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[Williams, John et al.]:

A CONCISE SKETCH OF THE EXECUTION OF JOHN WILLIAMS, PETER PETERSON, (ALIAS NILS PETERSON,) FRANCIS FREDERICK, AND JOHN P. ROG, WHO WERE EXECUTED ON THE 18TH FEBRUARY, 1819, FOR MURDER AND PIRACY. PREFACED WITH MORAL REFLECTIONS. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SOLEMN ADDRESS.

Boston: Printed for N. Coverly, 1819. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Original pale grey rear wrapper present. Corners rounded. Except as noted, Very Good. With contemporary owner's inscription on final blank: "Henry Ward's Book 1821." "The crew of the 'Plattsburg' mutinied and threw the captain, mate, and super-cargo overboard, taking..... More

Price: $1,250.00

[Harrington, Michael]:

MICHAEL HARRINGTON, AGAINST THE STATE OF OHIO. RESERVED TO THE SUPREME COURT FROM LUCAS COUNTY, ON MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL. ARGUMENT OF JAMES R. TYLER, OF COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT.

[Toledo? 1869]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed title wrappers [lightly worn]. Very Good. Indicted for murder in the first degree, Harrington was convicted of murder in the second degree. Tyler made several arguments in his appeal to overturn the verdict. Ohio's Supreme Court agreed, and held that..... More

Price: $375.00

Speer, Emory:

UNDER THE AMERICAN SYSTEM THE CHAIN GANG HAS NO PLACE IN THE JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE OF POLICE COURTS WHERE TRIAL BY JURY IS NOT A RIGHT OF THE ACCUSED. OPINION BY JUDGE EMORY SPEER, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, JUNE 28, 1904.

Macon: Burke's Linotype Printshop, 1904. Original stapled and printed gray wrappers with wrapper title, as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed above the caption title: "With compliments of Emory Speer." Fine. [With] Typewritten letter laid in, signed by Judge Speer, written from his Chambers in Mt. Airy, to William Sayre, Editor..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Montgomery, Zach:

THE SCHRODER TRIAL. BOTTOM FACTS AND LEADING INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE KILLING OF DR. ALFRED LeFEVRE, AND THE TRIAL AND DISGRACEFUL ACQUITTAL OF THE SLAYER. UNDOUBTED INNOCENCE OF THE DECEASED. THE VEILED WOMAN THAT THREATENED TO HAVE REVENGE, AND HOW SHE ACCOMPLISHED HER THREAT. TRUE THEORY AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE KILLING, AS GATHERED FROM EVIDENCE ADDUCED, EVIDENCE EXCLUDED AND EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED. WHY MRS. SCHRODER WAS NOT CALLED AS A WITNESS. VALUABLE DISCOVERY IN THE LAW OF EVIDENCE. AN ENTIRELY NEW, CONVENIENT AND PERFECTLY SAFE MODE, OF PROVING BY ONE'S OWN WIFE, A CRIMINAL INTIMACY (WHICH NEVER OCCURRED) BETWEEN HERSELF AND HER IMAGINARY PARAMOUR, IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE KILLING OF THE LATTER: WITHOUT SUBJECTING THE DEAR CREATURE TO THE MORTIFICATION OF A CROSS-EXAMINATION, OR TO THE PERILS OF A PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY. THE AUTHOR'S OBJECT IN PUBLISHING THIS PAMPHLET IS NOT TO VILLIFY GUILTY LIVING, BUT TO VINDICATE THE MEMORY OF THE SLANDERED DEAD. DEDICATED TO THE LOVERS OF TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW. BY ZACH MONTGOMERY, OF COUNSEL FOR THE STATE.

[Oakland CA: 1881]. 21, 3 pp. Frontis portrait of Dr. LeFevre. Stitched in original printed pink wrappers. Light wrapper wear [couple of closed margin tears, wear along spine, slight discoloration]. A pristine text. Near Fine. The final three pages print the prospectus of Family's Defender, "An Independent, Non-Partisan, Non-Sectarian, Monthly..... More

Price: $1,250.00

[Traupmann, Jean Baptiste]:

"THE PANTIN MASSACRE." THE MOST TERRIBLE TRAGEDY OF THE AGE! TRIAL OF TRAUPMANN FOR THE MURDER OF THE KINCK FAMILY, IN THE COMMUNE OF PANTIN, NEAR PARIS.

