Laws of the fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enacted in the second sitting : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the second day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
Conductor generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, coroners, constables, gaolers, jury-men, and overseers of the poor : as also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c
Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury men, over-seers of the poor
Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace
Responsibility
compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the several other books on those subjects, by James Parker ... ; and now revised and adapted to the United States of America, by a Gentleman of the law ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles ; to which are added, the excise and militia laws of the United States, and the acts called the Ten Pound Act of the states of Pennsylvania and New-York.
The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix
Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Physical Description
2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Library has: vol. 1.
Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.
Evans
Contents
I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.
The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780
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 Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Commencing on Tuesday, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-first. : Volume VII
Journal of the first session of the seventh House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and of the Commonwealth the twenty first
Appendix: Accounts of the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the 1st of January to the 31st December, 1796 inclusive, Philadelphia : Printed by Hall & Sellers, 1797.--Report of the Register-General of the state of the finances of Pennsylvania, for the year 1796. Philadelphia : Printed by Hall & Sellers, 1797.
Journal of the first session of the second House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one
Appendix: State of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as reported to the Governor, by the Comptroller-General, the Register-General, and Treasurer of the said Commonwealth. --Appendix containing the schedules referred to in the preceding statement. [Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey & Thomas Lang, 1791] --State of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from November 1st to December 31st, 1791. [Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey & Thomas Lang, 1792].
Journal of the first session of the fourth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three
Appendix: Accounts of the Treasury of Pennsylvania ... Philadelphia :Francis Bailey, 1794.--Report of the Register-General of the state of the finances of Pennsylvania, for the year 1793 ... Philadelphia : Francis Bailey, 1794.
Journal of the proceedings of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : when sitting for the purpose of trying an impeachment. : Commencing on Wednesday, the eighth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four
