Daniel Rogers / New York City Hall Recorder for July August and September 1st ed

Description

The New York City Hall Recorder for July, August, and September, 1817: Containing Reports of the Most Interesting Trials and Decisions Which Have Arisen in the Various Courts of Judicature, For the Trial of Jury Cases, In the Hall During Those Months; Particularly in The Court of Sessions
Author:
Rogers, Daniel
Title:
The New York City Hall Recorder for July, August, and September, 1817: Containing Reports of the Most Interesting Trials and Decisions Which Have Arisen in the Various Courts of Judicature, For the Trial of Jury Cases, In the Hall During Those Months; Particularly in The Court of Sessions
Publication:
New York: Printed by Clayton and Kingsland, 1817
Edition:
First Edition
Description:
With Notes and Remarks, Critical and Explanatory. Vol. II. Nos. 7, 8, 9 First Edition. Wraps. 9.5" x 6" original printed stitched wraps. Pages 89-152. Front wrap with title and contents and rear wrap with statement by Daniel Rogers present. Untrimmed issue has moderate to heavy toning and scattered foxing. Lower corner creases to pages. Spine is chipped. Contents include Libel, Bigamy, Grand Larceny, Kidnapping, Practice Rule of Court, Sinking a Ship at Sea, Indecency, Highway Robbery, and Summary of Cases. A particular case in this issue concerns the Kidnapping of "Free Persons of Color." The indicted "James H. Thompson on the 26th day of June, 1817, at the city and within the county of New York, without due process of law, did seize and forcibly confine, inveigle and kidnap, Ann Freeland, Catherine Daniels, Stephen Neros, David Treadwell, and two others, being children, all persons of colour, with intent, them the said Ann Freeland, &c. to send or carry out of this state against their will contrary to the form of the statute." Good.
Seller ID:
5663
Subject:
Americana, Law
David A. Hamilton Americana Books
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