topic:"Trials." found 82 records - Research Collections

"A crooked death" : Coatesville, Pennsylvania and the lynching of Zachariah Walker

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Author: Downey, Dennis B.,

Call Number: 905.748 PHA v.54

Responsibility: by Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser.

Author: Downey, Dennis B.,

Physical Description: 85-102 p.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania History, v.54 (1987)

Subjects: Walker, Zachariah, - d.1911.; Lynching - Pennsylvania - Coatesville; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Coatesville.; Coatesville (Pa.) - Race relations.

Additional Author: Hyser, Raymond M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 PHA v.54

Across the river : murder at Accomac

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Author: Maloney, Michael.

Date of Publication: c2012

Call Number: 813.54 M257

Responsibility: Michael Maloney.

ISBN: 9780985046606; 0985046600

Author: Maloney, Michael.

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: M. Maloney,

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: 480 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Pulled from local news headlines, court records, trial transcripts, and land records, this story weaves together the history of the Accomac river crossing, the town of Marietta, and the untimely death of an innocent young girl. Against a rich historical backdrop, the murder and ensuing legal proceedings provide a compelling account of life Across the river."--P. [4] of cover.; 2d edition.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-480).

Subjects: Myers, Emily - Death.; Coyle, John - Trials, litigation, etc.; Murder - Pennsylvania - Marietta.; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - York.; Marietta (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.54 M257

An account of the arguments of counsel, and the directions of the court, on a plea of Auterfois Acquit : pleaded by James Foy, at the Summer Assizes 1786 ... to an indictment for procuring ... Andrew Creagh, otherwise Craig ... to slee and murder Patrick Randal McDonnell, Esquire, and Charles Hipson, with the pleadings in that case

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Author: Foy, James.

Date of Publication: 1786.

Call Number: Book 601 1786a

Author: Foy, James.

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed by P. Byrne, no. 108, Grafton-street,

Date of Publication: 1786.

Physical Description: viii, 80 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Notes: Jasper Yeate's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 601 as assigned by Yeates.; Handwritten contents on cover title page.; With half-title: An account of the arguments of counsel and the directions of the Court in the case of the King and Foy.; Signatures: pi4 A-K4 (pi1 verso, pi2 verso, K3 verso blank).; Bound with The trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; and Timothy Brecknock...the murder of Pat. Ran. McDonnell and Charles Hipson...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1786 - The trial of John Magee for....libel against Richard Daly...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1790 - Ten thousand pounds damages...a report on the trial ...brought by the Reverand Charles Massy against...the Marquis of Headfort for criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife...Philadelphia: P. Byrne, 1804 - Trial of Fracis Bellew, esq...for appearing in arms with a mob of defenders...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1794 - A faithful report of the trial of the proprietors of the Northern Star...Belfast, 1794.

Subjects: Foy, James; Foy, James.; Trials (Murder) - Ireland - Early works to 1800.; Murder - Ireland - Early works to 1800.; Murder.; Trials (Murder); Ireland.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding); Early works.; Trials, litigation, etc.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; McDonnell, Patrick Randal,; Hipson, Charles,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 601 1786a

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]

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Date of Publication: 1794.

Call Number: Book 606 1794

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Place of Publication: --New-York-- : No. 37, Hanover-Square

Publisher: Printed and sold by Samuel Campbell ;

Date of Publication: 1794.

Physical Description: 148 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 portrait ; 24 cm (8vo)

Notes: "To the public." signed by the editor, James Robertson.; Frontispiece portrait of Muir engraved by John Scoles.; Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans

Subjects: Muir, Thomas, - 1765-1799.; Muir, Thomas, - 1765-1799; Sedition - Scotland.; Trials (Sedition) - Scotland.; Sedition.; Trials (Sedition); Scotland.; Portraits.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Robertson, James.; Scoles, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.

Place: United States New York New York.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 606 1794

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An anti-slavery reminiscence

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1911

agitating the public, and we soon found by investigating that it would require time and patience to get any result. After discussing the testi- mony the jury found that the merits of the case depended upon some of the new testimony introduced at this trial, nearly all introduced since the former trials in

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Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 123-127 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 4

Subjects: United States.; Trials.; Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.

