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. THIRD EDITION.
Boston: Russell, Odiorne... 1833. 143, [1 blank] pp, full page map. Bound in contemporary handwritten wrappers. Scattered light to moderate foxing, Good+. First, second, and third editions of this sensational trial issued in 1833. "When Sarah Cornell was found hanging from the frame of a haystack in Tiverton, Rhode Island..... More