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Zustand: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original delphinium blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7¼'' x 5''. Contains (v), 391 pp. From the private library of William Mackenzie Haigh and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'J. Delves-Broughton | from W. Mackenzie Haigh | 8th December 1930'. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MILITARY (Armed Warfare).

McDade 297: One of the Most Sensational American Trials of the Early 1800s [Trial]. Fairbanks, Jason, Defendant. Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks, On an Indictment for the Murder of Miss Elizabeth Fales. At the Supreme Court, Holden at Dedham, in the County of Norfolk, On Thursday the 6th, And Friday the 7th Days of August, 1801. Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, 1801. 87 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into later cloth, gilt title and fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, moderate browning and light foxing to interior, corner folds and small chips to edges of a few leaves, tears with early repairs to title page and following leaf. $350. * Second edition, one of four editions, all issued in 1801. The second, third and fourth editions have a history of the case and an eye-witness account of Fairbanks's execution. This was one of the most sensational American trials of the early 1800s. The parents of Elizabeth Fales objected to Fairbanks's suit, and he, in revenge or frustration, slit her throat in a field, attempting at the same time to commit suicide. When apprehended, he claimed that she tried to kill herself. After his conviction Fairbanks escaped custody and almost reached Canada, but was apprehended in Vermont. He was hanged a short time later. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 12550. McDade, The Annals of Murder 297.

First edition, 8vo (205 x 135 mm), 48pp., some light spotting, orig. green upper printed wrapper, lower wrapper missing, disbound. "Mayberry, knowing Alger was returning with a sum of money, met him on the road in Harmony, Wisconsin, and killed him with a hatchet while riding with him. Wisconsin had abolished the death penalty, and a mob seized Mayberry after his conviction and hanged him in the streets."McDale. McDale, The Annals of Murder.

Appeals of murder were abolished after this case (illustrator). Appeals of murder were abolished after this case. "Diabolically Ravished, Murdered, And Thrown Into a Pit" [Trial]. Thornton, Abraham [c.1793-1860], Defendant. Horrible Rape and Murder!! The Affecting Case of Mary Ashford, A Beautiful Young Virgin, Who was Diabolically Ravished, Murdered, And Thrown Into a Pit, As She Was Returning From a Dance; Including the Trial of Abraham Thornton, For the Wilful Murder of the Said Mary Ashford; With the Whole of the Evidence, Charge to the Jury, &c. Tried at Warwick Assizes, Before Mr. Justice Holroyd, On the 8th of August, 1817. Taken in Short Hand. To Which is Added Copious Elucidations of this Extraordinary Case; And a Correct Plan of the Spot Where the Rape and Murder were Committed, &c. &c. London: Published by John Fairburn, 1817. [ii], 60 columns (34 pp), 64, [1] pp. Several newspaper clippings concerning this case pasted to final leaf, rear wrapper and verso of title page. Woodcut folding map of crime scene. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers, untrimmed edges. Some soiling and edgewear, spine and fold-lines of table reinforced, fore-edge mended, some toning to text. Early owner inscriptions to front wrapper ("Bright" and "St John Crookes") and verso of map ("St John Crookes/ Sunderland/ 1856"). $950. * "Third Edition." Abraham Thornton, a bricklayer, was accused of the rape and murder of Mary Ashford when she was found dead the morning after a dance where the two had been seen together. Thornton admitted that the two had been consensually intimate, but denied the charges of rape and murder. Eyewitness accounts backed up his story, and in the absence of other evidence he was acquitted of both charges. Public outcry around his acquittal led to Mary's brother William invoking an "appeal of murder." This uncommon legal practice allowed a retrial of a defendant acquitted for murder but, crucially, gave the defendant the right to trial by battle. Thornton invoked that right and was released after William Ashford declined the challenge. (The case resulted in the abolition of appeals by murder and thus the end of trial by battle.) Despite his protestations of innocence, the public was thoroughly convinced of his guilt. Unable to lead a normal life, Thornton moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore, Maryland. One of the former owners of our copy may have been John Bright [1811-1889], a r.

New York 1912-1914. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" frame (illustrator). New York 1912-1914. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" frame. "His Famous Wig Composed Entirely of Split Hairs and Adorned with the Ceremonial Crimson Tape" Robinson, Boardman [1876-1952]. [Becker-Rosenthal Murder Trial]. Mr. Justice Precedent. [New York, 1914]. 21" x 15-1/2" (53.3 x 39.4 cm) gouache image on 26" x 19-1/2" (66 x 49.5 cm) sheet, image signed twice and inscribed by Robinson, caption in pencil below image, most likely in another hand, laid down on illustration board. Image in 30-1/2" x 24" (77.5 x 60.9 cm) wooden frame, glazed. Light soiling, a few minor stains and four crop-marks to margins outside of image, which could be covered with a matte, image fine. Several minor scuffs and nicks to frame. An exceptional, unique piece of original artwork capturing a defining moment in American legal and criminal history. $3,500. * This striking original gouache was created to illustrate "Leaden Footed Justice in New York State," a feature article published in the Special Feature section of the New York Tribune on Sunday, March 1, 1914. The penciled caption reads:"Mr. Justice Precedent wearing his famous wig composed entirely of split hairs and adorned with the ceremonial crimson tape." The caricature was a scathing commentary on the notoriously protracted, bureaucratically tangled legal proceedings of the Becker-Rosenthal Murder case, which centered on NYPD Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, who ran a massive protection racket targeting illegal Manhattan casinos. When gambling house owner Herman Rosenthal threatened to expose Becker's corruption to District Attorney Charles S. Whitman, Becker hired a gang of underworld executioners (including "Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty Louie") to gun Rosenthal down outside the Hotel Metropole. The investigation and subsequent trials completely dominated New York front pages. Becker's first trial began on October 7, 1912, resulting in a conviction that was subsequently overturned on appeal by the New York Court of Appeals due to judicial bias. His highly anticipated second trial began on May 6, 1914 (just over two months after this cartoon appeared). Becker was convicted a second time and, after his appeals were exhausted in 1915, went to the electric chair at Sing Sing-marking the first time in U.S. history a police officer was executed for murder. The case profoundly shook the public psyche and entered the cultural lexicon, most.