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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In 1799, the murder of a young woman caused a terrific stir in the city of New York. The victim was Gulielma Sands who, on December 22, left the boardinghouse where she lived, never to return. Her bruised body was found several days later in the Manhattan Well, a twenty-minute carriage ride from her home.The accused was Levi Weeks, a fellow boarder who, Miss Sands had claimed, was to marry her the night she disappeared. Two of the attorneys for the defense were Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, friends of Ezra Weeks, a prominent builder and brother of the accused.The citizens of New York raised an enormous hue and cry over the murder: the body was displayed in the streets before the trail; mobs shoved their way into the courtroom to see the famous lawyers at work and to get a glimpse of the accused; and--when the verdict was read--few felt that justice had been done.This book tells the story of the trial of Levi Weeks and includes the entire transcript of the first American murder trial ever recorded. It is at once a riveting retelling of a true crime in which the voices of early New Yorkers come to us freshly from over two centuries, and a riveting legal and social history of New York in the early years of the Republic.…

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paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. No Jacket. First Edition. New York. 1991. March 1991. Dell Laurel. 1st Dell Laurel Paperback Printing. Very Good in Wrappers. 044050368x. 240 pages. paperback. keywords: History America Murder Crime Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton. DESCRIPTION - On December 22, 1799, at about 8 o'clock in the evenign, a young woman named Gulielma Sands left her boarding house in New York City and was never again seen alive. The fascinating trial of her fiance, Levi Weeks, begin on March 31, 1800 at New York's City Hall. His defense attorneys were Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and Brockholst Livingston. This is the first American murder trial ever to have been recorded. inventory #32071.…

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Hard Cover. First Edition. 240pp. Illus. 'Or, The Manhattan Well Mystery.' Story of the first recorded murder trial in US History, New York, 1800. Two defense attorneys were Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. Very good except for 10 dog-earred pages. DJ is good, rear panel wrinkled. (loc 996).

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In January 1800, just weeks after the death of George Washington, the body of a young New York woman was recovered from the depths of Manhattan Wellso called because it had been dug by Aaron Burrs Manhattan Company. The woman was Gulielma Elma Sands, who on December 22 had left the boardinghouse where she lived, never to return. Suspicion immediately fell on another boarder, Levi Weeks, who according to Sandss cousin and landlady was to marry the victim the very night she disappeared. By the time Weeks went on trial for Sandss murder a few months later, the crime had become the talk of New York City. So many New Yorkers came to visit Sandss body before her funeral that her open coffin was displayed in the street, and crowds jammed the thoroughfares around the courthouse shouting for Weeks to be hanged. The fate of the accused lay in the hands of a defense team recruited by his brother, prominent builder Ezra Weeks, from the upper ranks of New York society.Weekss team of star lawyerswhich included both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burrhad to work together to defend a client whom all of New York seemed to have already decided was guilty. This book tells the full story of the trial of Levi Weeks and includes the entire transcript of the first American murder trial ever recorded. It is at once a riveting retelling of a true crime in which the voices of early New Yorkers come to us freshly from over two centuries in the past, and a riveting legal and social history of New York in the early years of the Republic. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr for the defence in the first recorded murder trial in US history, New York, 1800. Elma's body, badly beaten, shoes gone, was grappled from the depths.On December 22, 1799, Gulielma (Elma) Sands, a young woman residing in a Greenwich Street boardinghouse, borrowed a muff from a neighbour, left the house, and disappeared. On Christmas Eve, 3 young boys found Elma's borrowed muff floating in the Manhattan Well. Nine days later, Elma's body, violently battered, her gown 'torn open with great violence,' was grappled from the depths. Levi Weeks, her lover and a fellow boarder, was arrested for her murder. Did he do it? Would he be convicted? With brilliant suspense and historical accuracy, the author recreates the sensational trial of Levi Weeks and lets us witness his defence attorneys - Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Bury - in action.in a real life murder mystery that is also a unique portrait of America's past. Illus., Appendix, Notes, Bibliog. and Index. 240pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In January 1800, just weeks after the death of George Washington, the body of a young New York woman was recovered from the depths of Manhattan Well--so called because it had been dug by Aaron Burr's Manhattan Company. The woman was Gulielma 'Elma' Sands, who on December 22 had left the boardinghouse where she lived, never to return. Suspicion immediately fell on another boarder, Levi Weeks, who according to Sands's cousin and landlady was to marry the victim the very night she disappeared. By the time Weeks went on trial for Sands's murder a few months later, the crime had become the talk of New York City. So many New Yorkers came to visit Sands's body before her funeral that her open coffin was displayed in the street, and crowds jammed the thoroughfares around the courthouse shouting for Weeks to be hanged. The fate of the accused lay in the hands of a defense team recruited by his brother, prominent builder Ezra Weeks, from the upper ranks of New York society. Weeks's team of star lawyers--which included both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr--had to work together to defend a client whom all of New York seemed to have already decided was guilty. This book tells the full story of the trial of Levi Weeks and includes the entire transcript of the first American murder trial ever recorded. It is at once a riveting retelling of a true crime in which the voices of early New Yorkers come to us freshly from over two centuries in the past, and a riveting legal and social history of New York in the early years of the Republic.…