Additional Author: Cassel, Abraham Harley,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 4 (1911), p. 123-127Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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Appendix journal of the proceedings of the Senate ... sitting as the High Court of Impeachment : on the trial of an article of accusation and impeachment preferred by the House of Representatives against Edward Shippen ... and Jasper Yeates and Thomas Smith ... : begun on Monday the 7th of January, 1805, and concluded on ... the 28th of the same month

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Author: Shippen, Edward,

Date of Publication: [1805]

Call Number: Bookk 27 1805

Alternate Title: Journal of the proceedings of the Senate ... sitting as the High Court of Impeachment

Author: Shippen, Edward,

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by M'Dowell & Greear,

Date of Publication: [1805]

Physical Description: 24 pages

Notes: For their mishandling the case of Thomas Passmore's libel suit against Andrew Pettit and Andrew Bayard; includes documents and a summary of that case in addition to a report on the trial of accusation and impeachment.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Libarary; Book number 27 as assigned by Yeates.; Shaw & Shoemaker,; Full leather tooled binding with maroon spine label.

Subjects: Shippen, Edward, - 1729-1806; Yeates, Jasper, - 1745-1817; Smith, Thomas, - 1745-1809; Passmore, Thomas; Trials (Libel) - Pennsylvania.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Smith, Thomas,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 27 1805

Archive

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Collection: Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs Records

Title: Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs

Object ID: MG0476

Date Range: 1950-1951

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Collection: Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs Records

Title: Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs

Description: On 10 January 1950, Marian L. Baker was brutally murdered by Edward Lester Gibbs. This collection contains W. Hensel Brown's copies of the clerk's file, transcripts, appeal briefs, and other court records from the murder trial of Edward L. Gibbs, 1950. Newspaper articles report on the 1950 trial and his 1951 electrocution.

Admin/Biographical History: Edward Lester Gibbs (1924-1951), veteran (98th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force) and husband of Helen Woodward, was from Gloucester County, NJ. In 1950, he was a student at Franklin and Marshall College. (1); Marian Louise Baker (1928-1950), the daughter of Walter M. Baker and Helen Beatrice Soule Britcher, was originally from New Bloomfield, Perry County, PA. (2) She had spent much of her childhood in Conestoga, PA with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy O'Donel. (3) In 1950, she worked as a cashier and secretary in the treasurer's office at Franklin and Marshall College (4) and was engaged to Edward Rankin. (5); W. Hensel Brown was the attorney chosen to defend Gibbs.; "On January 10, 1950, Marian Louise Baker was brutally slain by being; beaten to death with a lug wrench. Eight days later Edward Lester; Gibbs, defendant, confessed the killing. Thereafter, he was indicted in; Lancaster County, tried by a jury, and convicted of murder in the first; degree with the penalty fixed at death. Prior to his bringing this appeal, his motion for new trial was denied and sentence was imposed in accordance with the verdict.; At the time of the killing, defendant, a married war veteran twenty-five years of age, was a student at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. *185 In the early afternoon of January 10, 1950, he was in downtown Lancaster when he saw Miss Baker, an employee of the college. He offered to drive her back to the campus in his car and she accepted. However, instead of returning directly to the college, they rode out of town and into the open country. When they reached an isolated spot several miles from the city she commented on the view and defendant stopped the car so that they both might enjoy it. While sitting there he suddenly reached over and began choking her. She broke away and got out of the car. He followed her and after choking her again, he returned to the car, unlocked and opened the luggage compartment, removed the lug wrench, and beat her over the head with it until she was dead. He then left but later returned to hide the body and remove any incriminating evidence. The body was not discovered until four days later.; On January 18, 1950, defendant admitted committing the crime and on that same day he signed a statement setting forth the facts as we have synopsized them here. Neither at the trial nor at any other time did he deny the truth of that confession and substantially all of the facts contained in it were verified by the independent investigation of the Pennsylvania State Police." (6); 1 "Edward Lester Gibbs," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76555590/edward-lester-gibbs.; 2 "Marian Louise Baker," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76632108/marian-louise-baker.; 3 "Vintage photos, the 1950 murder of an F&M secretary," PennLive.com, last modified January 8, 2016, https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/vintage_photos_the_1950_murder.html.; 4 "Marian Louise Baker," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76632108/marian-louise-baker.; 5 "Vintage photos, the 1950 murder of an F&M secretary," PennLive.com, last modified January 8, 2016, https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/vintage_photos_the_1950_murder.html.; 6 "Opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Drew, November 20, 1950," Justia, accessed November 27, 2018, https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1950/366-pa-182-0.html.

