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The Last Peer Hanged as a Common Criminal [Execution]. Ferrers, Lawrence (Laurence) Shirley, Earl [1720-1760]. An Account of the Execution of the Late Laurence Earl Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth, And of His Lordship's Behaviour, From the Time of His Being Delivered into the Custody of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Until the Time of His Execution. By the Authority of the Sheriffs. London: Sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row, 1760. 11, [1] pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 8"; 32.6 x 20.3 cm). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers, thread perished, edges untrimmed. Light toning, light soiling to exterior, horizontal fold line, some faint creasing to spine and final leaf. A very good copy in its original state. $250. * Only edition, one of two issues from the same year (the other published in Dublin by Faulkner). Lord Ferrers was apparently a pleasant man, if arrogant, when sober, but prone to violent rages and brutality while drunk. After six years of abuse, his wife left him and returned to her family. She applied to Parliament for, and received, an order for maintenance. This came from a separate trust administered by Ferrers's steward, John Johnson. The Earl eventually convinced himself that Johnson was plotting against him, stealing his money and having an affair with his estranged wife. During a meeting he ordered Johnson to kneel and to beg pardon. Ferrers shot Johnson when he complied with this order. As established at trial, Ferrers had been sober when he shot Johnson, but quickly took to the bottle and assaulted the wounded man again. Johnson eventually died. Ferrers employed an insanity defense but was unsuccessful. He was sentenced to be hanged and anatomized, the last peer to be executed in this manner. OCLC locates 7 copies of this issue in North America. English Short-Title Catalogue T18836.

Copy of an Account of the Last Peer Hanged as a Common Criminal with an Interesting Provenance [Trial]. Ferrers, Lawrence (Laurence) Shirley, Earl [1720-1760], Defendant. The Trial of Lawrence, Earl Ferrers, For the Murder of John Johnson, Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, In Westminster-Hall, In Full Parliament, On Wednesday the 16th, Thursday the 17th, And Friday the 18th of April, 1760: On the Last of Which Days, Judgment for Murder was Given Against Him. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Samuel Billingsley, 1760. [iv], 55 pp. With initial imprimatur leaf. Folio (11-1/2" x 7-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in nineteenth-century quarter speckled calf over marbled boards, gilt fillets to calf edges, gilt title to spine, gilt morocco armorial bookplate (of Edward Hailstone) to front pastedown. Moderate rubbing to extremities, boards partially detached but secure. Moderate toning to interior, text block trimmed closely with loss to page numbers and catch-words in places, no loss to main text, early annotation ("Right Honoble/ Welbore Ellis/ Council Office") to recto of imprimatur leaf. $300. * Only edition, one of two issues from the same year (the other published in Dublin by Faulkner). Lord Ferrers was apparently a pleasant man, if arrogant, when sober, but prone to violent rages and brutality while drunk. After six years of abuse, his wife left him and returned to her family. She applied to Parliament for, and received, an order for maintenance. This came from a separate trust administered by Ferrers's steward, John Johnson. The Earl eventually convinced himself that Johnson was plotting against him, stealing his money and having an affair with his estranged wife. During a meeting he ordered Johnson to kneel and to beg pardon. Ferrers shot Johnson when he complied with this order. As established at trial, Ferrers had been sober when he shot Johnson, but quickly took to the bottle and assaulted the wounded man again. Johnson eventually died. Ferrers employed an insanity defense but was unsuccessful. He was sentenced to be hanged and anatomized, the last peer to be executed in this manner. Welbore Ellis [1713-1802] was an English politician and civil servant who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies during the American Revolution. At the time of the trial, he was M.

Three Notable Eighteenth-Century British Trials [Trials]. Byng, John [1704-1757], Defendant. The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng, At a Court Martial, As Taken by Mr. Charles Fearne, Judge-Advocate of his Majesty's Fleet. London: Printed for R. Manby near Ludgate-Hill [et al.], 1757. 130 [i.e. 134]; 19 [i.e. 21], [1] pp. Additional pages *37-8 and *73-6 inserted. Lacking leaves 2K1-2 (pp. 125-128). [Bound with] Ferrers, Lawrence (Laurence) Shirley, 4th Earl [1720-1760], Defendant. The Trial of Lawrence Earl Ferrers, For the Murder of John Johnson: Before the Right Honourable the House of Peers in Westminster-Hall in Full Parliament, On Wednesday the 16th, Thursday the 17th, and Friday the 18th of April, 1760: On the Last of Which Days, Judgment for Murder was Given Against Him. London: Printed for Samuel Billingsley, 1760. [iv], 55 pp. [And] Blandy, Mary [1720-1752], Defendant. The Tryal of Mary Blandy, Spinster; For the Murder of Her Father, Francis Blandy, Gent. At the Assizes Held at Oxford for the County of Oxford, On Saturday the 29th of February, 1752, Before the Honourable Heneage Legge, Esq; and Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe, Knt. Two of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. London: Printed for John and James Rivington, 1752. [ii], 46 pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlets bound in later period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece ("Admiral Byng Trial") to spine, gilt decoration to compartments, edges speckled red. Light rubbing and a few small scuffs and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing and light wear to extremities, light fading to spine, front hinge cracked, faint offsetting to preliminaries. Light toning to interior, occasional light foxing. Tryal of Mary Blandy: title page and final leaf neatly mended, creasing and small tears to final leaf, which has faint dampstaining and spotting, legibility not affected, small clean tear to fore-edge of penultimate leaf not affecting text. $750. * Three notable eighteenth-century trials. Admiral Byng was court-martialed after electing to repair his damaged fleet at Gibraltar rather than relieve a British garrison. The court acquitted him of personal cowardice, but convicted him of failure to "do his utmost to take, seize and destroy the Ships of the.