New York: New York News Company, 1870. Original printed blue wrappers, portrait of the murderer on front wrapper, wrapper title as issued. [2], 32 pp. Portrait frontis, stitched. Wrapper wear along spine and light extremity chipping to the wrappers. Pristine text. Very Good plus. Traupmann was convicted of "the butchery..... More

Price: $850.00

[Clough, Joel]:

REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JOEL CLOUGH, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE MURDER OF MRS. MARY W. HAMILTON, AT BORDENTOWN, NEW-JERSEY ON THE 6TH OF APRIL, 1833.

New York: Printed and Sold at No. 2 William-street up stairs, 1833. 24pp. Frontis woodcut, captioned, "Clough stabbing Mrs. Hamilton, as described by witnesses, pages 10 and 11." Disbound, light upper blank corner spotting to some leaves, else Very Good. "Clough was infatuated with Mrs. Hamilton, a widow who did..... More

Price: $950.00

[Boyd, Jabez]:

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARREST, TRIAL, CONVICTION AND CONFESSION OF JABEZ BOYD, FOR THE MURDER OF WESLEY PATTON. BY A GENTLEMAN OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, Printers, 1845. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and lightly foxed, some pencil linings in margins. Good+. "The victim was beaten to death at Westchester, Pennsylvania, while being robbed. Boyd was arrested in church 'with a hymn book in his hand, and from which he..... More

Price: $850.00

Parkerson & Co.:

PARKERSON & CO'S DETECTIVE JOURNAL.

[Mechanicville NY? 1867]. 4pp bifolium, folded to 6" x 9-3/8." Caption title, as issued. Blank inner margin moderately foxed. Very Good. This "Detective Journal" will be published, in twenty thousand copies, "on or in two months commencing May 1st, 1867, for the purpose of advertising lost or stolen property, or..... More

Price: $250.00

[Blaisdell, John]:

TRIAL OF JOHN BLAISDELL, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE MURDER OF JOHN WADLEIGH, AT THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE, HOLDEN AT EXETER, SEPTEMBER 1822. BY A MEMBER OF THE BAR.

Exeter: [1822?]. 60pp, stitched and untrimmed. Light spotting, Very Good. Inscribed in ink on the title page: "To Ira Young Esq | Counsellor at Law | Darby NH | From his Friend | Philip Carrigain." "Blaisdell was convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of Wadleigh, whom he beat..... More

Price: $750.00

[Clark, Willard]:

REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLARD CLARK, INDICTED FOR THE MURDER OF RICHARD W. WIGHT, BEFORE THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, HOLDEN AT NEW HAVEN, ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1855. BY H.H. McFARLAND, ASSISTED BY THE COUNSEL FOR THE STATE AND DEFENSE.

New Haven: Thomas H. Pease. T. J. Stafford, Printer, 1855. Original printed salmon wrappers, stitched. 217pp. The rear plain wrapper is badly chipped; light dusting and mild toning. Else Very Good. The case, "noetworthy for the successful use of the insanity defense" [Cohen], reports one of the few 19th century..... More

Price: $1,250.00

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF LAURA D. FAIR FOR THE MURDER OF ALEX. P. CRITTENDEN, INCLUDING...

[Fair, Laura D.]:

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF LAURA D. FAIR FOR THE MURDER OF ALEX. P. CRITTENDEN, INCLUDING THE TESTIMONY, THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL, AND THE CHARGE OF THE COURT, REPORTED VERBATIM, AND THE ENTIRE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE PARTIES, WITH PORTRAITS OF THE DEFENDANT AND THE DECEASED. FROM THE SHORT-HAND NOTES OF MARSH & OSBOURNE, OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF THE COURTS.

San Francisco: San Francisco Co-Operative Printing Company, 1871. 4to. Bound in modern cloth without the wrappers. Frontis portraits of Fair and Crittenden. [8], 4, 325, [1 blank], xvii, [1 blank] pp. Printed in double columns. First two gatherings sprung, with crude tape repair and loss of several letters in the..... More

Price: $175.00

FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL M. ANDREWS, FOR THE MURDER OF CORNELIUS HOLMES. Samuel M. Andrews

[Andrews, Samuel M.]:

FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL M. ANDREWS, FOR THE MURDER OF CORNELIUS HOLMES.

