Law Lib (2 results)

University of Aberdeen; Marischal College; Law Library. Subject Catalogue of the Law Library in Marischal College. Aberdeen: Printed at the Adelphi Press, 1906. xi, 13-111 pp. Printed stiff paper boards, with cloth gilt stamped spine. Boards rubbed and soiled, wear to corners, but a very solid copy. Faculty of Procurators Library bookplate to front pastedown. Internally clean. $125.

New Haven: J.H. Benham, 1845. OCLC 1 cpy law lib. (illustrator). First Edition. New Haven: J.H. Benham, 1845. OCLC 1 cpy law lib. Theft, Lewdness and Murder Thompson, Joseph Parrish [1819-1879]. Lewdness and Murder. A Discourse Suggested by the Late Murder; Delivered in the Chapel Street Congregational Church, On Sabbath Evening, March 9th, 1845; And Repeated in the Center Churches of New Haven and Hartford. New Haven: Printed and Published by J.H. Benham, 1845. 24 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"; 22.2 x 13.3 cm). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling, a few minor stains and some minor wear to corners, spine worn away, wrappers partially detached but secure, faint vertical crease through center, moderate toning and light foxing to text. $300. * First edition. Thompson was a prominent Congregationalist minister. During his time at the Chapel Street Church in New Haven, he was a contributing editor of The New Englander, later The Yale Review. He moved to New York later in 1845, where he spent years as a staunch abolitionist and founded The Independent, a religious anti-slavery weekly newspaper, in 1848. This sermon discusses the recent murder of Lucius P. Osborn by Andrew P. Potter, a "lewd" individual. Potter borrowed a watch from Osborn. Wanting to keep it, he murdered Potter by bashing his skull with a pike pole. Thompson focuses on the thesis that a man corrupted by lewdness is likely to become a criminal who will commit brutal acts. OCLC locates 1 copy in a law library (Yale). Not in McDade. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 12929.