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8. The trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Niel [sic], James Gibb, and William M'Lean, the Glasgow cotton-spinners : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on charges of murder, hiring to commit assassinations, and committing, and hiring to commit, violence to persons and property / reported by James Marshall ... ; to which is annexed statistics connected with the spinning trade, &c. of Glasgow, by Peter M'Kenzie.

Creator:
Hunter, Thomas, b. 1796?
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Published by William Tait; Peter M'Kenzie; W.R. Mphun; Effingham Wilson; N.H. Cotes
Publication Place:
Edinburgh; Glasgow; London
Format:
Book

10. Argument of Franklin B. Gowen, esq., of counsel for the commonwealth : in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Thomas Munley, indicted in the Court of oyer and terminer of Schuylkill county, Pa., for the murder of Thomas Sanger, a mining boss, at Raven Run, on September 1st, 1875 / Stenographically reported by R.A. West.

Creator:
Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Chronicle book and job rooms
Publication Place:
Pottsville, Pa.
Format:
Book

11. An account of the life and transactions of William Gadesby : from the age of seventeen to twenty-eight, when he was brought to trial ... and received sentence of death ... / written by himself, when in prison ; to which is added, an appendix, concerning his confession of having robbed the Dundee bank, the whole containing a narrative of the most extraordinary and unexampled depravity ...

Creator:
Gadesby, William, 1762 or 3-1791.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for William Creech, and sold by Dunlop and Wilson, R. Nicol, Dundee, Angus and Son, and A. Brown, Aberdeen
Publication Place:
Edinburgh; Glasgow
Format:
Book

13. A report of the trial of the Rev. Ephraim K. Avery, : before the Supreme Judical 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.

Creator:
Avery, Ephraim K., d. 1869.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Russell, Odiorne and Co. 134, Washington Street; David H. Ela, 62. Cornhill.
Publication Place:
Boston
Format:
Book

15. Report of the trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr, for treason; including the testimony at length, arguments of counsel : the charge of the Chief Justice : the motions and arguments on the questions of a new trial and in arrest of judgment : together with the sentence of the court, and the speech of Mr. Dorr before sentence, from notes taken at the trial.

Creator:
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854, defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
B.F. Moore
Publication Place:
Providence
Format:
Book

21. The case of George W. Niven, Esq., attorney and counsellor at law, charged with mal-practices and suspended by order of the court of common pleas of the city of New-York : containing much curious matter, ingenuous argument, and eloquent discourse, equally interesting to counsellors and clients, to the safety of the public, and the honor and dignity of a learned profession.

Creator:
Sampson, William, 1764-1836.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Van Pelt & Spear, Printers, 95 Pearl-street.
Publication Place:
New York
Format:
Book

22. Report of the trial of William Henry Theodore Durrant : indicted for the murder of Blanche Lamont, before the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco : including a full history of the case after defendant's conviction ... ; also including a complete synopsis of the evidence in possession of the authorities...

Creator:
Durrant, William Henry Theodore, d. 1898.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
The Collector Publishing Company
Publication Place:
Detroit
Format:
Book

27. Statement of the relations of Rufus W. Griswold with Charlotte Myers (called Charlotte Griswold,) Elizabeth F. Ellet, Ann S. Stephens, Samuel J. Waring, Hamilton R. Searles, and Charles D. Lewis : with particular reference to their late unsuccessful attempt to have set aside the decree granted in 1852 by the Court of Common Please of Philadelphia County in the Case of Griswold vs. Griswold.

Creator:
Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
H.B. Ashmead
Publication Place:
Philadelphia
Format:
Book

28. The Trial of Weeping Billy, for the wilful murder of Ann Webb : also, the trials of William Duncan, for the wilful murder of W. Chivers, Esq., John Maycock and John Pope, for the wilful murder of A.M. Pooley, at Horsleydown, and John Augustus, for the wilful murder of his shipmate, Peter Williams.

Creator:
Unknown Author
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Published by F. Lye, Pichegru-Place, London-Road, Southwark; J. Taylor, Waller's Place, Lambeth Road; J. Bellamy, No. 10, Borough Road; J. Walker, No. 14, Dean-Street, Holborn; and E. Rich, Broad-Street, Bloomsbury.
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

29. Statement of facts showing the debt due to Vans by John and Richard Codman, who were condemned in France while both were living, to deliver William Vans 45,513 francs rentes per year, that amounted in 1829 to upwards of 534,054 dollars : Stephan Codman, as executor, administrator, and heirs, have refused to pay by pretending ignorance of the debt to defraud Vans, as appears by the please of Stephen Codman...

Creator:
Vans, William, 1763-1840.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for William Vans.
Publication Place:
Boston
Format:
Book

33. The whole proceedings on the trials of two informations ... against George Gordon, esq., commonly called Lord George Gordon: one for a libel on the Queen of France and the French Ambassador, the other for a libel on the judges, and the administration of the laws in England. Also of Thomas Wilkins, for printing the last-mentioned libel. Tried in the Court of King's Bench ... the 6th of June, 1787, before the Hon. Francis Buller, esq. ... Taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney.

