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7. Trial, sentence, and execution of Israel Thayer, Jr. Isaac Thayer, and Nelson Thayer, three brothers, : for the murder of John Love, at the town of Boston, in the county of Erie, and state of New-York, on the 17th June. : With all the particulars, arguments of counsel, charge of the judge, the sentence, their execution, and their conduct on the awful occasion. / Collected from authentic documents.

Creator:
Unknown Author
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed and published by J. M'Cleland, 285 Water-Street
Publication Place:
New York
Format:
Book

18. Trial of the conspirators, for the assassination of President Lincoln, &c. : Argument of John A. Bingham, special judge advocate, in reply to the arguments of the several counsel for Mary E. Surratt, David E. Herold, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, Michael O'Laughlin, Samuel A. Mudd, Edward Spangler, and Samuel Arnold, charged with conspiracy and the murder of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States. Delivered June 27 and 28, 1865, before the Military commission, Washington, D.C.

Creator:
Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Govt. print. off.
Publication Place:
Washington
Format:
Book

29. Trial of Madame Restell, alias Ann Lohman for abortion and causing the death of Mrs. Purdy : Being a full account of all the proceedings on the trial, together with the suppressed evidence and editorial remarks.

Creator:
Restell, Madame, 1812-1878, defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
For sale at the Book Stand in Wall St., adjoining the Custom House; at the Cottage No. 312 Broadway, next to Masonic Hall; at the News Office, corner of Duane and Greenwich St.; corner of Nassau and Beekman Sts., and Bowery News Office
Publication Place:
New York
Format:
Book

39. Trial of Hon. Frederick A. Tallmadge, general superintendent of metropolitan police, : before James W. Nye, Esq., president, and Hon. James S.T. Stranahan, Thomas B. Stillman, Esq., and James Bowen, Esq., commissioners of police, Hon. Daniel F. Tiemann, mayor of the city of New York, and Hon. Samuel S. Powell, mayor of the city of Brooklyn, ex-officio commissioners of police. : With the argument of his counsel. / Reported by Elbridge T. Gerry, student at law.

Creator:
Tallmadge, Frederick A. (Frederick Augustus), 1792-1869.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Baker & Godwin, printers, Printing-House Square, opposite City Hall.
Publication Place:
New York
Format:
Book

42. Trial of Henry Rogers, the captain, William Miles, first mate, and Charles E. Seymour, second mate, of the ship ""Martha and Jane,"" of Sunderland, for the wilful murder on the high seas, of Andrew Rose, a seaman, tried at the Liverpool summer assizes, before Mr. Baron Watson, on the 19th August, 1857, with the particulars of the execution of the captain, the fate of the two mates being yet undecided. The evidence given verbatim from the report made for Her Majesty's government. By Bond Hughes, esq.

Creator:
Rogers, Henry, d. 1857.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
London, Lewis and son
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

60. 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

64. Three letters, written, and originally published, under the signature of A South Carolina planter. The first, on the case of Jonathan Robbins ... The second, on the recent captures of American vessels by British cruisers ... The third, on the right of expatriation. By Charles Pinckney, esquire, senator in Congress, for South-Carolina. To which is added, an appendix, containing sundry documents concerning Jonathan Robbins.

Creator:
Pinckney, Charles, 1758-1824.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Aurora-office
Publication Place:
Philadelphia
Format:
Book

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. The whole proceedings on the trial of an information exhibited ex officio by the king's attorney-general against Thomas Paine for a libel upon the revolution and settlement of the crown and regal government as by law established; and also upon the Bill of Rights, the Legislature, Government, Laws, and Parliament of this Kingdom, and upon the King.

Creator:
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, defendant.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Sold by Martha Gurney, No. 128, Holborn-Hill.
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

79. 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

82. The trials of the twelve traitors W. Cundell, C. Parker, J. Tweedle, Charles Bird, John Quigley, John Smith, G. Armstrong, S. M'Farlane, J. Teaster, James Fibbs, Philip Lethay, Noah Francis for high treason : charged with being found in arms, in French uniform, fighting against their king and country, in the Isle of France, and other traiterous acts, before a Special Commission, at the Sessions House, Newington, Monday, Feb. 10, and following days : including the interesting charge to the grand jury, the speeches of the counsellors, and the affecting address of the Lord Chief Baron in passing the awful sentences

Creator:
Unknown Author
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Kemmish and Sgn [sic], 17, King Street, Borough : Stevens and Co., Borough Road
Publication Place:
[Southwark (London, England)]
Format:
Book

86. The trials of Arthur Thistlewood, : J. Ings, J.T. Brunt, W. Davidson, and R. Tidd, on a charge of high treason in attempting to depose the King and assassinate his ministers. Including the whole of the evidence, speeches of counsel, prisoners' defence, &c. Tried at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, before Lord Chief Justice Abbott, Lord Chief Justice Dallas, the chief Baron Richards, and Mr. Justice Richardson, April 17, 1820, and following days. Taken in short hand. To which is added, a copious account of the execution.

Creator:
Thistlewood, Arthur, 1770-1820.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
published by John Fairburn, 2, Broadway, Ludgate Hill; T.Dolby, 299, Strand, (near the New Church) and 34, Wardour Street; sold also by Batchelor Long Alley, Moorfields, and all other Booksellers and Newsmen in town and country. Price two shillings. Printed by W. Molineux, Bream Buildings, Chancery Lane
Publication Place:
London
Format:
Book

87. The trials at large of Robert Watt, and David Downie, for high treason, : at the session of Oyer and Terminer, at Edinburgh, August 27, September 3d, and September 5th, 1794. At which they were both found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, on the 15th of October. Taken in short hand by an English barrister.

Creator:
Watt, Robert, d. 1794?
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Publisher:
Printed by Tiebout & O'Brien, 358 Pearl-Street.
Publication Place:
New York
Format:
Book

91. 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

93. 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

94. 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