An account of the trial of Thomas Muir, Esq. younger, of Huntershill, before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, on the 30th and 31st days of August, 1793, for sedition : [Three lines in Latin from Tacitus]
A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials
"The following is the last speech and dying confession of Charles M'Manus ."--Page 161-163.
Half-title: Trials and confessions of John Hauer, Charles M'Manus, &c. for the murder of Francis Shitz.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Evans
Summary
This is an account of the first murder trial in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for a crime that took place just outside of Harrisburg in December 1797. "The will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M'Manus and Hauer were hanged." [Williamreesecompany.com]
Journal of the second session of the Senate of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of New-York, January 4th, 1790; and in the fourteenth year of the independence of the said states
Journal // of the // Senate // of the // United States of America : // being the second session // of the // Fifth Congress. // Begun and held at the city of Phila- // delphia, November the thirteenth // one thousand seven hundred // and ninety-seven, and in the // twenty-second year of // the sovereignty of // the said United // States
Appendix (vii p.) contains "A list of the acts passed at the second session of the Fifth Congress of the United States," and a list of the senators whose seats will be vacated in 1799, 1801 and 1803.
Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Sixth Congress, : began and held at the city of Philadelphia, December 2d, 1799; and in the twenty-fourth year of the sovereignty of the said United States
of the / House / of / representatives / of the / United States / at the / second session / of the / Second Congress. / Anno M, DCC, XCII, and of the independence of the United States / the seventeenth.
Journal // of the // House // of // representatives // of the // United States // at the // second session // of // the Fourth Congress. // Anno M. DCC. XCVI. // and of the independence of the United States // the twenty-first
of the / House / of / Representatives / of the / United States / at the / first session / of the / Fifth Congress. / The twenty first year / of the / independence of the United States.
Journal // of the // House // of // representatives // of the United States // at the // second session // of the // Fifth Congress ; // and of // the independence of the United States // the twenty-second
