Browsing British Trials by Title
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An account of the trial and execution of John Smith, and Elizabeth his wife, who were hanged at Ipswich, on Monday the 23d of March, 1812, for starving, beating, and torturing three unfortunate children he had by a former wife, the eldest of whom died in consequence of its barbarous treatment.Glasgow : Printed by T. Duncan, [1812]. 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 30 x 21 cm. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1721968
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An argument in the case of James Sommersett a Negro : lately determined by the Court of King's Bench: wherein it is attempted to demonstrate the present unlawfulness of domestic slavery in England.An argument in the case of James Sommersett a Negro : lately determined by the Court of King's Bench: wherein it is attempted to demonstrate the present unlawfulness of domestic slavery in England. To which is prefixed a state of the case / by Mr. Hargrave, one of the counsel for the Negro. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1258586
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Another ministerial defeat! The trial of the dog, for biting the noble lord; with the whole of the evidence at length / taken in short-hand by the author of "The official account of the noble lord's bite."8 pages ; 22 cm. A political satire aimed at the Marquis of Londonderry. Written by William Hone, with an illustration by George Cruikshank. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1721809
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Clod-pate's ghost, or, A dialogue between Justice Clod-Pate, and his (quondam) clerk honest Tom Ticklefoot: wherein is faithfullly related all the news from purgatory, about Ireland, Langhorn, &c.London, 1679. [4], 20 pages ; 30 cm. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1723479
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Dropt clauses out of the bill against the queen : For Mr. Attorney General to peruse and settle.London, 1820. 3 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 31 x 19 cm, folded in vol. 21 cm. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Issued to be folded to 20 x 9 cm., giving the appearance of a legal document, with the title, on page [4]: Dropt clauses out of the bill against the Queen. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1235098
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Report of the cases of Robinson v. Bird and others, and the Queen v. Birds : held at Appleby Assizes, on Friday, 11th August, 1843Report of the cases of Robinson v. Bird and others, and the Queen v. Birds : held at Appleby Assizes, on Friday, 11th August, 1843 http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b203235
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The account of the trial of Jas. Byrne at Dublin, Oct. 28, 1811, charged on the oath of the Bishop of Clogher, with accusing him of an abonimable crime: with an account of the dreadful floggings he underwent.London: Printed and sold by J. Catnach, 2 Monmouth-Court ..., [1822]. 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustration (woodcut) ; 46 x 41 cm. James Byrne, a coachman, accused the Bishop of Clogher with making sexual advances, and the Bishop retaliated by accusing Byrne of extortionary libel. In a trial viewed as a travesty of justice, Byrne was sentenced to public flogging and a two-year prison sentence. The text includes the prosecution's jury speech and reporting from the Dubin Morning Post. The woodcut illustration depicts Byrne tethered to a rolling cart, his bare back being lashed by a uniformed guard. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1712007
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The Queen's letter to the King.London : R. Walwyn, printer, [1820]. 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 51 x 37 cm. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1280403
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The remarkable case of Potter Jackson, (formerly steward of the Echo sloop of war) : giving an account of the most cruel treatment, he received from Captain Livesly, (commander of the Lord Stanly slave-ship) and his chief mate, by assaulting, imprisoning, putting in irons, and cruelly flogging him.31 pages ; 20 cm. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b173347~S3
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The trial of David Robertson ... for an unnatural crime with George Foulston : tried before Sir Robert Graham ... on Saturday, May 24, 1806, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Bailey : with his remarkable address to the court, praying arrest of judgment : embellished with a striking likeness of the prisonerThe trial of David Robertson ... for an unnatural crime with George Foulston : tried before Sir Robert Graham ... on Saturday, May 24, 1806, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Bailey : with his remarkable address to the court, praying arrest of judgment : embellished with a striking likeness of the prisoner http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b176330~S1
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The trials, confessions, &c. of Miss Blandy for poisoning her own father; John Swann and Miss Jefferies for the murder of her uncle: being the most shocking murders ever known for many ages.London : Publisher not identified, [1752?]. 1 sheet (1 page) : illustrations ; 37 x 25 cm. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1506260
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Trial and sentence of Franz Müller for the murder of Mr. Briggs, on the North London Railway.1 sheet (1 page) : illustrations ; 50 x 38 cm. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1549209
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Trial and sentence of Joseph Connor for the murder of Mary Brothers, at no. 11, George Street, St. Giles's, on Monday, March 31st.London: BIRT, printer, 39 Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, 1845. 1 sheet (1 page) : illustration ; 51 x 38 cm. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1549208
