Murder Trials (7 results)

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 8 pages. The reporter reconstructs a grim pair of crimes: Chennelâs killing of his father and Chalcraftâs involvement in a related murder. The article sets out the evidence, the motives suggested by witnesses and the atmosphere of shock that surrounded two linked acts of violence in a rural community. Small piece missing from top corner of first leaf, with no loss of text. Some foxing. An authentic standalone article, extracted from the annual volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 11.5 x 19 cms. Category: Celebrated Trials; Special Interest. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. Fourth Edition. A series of examinations and confessions detail the plot to kill Henry Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Powrie, Dalgleish, Hay, Hepburn, and the Frenchman Nicolas Hubert (Paris) describe the planning and execution of the crime. Their trials and swift sentences illuminate the violent factional politics surrounding Marys troubled reign. 5 PAGES, printed in double columns. A genuine 1778 printing taken from the authoritative Complete Collection of State Trials. Originally compiled to serve both as a legal reference and a vehicle of political discourse, the State Trials series shaped contemporary and subsequent understanding of justice, authority, and dissent. The generously sized sheets on which these trials are printed offer particular pleasure to the eye and hand, bearing clear signs of their handmade origin: chain lines and wire impressions from the mould are readily visible, some pages display watermarks, and the paper varies subtly in thickness, all characteristic of 18th century rag paper. This particular trial report has been preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 30 x 47 cms. Category: State Trials; Printed before 1800; State Trials::Large Folio. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. Fourth Edition. Noble is tried for killing John Sayer, while Sayers wife, Mary, is charged with petty treason for conspiring in her husbands death. Mary Salisbury is prosecuted as an accessory. The proceedings reveal a grim domestic conspiracy, the gendered severity of petty treason law, and the evidentiary weight placed on accomplice testimony at earlyâ'eighteenthâ'century assizes. 7 PAGES, printed in double columns. A genuine 1778 printing taken from the authoritative Complete Collection of State Trials. Originally compiled to serve both as a legal reference and a vehicle of political discourse, the State Trials series shaped contemporary and subsequent understanding of justice, authority, and dissent. The generously sized sheets on which these trials are printed offer particular pleasure to the eye and hand, bearing clear signs of their handmade origin: chain lines and wire impressions from the mould are readily visible, some pages display watermarks, and the paper varies subtly in thickness, all characteristic of 18th century rag paper. This particular trial report has been preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 30 x 47 cms. Category: State Trials; Printed before 1800; State Trials::Large Folio. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. Fourth Edition. A group of smugglers Jackson, Carter, Tapner, Cobby, Hammond and the two Millses are tried for the brutal murders of William Galley and Daniel Chater, government informers seized and tortured by the Hawkhurst Gang. The proceedings, held under special commission, expose the scale of organised smuggling on the south coast and the Crowns determination to crush violent criminal networks. 11 PAGES, printed in double columns. A genuine 1778 printing taken from the authoritative Complete Collection of State Trials. Originally compiled to serve both as a legal reference and a vehicle of political discourse, the State Trials series shaped contemporary and subsequent understanding of justice, authority, and dissent. The generously sized sheets on which these trials are printed offer particular pleasure to the eye and hand, bearing clear signs of their handmade origin: chain lines and wire impressions from the mould are readily visible, some pages display watermarks, and the paper varies subtly in thickness, all characteristic of 18th century rag paper. This particular trial report has been preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 30 x 47 cms. Category: State Trials; Printed before 1800; State Trials::Large Folio. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. Fourth Edition. A group of foreign adventurers, allegedly acting at the instigation of Count Coningsmark, are tried for the assassination of Thomas Thynne, shot in his coach in Pall Mall. The case blends jealousy, aristocratic rivalry and hired violence, becoming one of the most dramatic criminal trials of the Restoration era. 21 PAGES, printed in double columns. A genuine 1776 printing taken from the authoritative Complete Collection of State Trials. Originally compiled to serve both as a legal reference and a vehicle of political discourse, the State Trials series shaped contemporary and subsequent understanding of justice, authority, and dissent. The generously sized sheets on which these trials are printed offer particular pleasure to the eye and hand, bearing clear signs of their handmade origin: chain lines and wire impressions from the mould are readily visible, some pages display watermarks, and the paper varies subtly in thickness, all characteristic of 18th century rag paper. This particular trial report has been preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 30 x 47 cms. Category: State Trials; Printed before 1800; State Trials::Large Folio. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. A series of trials surrounding James Annesley's claim to nobility - kidnapping, murder, and perjury included. 180 pages, printed in double columns. Printed between 1809 and 1826, these historic documents are vivid extracts from Cobbett's State Trials, pages from the courtroom record that preserve the voices, arguments, and verdicts which helped shape the course of British justice and still echo through its constitutional legacy. Over two centuries old, each leaf is a tangible fragment of legal history, compelling, original, and rarely encountered outside institutional collections. These are not reprints or replicas, but authentic 19th-century printings, rich in drama and steeped in history. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Cobbett's State Trials and is now preserved in a modern card cover for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 25 cms. Category: State Trials; State Trials::Octavo; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition. Baltimore Gazette, Printers. 1873. 59pp. Wrps. McDade 1012. An excellent copy.