Comprises 88 cases, including Salem witches, execution for forgery in 1828, and Chapman poison case in Bucks Co., Pa., in 1832. Includes many cases furnished by the London Annual Register.

"The illuminated cover is printed in multiple colors and is signed by the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston. The interior B & W line work is probably also by them."--David A. Hanson documentation.

Trial of Charles Pinney, mayor of Britol, England.

Cardigan is charged with brandishing a pistol at and against Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett with the intent to kill.

The Marquise de Brinvilliers was tried by the Parlement of Paris, 1676, for the murder of her father, Antoine Dreux d'Aubray and her two brothers and the attempted murder of her sister, Thérèse d'Aubray.

This is not a law book. The cases and trials are of no legal value to the practitioner. They have been selected solely for their human interest.

Trials concerns the purchase of bails of cotton involving cash, gold and silver coins, and U.S notes.

"This book narrates some half dozen cases on freedom with which the writer happened to be connected. They all occurred between the years 1922 and 1927 and have one common characteristic, fear." cf. p. xvi.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.