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1. Report of the case of the commonwealth vs. John Kehoe et al., members of the Ancient order of Hibernians, commonly known as "Molly Maguires." Indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill Wm. M. Thomas. With testimony and arguments of counsel in full, stenographically reported by R. A. West.

Creator:
Kehoe, John, 1837-1878, defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms
Publication Place:
Pottsville, Pa.
Format:
Book

3. The trial of Thomas Muir, Esq., younger of Huntershill, before the High Court of Justiciary, upon Friday and Saturday the 30th and 31st days of August 1793, on a charge of sedition / the whole accurately taken down in shorthand ; with an elegant portrait of Mr. Muir ; to which is annexed an appendix, containing all the papers referred to in the course of the trial

Creator:
Muir, Thomas, 1765-1798.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Alexander Scott
Publication Place:
Edinburgh
Format:
Book

5. The business man's assistant : being an improved edition of the "Business guide and legal companion," containing useful forms of legal instruments: enlarged by the addition of forms of acknowledgments, agreements, assignments, awards, bonds, leases, mortgages, and legal opinions, found in no other work : Adapted to the wants of business men throughout the United States / By an attorney ; To which is added tables: of interest--of U.S. Custom House value of foreign currencies--and of all the gold and silver coins in circulation

Creator:
Butts, I. R. (Isaac Ridler), 1795-1882.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
I.R. Butts
Publication Place:
Boston
Format:
Book

10. The confession of Jereboam Beauchamp (written by himself) who was executed at Frankfort, Ky., for the murder of Col. Solomon P. Sharp, a member of the legislature, and late attorney-general of Ky. To which is added some poetical pieces written by Mrs. Ann Beauchamp, who voluntarily put a period to her existence on the day of the execution of her husband, and was buried in the same grave with him

Creator:
Beauchamp, Jereboam O., 1802-1826.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
H.T. Goodsell
Publication Place:
Kentucky
Format:
Book

16. The battles of "Gravelly Run", "Dinwiddie Court-house", and "Five Forks", Va., 1865. Argument on behalf of Lieut Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U.S.A., respondent , by Asa Bird Gardner L.L.D., judge - advocate, U.S.A., of council before the court of inquiry convened by the President of the United States, (S.O. 277, ex. 6, Army hd. qrs., A.G.O., 9 Dec. 1879,) in the case of Lieut. Col. and Bvt. Major-General Gouverneur K. Warren, Corps of Engineers, formerly Major-General commanding the 5th Army Corps, applicant. Delivered July 27th, 28th, and 30th, 1881.

Creator:
Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Publication Place:
iChicago, Illinois
Format:
Book

18. An analytical statement of the case of Alexander, Earl of Stirling and Dovan ... : containing an explanation of his official dignities and peculiar territorial rights and privileges in the British colonies of Nova Scotia and Canada, &c. &c. and also shewing the descent of the Stirling peerage honours, supported by legal evidence, and the law and usage of Scotland, appertaining thereto ... / By Thomas C. Banks ...

Creator:
Banks, T. C. (Thomas Christopher), 1765-1854.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
J. Cochrane and co.
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

20. General division of the argument. A-Statement of the charges and imputations against Warren. B-Certain general considerations as to the case and testimony. C-The facts as to the engagement of the 31st March. D-The facts as to the movements to reenforce General Sheridan. E-The facts as to the Battle of Five Forks. F-General examination of Warren's conduct through the two days covered by the investigation of the court / Gouverneur Kemble Warren.

Creator:
Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
[s.n.]
Publication Place:
[S.I.]
Format:
Book

58. Report of the trial of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esq. on an information, filed, ex officio, by the attorney general, for the distribution of a libel : with the subsequent proceedings thereon : containing the arguments of counsel, the opinion of the court, and Mr. Rowan's Address to the Court, at Full.

Creator:
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esquire, and sold by O. Byrne.
Publication Place:
Dublin
Format:
Book

65. The life and confession of Carolino Estradas de Mina : executed at Doylestown, June 21, 1832, for poisoning with arsenic, William Chapman / written by himself in the Spanish language, while under sentence of death in the jail at Doylestown, and delivered by him to the sheriff of Bucks County, with a request to have the same translated into English ; translated from the original ms. in Spanish, by C.G.

Creator:
Estradas de Mina, Carolino, 1809-1832.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Robert Desilver
Publication Place:
Philadelphia
Format:
Book

69. High-treason : The whole proceedings on the trial of James Watson, the elder, surgeon, Arthur Thistlewood, gent., Thomas Preston, cordwainer, and John Hooper, labourer, for high-treason ... Together with the whole proceedings in this highly interesting and important trial, given at full length / Taken in short-hand by a gentleman of the bar, expressly for this edition.

Creator:
Watson, James, 1766?-1838. defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
J. Bailey
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

80. The whole proceedings on the trial of indictment against Thomas Walker of Manchester : merchant, Samuel Jackson, James Cheetham, Oliver Pearsal [sic] Benjamin Booth, and Joseph Collier : for a conspiracy to overthrow the constitution and government, and to aid and assist the French, (being the King's Enemies) in case they should invade this Kingdom.

Creator:
Walker, Thomas, 1749-1817, defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for T. Boden, 1794.
Publication Place:
Manchester [England]
Format:
Book

85. Life, trial, and particulars of the execution of Governor Wall : who was executed on Thursday morning last, fronting Newgate, for the murder of Benjamin Armstrong, nearly 20 years ago, at Goree, in Africa. By causing him to receive, without trial, 800 lashes, which we inflicted by Black Slaves, changed at every 25 lashes.

Creator:
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed by J. Davenport 6, George's Court St. John's Lane, West Smithfield, London.
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

89. The whole proceedings on the trial of indictment against Thomas Walker of Manchester : merchant, Samuel Jackson, James Cheetham, Oliver Pearsal [sic] Benjamin Booth, and Joseph Collier : for a conspiracy to overthrow the constitution and government, and to aid and assist the French, (being the King's Enemies) in case they should invade this Kingdom.

Creator:
Walker, Thomas, 1749-1817, defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for Samuel Harrison Smith, by W. Woodward.
Publication Place:
Philadelphia
Format:
Book

90. The trial at large on an action for damages, brought in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer before the Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron Yelverton and a jury of citizens, on Saturday the 20th of February, 1796, by the Right Hon. George Fred. Earl of Westmeath, against the Honourable Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw, for adultery with the Right Hon. Mary Anne, Countess of Westmeath.

Creator:
Westmeath, George Frederick Nugent, 7th earl of, 1760-1814.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Re-Printed for Allen and West.
Publication Place:
Dublin
Format:
Book