Plymouth: Memorial and Rock Press, 1868. 52pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, with wrapper title, as issued. Near Fine. The case resonates among today's hot-button political-social issues. "The oldest plea of homosexual panic in America seems to have been made in Massachusetts in 1868. Accused of killing a longtime..... More

Price: $1,500.00

CHRIST'S PROMISE TO THE PENITENT THIEF. A SERMON PREACHED THE LORD'S-DAY BEFORE THE EXECUTION OF...

Eliot, Andrew:

CHRIST'S PROMISE TO THE PENITENT THIEF. A SERMON PREACHED THE LORD'S-DAY BEFORE THE EXECUTION OF LEVI AMES, WHO SUFFERED DEATH FOR BURGLARY, OCT. 21, 1773. AET. 22. BY... PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN BOSTON. N.B. THIS DISCOURSE WAS PREACHED AT THE DESIRE OF THE PRISONER, WHO WAS PRESENT WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED.

Boston: Printed and Sold by John Boyle, 1773. 31, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Disbound, toned, light blank edge wear. Good+. Death's-head ornament above the title. With a running title, "Christ's Promise to the penitent Thief." Contemporary ownership signatures: "Wm. Jenks's" and "Joseph Butler." Eliot, an influential proponent of..... More

Price: $1,000.00

TRIAL OF JOHN HENDRICKSON, JR. FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE MARIA, BY POISONING, AT BETHLEHEM,...

[Hendrickson, John Jr.]:

TRIAL OF JOHN HENDRICKSON, JR. FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE MARIA, BY POISONING, AT BETHLEHEM, ALBANY COUNTY, N.Y., MARCH 6TH, 1853, TRIED IN THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, AT ALBANY, N.Y. IN JUNE AND JULY, 1853. REPORTED AND COMPILED BY DAVID M. BARNES, OF THE MORNING EXPRESS, AND W.S. HEVENOR, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF ALBANY COUNTY.

Albany: David W. Barnes and W.S. Hevenor, 1853. Stitched in original printed blue wrappers. Frontis illustrations of murderer and murderee. [7], [1 blank], 176 pp. Light wrapper wear, Very Good. "Hendrickson, twenty years old and a wastrel, poisoned his nineteen-year-old wife in the first case of aconite poisoning in..... More

Price: $650.00

THE STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE SUPREME...

Gorham, George C.:

THE STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE SUPREME BENCH OF CALIFORNIA.

[np. San Francisco? nd. 1893?]. 198pp. Bound in original publisher's blue cloth, with gilt-lettered title stamped on spine [light rubbing at the extremities]. Repair to blank endpaper. Very Good. Gorham was, as stated in the Publisher's Note, "a lifelong friend of Justice Field," and spent much of his career in..... More

Price: $1,500.00

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, FOR A LIBEL. William Lloyd Garrison

[Garrison, William Lloyd]:

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, FOR A LIBEL.

Baltimore: Printed by William Wooddy, 1847. 32pp. Persistent browning at lower margins. Disbound. Good+. In 1834 Garrison was convicted in a Baltimore court of libeling Francis Todd of Newburyport, Mass, by falsely accusing him of involvement in the slave trade. The author, annoyed that Garrison attributed his defeat to bias..... More

Price: $750.00

AN ACCOUNT OF THE CURTIS HOMICIDE AND TRIALS OF JNO. E. POINDEXTER. John Poindexter

[Poindexter, John]:

AN ACCOUNT OF THE CURTIS HOMICIDE AND TRIALS OF JNO. E. POINDEXTER.

Richmond: Dispatch Steam Presses, 1879. 54, [2- advt] pp. Original printed wrappers bound into later speckled cloth. Light uniform toning. Diagram at page 19. Text block a bit loosened from the cloth. Contemporary newspaper account affixed to the endpapers of the cloth. Very Good. Miss Isabel Cottrell told "Poindexter that..... More

Price: $600.00

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