The whole proceedings on the trial of an information exhibited ex officio by the king's attorney-general against Thomas Paine : for a libel upon the revolution and settlement of the crown and regal government as by law established : and also upon the bill of rights, the legislature, government, laws, and parliament of this kingdom, and upon the king : tried by a special jury in the court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Tuesday, the 18th of December, 1792, before the Right Honourable Lord Kenyon
Pages [1]-[4] at end: publisher's advertisements ("The following trials are published from Mr. Gurney's short-hand notes").
Erratum on page 196.
Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.
English short title catalogue,
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time,
Summary
First edition of this work on the proceedings directed against the second part of Rights of man. The speeches of the attorney-general (Sir Archibald Macdonald) and of Mr. Erskine, counsel for the defendant, are given in full.
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's bench; from Hilary term, the 14th of George III, 1774, to Trinity term, the 18th of George III, 1778, (both inclusive.)
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench from Easter Term 12 Geo. 3. to Michaelmas 14 Geo. 3 (both inclusive.) [1772-1774] With some select cases in the Court of Chancery, and of the Common Pleas which are within the same period. To which is added, the case of General Warrants and the collection of maxims
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench; with some special cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, from the first year of K. William and Q. Mary, to the tenth year of Queen Anne. [1689-1712]
LCHS has vol 3, a new edition, London: W. Strahan ande M. Woodfall, Law printers to the King's most excellent majesty for Edward Johnston, in Ludgate Street, MDCCLXIII [1773]
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signatureat top of title page under that of struck former owner.
Reports of cases determined at nisi prius, in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, and on the home circuit : from the sittings after Michaelmas term 48 Geo. III. 1807, to the sittings after [Hilary term, 56 Geo. III. 1816] both inclusive
Vol. 2 has title: Reports of cases determined at nisi prius, in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, and on the circuits ...
Vols. 3-4 have title: Reports of cases determined at nisi prius, in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, and on the circuit ... to which are added notes referring to the American authorities: by Samuel Howe ... New York, S. Gould; 1821.
Book plate of James Louis Petigrul, v. 1-3.
"May be regarded as a continuation of Espinasse's reports."--Marvin's Legal bibliography.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 817-and 918 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
V. 1. From the sittings after Michmaelmas [sic] term, 48 Geo. III. 1807, to the sittings after Michaelmas term, 49 Geo. III. 1808 -- v. 2. From the sittings after Hilary term, 49 Geo. III. 1809, to the sittings before Easter term, 51 Geo. III. 1811.
An historical treatise of an action or suit at law : and of the proceedings used in the King's Bench and Common Pleas from the original processes to the judgments in both courts
A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt, knt. from 1688 to 1710, during which time he was Lord Chief Justice of England : containing many cases never before printed, taken from an original manuscript of Thomas Farresley ... also several cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-Chamber
Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Hazard, T. Osborne, J. Wortall, C. Corbett, C. Ward, and R. Chandler, J. Wood, C. Waller, and G. Hawkins,
Date of Publication
1738.
Physical Description
[2], iii, [16], [90] pages ; 32 cm (fol.)
Notes
"Cases determined by Sir John Holt. K.B., Ch., Ex. Mainly collected from the printed Reports, with additional cases from the manuscript of Thomas Farresley. "The whole alphabetically digested under proper heads," like an Abridgment. Said to have been edited by Giles Jacob."--The lawyer's reference manual of law books and citations, by Charles C. Soule, 1953.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page over that of E. Biddle.
Book number 717 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwritten note at bottom of title page concerning Giles Jacob, author of the Law Dictionary "is reputed to be the collector or at least the Publisher of these Reports. (Vide Preface to Chief Justice's Holt's Life, vol IV)
The Taufers: or, The German Baptist brethren. The origin, history, religious beliefs and achievements of one of the prominent religious denominations in the United States
The report of several cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench ... from the first year of King James the Second, to the tenth year of King William the Third. Collected by Roger Comberbach ... Published by his son
Reports of cases determined in the Court of King's Bench : together with some other cases : from Trin. 12 Geo. I. to Trin. 7 Geo. II. [1726-1734] with tables of the names of the cases and of the principal matters
