A Full and Authentic Report of the Testimony on the Trial of Matt. F. Ward, Certified to be Correct by Thomas D. Brown. . . . With the Speeches of Gov. Crittenden, Gov. Helm, T. F. Marshall, Esq., and Nathaniel Wolfe, Esq., and the Reply of Alfred Allen, Esq., Attorney for the Commonwealth

[Ward, Matthew Flournoy, defendant] Richardson, A. D. (Reporter)

Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1854

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Octavo. 176 pp. Stitched in original wrappers. Early damp-staining to front wrapper and tidelines to the top margin of many of the leaves, more prominent to the first several leaves diminishing to an unobtrusive toning to the top corner; dog-earing to the bottom corner of about 2 dozen leaves; generally, a solid copy in very good condition but for the minor to moderate tidelines. This is the transcript of the infamous murder trial of Matthew F[lournoy] Ward in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Matt Ward was tried in the Hardin Circuit Court at Elizabethtown, KY, April, 1854, for the murder of W. H. G. Butler. McDade explains: "Butler, the principal of Louisville High School, had whipped Matt Ward's younger brother. Matt demanded an apology of Butler, not for the whipping but for calling the boy a liar. The apology not forthcoming, words followed; and Ward, having come prepared for blood, shot Butler. Kentucky justice was that Ward was promptly acquitted" McDade 1042. Sabin 70981.

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• Title: A Full and Authentic Report of the Testimony on the Trial of Matt. F. Ward, Certified to be Correct by Thomas D. Brown. . . . With the Speeches of Gov. Crittenden, Gov. Helm, T. F. Marshall, Esq., and Nathaniel Wolfe, Esq., and the Reply of Alfred Allen, Esq., Attorney for the Commonwealth
• Publisher: D. Appleton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1854
• Binding: Original Wrappers
• Condition: Good binding
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