TRIAL OF REV. MR. AVERY. MR. AVERY. A FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF EPHRAIM K. AVERY, CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF SARAH M. CORNELL, BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF RHODE ISLAND, AT A SPECIAL TERM IN NEWPORT, HELD IN MAY 1833; WITH THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL. REPORTED BY BENJAMIN F. HALLETT.
Boston: Published at the Offices of the Daily Commercial Gazette, and the Boston Daily Advocate, May, 1833. 187, [4], 190-191 [as issued] + Folding map of the crime area [browned]. Disbound, light scattered foxing. Good plus.
"When Sarah Cornell was found hanging from the frame of a haystack in Tiverton, Rhode Island, it might easily have been called suicide but for a note she had left in her bandbox saying, 'If I should be missing, enquire of the Rev. Mr. Avery, of Bristol,- he will know where I am.' This was the beginning of the Reverend's troubles and one of the most famous nineteenth-century cases." McDade 33.
Sarah had been five months pregnant, allegedly by Avery; a 27-day trial ensued, which resulted in Avery's acquittal. This pamphlet includes the trial transcript, and arguments of counsel.
McDade 52. Item #41876
Price: $175.00