AND A HEART IN IT. VOL. 1. NO. 2. - Branch, Stephen H.:
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINUTES OF THE ALABAMA WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION FOR 1887. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON AND JAIL WORK. - Tutwiler, Miss Julia:
• SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA. MATTHEWS VS. WARNER'S ADM'R. ARGUMENT OF GEO. J. HUNDLEY OF COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE. - Hundley, Geo. J and Neely, John:
• SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA...THOMAS A. BARLOW, ET AL. APPELLANTS, VS. WILLIAM C. PATTERSON, ET AL. APPELLEES. APPEAL FROM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF NISI PRIUS. MOSES A. DROPSIE, FOR JOHN CLOUDS, ET. AL., ALDERMEN. - Dropsie, Moses A.:
• THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD. A FULL, GRAPHIC, AND ONLY COMPLETE ACCOUNT. WITH THE LIFE OF OUR PRESIDENT, AND THE LIFE OF GUITEAU, THE ASSASSIN...THE WHOLE COUNTRY STARTLED! THE PULSE OF FIFTY MILLION PEOPLE BEATS AS ONE. - Garfield, James:
• THE BEAUTIFUL VICTIM OF THE ELM CITY. BEING A FULL, FAIR, AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF ALL THAT IS KNOWN OF THE TERRIBLE FATE OF THE TRUSTING AND UNFORTUNATE JENNIE E. CRAMER, GIVING ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT LED THE JURY TO HOLD JAMES MALLEY, JR. AS HER MURDERER, AND TO DENOUNCE WALTER E. MALLEY AND BLANCHE DOUGLASS AS AIDERS AND ABETTORS. IN THIS TERRIBLE SOCIAL TRAGEDY. - [Cramer, Jennie E.]:
• THE CLOSING ARGUMENT OF MR. N.C. MOAK, IN THE ALBANY OYER AND TERMINER, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1871, ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT, IN THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE V. JOHN I. FILKINS. - Moak, N[athaniel] C.:
• THE CROWN WON BUT NOT WORN; OR, M. LOUISE GREENE, A STUDENT OF FIVE YEARS AT KENT'S HILL, ME. - Greene, Jonas:
• THE ELECTION OF 1880 IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDRESS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE UNION REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DETAILING THE FRAUDS, VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION, BY WHICH SOUTH CAROLINA WAS CARRIED FOR HANCOCK. - Union Republican Party of South Carolina:
• THE GREAT BROOKLYN ROMANCE. ALL THE DOCUMENTS IN THE FAMOUS BEECHER-TILTON CASE, UNABRIDGED. PORTRAITS AND FAC-SIMILIES. [At title head: PAXON'S COMPLETE AND ILLUSTRATED EDITION.]. - [Beecher, Henry Ward and Elizabeth Tilton]:
• THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE. THE TRIAL OF GEORGE W. CONGDON FOR THE MURDER OF CHRISTOPHER G. WILCOX. - [Congdon, George W.]:
• THE LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MRS. VIRGINIA MYERS, (WHICH HAVE NEVER BEFORE BEEN PUBLISHED OR EVEN READ IN COURT,) TO DUDLEY MARVIN HOYT, WHO WAS MURDERED AT RICHMOND, SEPT. 28TH, 1846, BY WM. R. MYERS, AND TWO OTHERS. TOGETHER WITH A DENIAL OF THE TRUTH OF MRS MYERS' LETTER OF EXPLANATION OF NOVEMBER LAST, FROM ALTA VISTA. LIKEWISE ADDED A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF D.M. HOYT, BY A RELATIVE OF THE DECEASED. - [Myers, William R.]:
• THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF DAVID LEWIS THE ROBBER AND COUNTERFEITER. THE TERROR OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY. - Rishel, C.D.:
• THE MOST FOUL AND UNPARALLELED MURDER IN THE ANNALS OF CRIME. LIFE AND CONFESSION OF REUBEN A. DUNBAR, CONVICTED AND EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF STEPHEN V. AND DAVID L. LESTER, (AGED 8 AND 10 YEARS,) IN WESTERLO, ALBANY COUNTY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1850. THIRD EDITION. - [Dunbar, Reuben A.]:
• THE MURDER OF THE GEOGLES AND LYNCHING OF THE FIEND SNYDER, BY THE OTHERWISE PEACEABLE AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS OF BETHLEHEM, PA. , AND ITS VICINITY. A COLD-BLOODED MURDER, A SWIFT RETRIBUTION, A REMARKABLE CASE, AND THE FIRST RESORT TO LYNCH LAW IN PENNSYLVANIA. - [Snyder, Edward]:

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