Creator:
Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793, defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Sold by M. Gurney
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

34. Report of the trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, James Gibb, and William M'Lean, operative cotton-spinners in Glasgow, before the high court of justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, January 3, 1838, and seven following days, for the crimes of illegal conspiracy and murder; with an appendix of documents and relative proceedings. By Archibald Swinton

Creator:
Hunter, Thomas, b. 1796? defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
T. Clark
Publication Place:
Edinburgh
Format:
Book

52. The life, trial, confession and execution of Albert W. Hicks, the pirate and murderer : executed on Bedloe's Island, New York bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts, on board the oyster sloop E.A. Johnson : containing the history of his life (written by himself) from childhood up to the time of his arrest : with a full account of his piracies, murders, mutinies, high-way robberies, etc., comprising the particulars of one hundred murders! : to which is added the account of his arrest, imprisonment, trial and execution ; also, his phrenological character, as described by L.N. Fowler.

Creator:
Hicks, Albert W., 1820?-1860.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Robert M. De Witt, publisher, 13 Frankfort Street
Publication Place:
New York
Format:
Book

53. Mystery developed, or, Russell Colvin, (supposed to be murdered,) in full life : and, Stephen and Jesse Boorn, (his convicted murderers,) rescued from ignominious death by wonderful discoveries : containing, I. a narrative of the whole transaction / by Rev. Lemuel Haynes, A.M. II. Rev. Mr. Haynes' sermon, upon the development of the mystery ; III. a succinct account of the indictment, trial, and conviction of Stephen and Jesse Boorn.

Creator:
Haynes, Lemuel, 1753-1833.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Published by William S. Marsh (Hartford : R. Storrs, printer)
Publication Place:
Hartford
Format:
Book

55. Argument of Franklin B. Gowen, Esq. : before the Joint Committee of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, at Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 29th and 30th, 1875, on behalf of said Company / specially reported by D.F. Murphy.

Creator:
Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Press of Helfenstein, Lewis & Greene
Publication Place:
Philadelphia
Format:
Book

57. Trial by jury and liberty of the press : the proceedings at the public meeting, December 29, 1817, at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of enabling William Hone to surmount the difficulties in which he has been placed by being selected by the ministers of the Crown as the object of their persecution : Mr. Waithman in the chair, with the resolutions and speeches of Mr. Waithman, Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Alderman Thorp, Mr. Perry, Mr. P. Walker, Lord Cochrane, Mr. Charles Pearson, Mr. Sturch, and Mr. Wooler : also, the subscriptions received from time to time, with all the names, mottoes, &c.

Creator:
Hone, William, 1780-1842.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed by and for William Hone
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

77. The resolutions of the House of Commons, for the impeachment of Sir William Scroggs, Knt., chief justice of the Court of King's Bench; Sir Thomas Jones, Knight, one of the justices of the same court; Sir Richard Weston, Knight, one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer.

Creator:
Scroggs, William, Sir; Jones, Thomas, Sir; Weston, Richard, Sir
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for John Wright, at the Crown on Ludgate-Hill, and Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard.
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

78. The tryals and condemnation of Lionel Anderson, alias Munson, William Russel, alias Napper, Charles Parris, alias Parry, Henry Starkey, James Corker, and William Marshal, for high treason, as Romish priests, upon the statute of 27. Eliz. cap. 2 : together with the tryal of Alexander Lumsden, a Scotchman, and the arraignment of David Joseph Kemish for the same offence : at the sessions of Oyer and Terminer in the Old-Baily, on Saturday, January 17th, 1679.

Creator:
Anderson, Lionel, d. 1710, defendant
Russel, William, defendant
Parris, Charles, defendant
Strakey, Henry, defendant
Lumsden, Alexander, defendant
Kemish, David Joseph, defendant
Marshall, William, defendant
Corker, James Maurus, 1636-1715, defendant
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for Thomas Collins and John Starkey Book-Sellers in Fleet-Street near Temple-Bar.
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

79. The arraignment, tryal and condemnation of Stephen Colledge for high-treason, in conspiring the death of the King, the levying of war, and the subversion of the government. Before the Right Honourable Sr. Francis North, lord chief justice of the Court of Common-Pleas...

Creator:
Colledge, Stephen, 1635?-1681, defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleet Street, and John Fish near the Golden Tun in the Strand.
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

82. The proceedings and tryal in the case of the Most Reverend Father in God William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Right Reverend Fathers in God, William Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, Francis Lord Bishop of Ely, John Lord Bishop of Chichester, Thomas Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, Thomas Lord Bishop of Peterborough, and Jonathan Lord Bishop of Bristol.

Creator:
Sancroft, William, 1617-1693.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleet Street, and Thomas Fox, at the Angel in Westminster-Hall.
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book