Date Range: 1950-1951

Creation Date: 1950-1951

Year Range From: 1950

Year Range To: 1951

Date of Accumulation: 1950-1951

Creator: Brown, W. Hensel, b.1902.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Brown, W. Hensel; Baker, Marian Louise; Gibbs, Edward Lester

Subjects: Murder; Trials (Murder); Trial transcripts; Trials; Court records; Jury selection; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Court records; Finding aids; Jury selection; Manuscript groups; Murder; Newspaper clippings; Trial transcripts; Trials; Trials (Murder)

Extent: 1 box, 15 folders, 24 items, 1,081 pages to scan, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0476

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Information about photographs used as evidence may be found in the Photograph Collection-many of the photographs are restricted.; ObjectID 2-15-04-01 to 2-15-04-21; Information about photographs used as evidence may be found in the Photograph Collection-many of the photographs are restricted.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folders 12-15 are restricted. Use photocopies in Folders 8-11.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Number: MG-476

Classification: MG0476

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by RC, May 2017.

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Arguments of counsel and opinions of the judges in the case of the King v. Mr. Justice Johnson

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Author: Johnson, Robert,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Call Number: Book 605 1798

Alternate Title: Law report, Court of King's Bench, Ireland

Author: Johnson, Robert,

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed by Graisberry and Campbell,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Physical Description: 110 [i.e. 210] pages ; 21 cm.

Series: Irish trials ; 3

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 605 as assigned by Yeates.; Handwritten contents on fifth front leaf.; Bound with A report of the whole proceedings of the trials of Henry and John Sheares, John M'Cann, W. M. Byrne, and Oliver Bond for high treason...Dublin: John Milliken, 1798.

Summary: Johnson was arrested on charges of libel against Lord Redesdale and others, as the government of Ireland. There were questions about the legality of the arrest and the trial in terms of habeas corpus. He was found guilty.

Subjects: Johnson, Robert, - approximately 1745-1833; Trials (Libel) - Ireland.; Trials.; Trials (Libel); Ireland - Trials, litigation, etc.; Ireland.; Trials, litigation, etc.; Full leathetr (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Ireland. Court of King's Bench.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 605 1798

Book

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: History of the Trial of Castner Hanway and Others for Treason at Philadelphia in November, 1851

Object ID: Christiana S01 F07

Date Range: 1852

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Collection: Christiana Resistance Collection

Title: History of the Trial of Castner Hanway and Others for Treason at Philadelphia in November, 1851

Description: Book. History of the Trial of Castner Hanway and Others for Treason at Philadelphia in November, 1851, by W. Arthur Jackson. Philadelphia, 1852.

Admin/Biographical History: The Christiana Resistance, commonly referred to as the "Christiana Riot" occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker a free black man living in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and attempted claim and return the freedom seekers as their property, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.; The violent confrontation resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder, and the escape of William Parker to freedom in Canada. Edward's son, Dickinson Gorsuch, was wounded and taken to the farm of Levi Pownall, where the Pownall family nursed him back to health. Historically, this event challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and is considered a precursor to the Civil War.

System of Arrangement: Series 1 Manuscript and Printed Material, 1803-1955; Series 2 Photographs, 1895-1971 and No date

Date Range: 1852

Creation Date: 1852

Creator: Jackson, William Arthur, 1828-1857

Storage Location: Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA

People: Jackson, William Arthur; Hanway, Isaac Castner

Subjects: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Books; Trials; Treason; Trials (Treason); Christiana (Pa.)

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance; Trials; Treason

Extent: 1 item

Physical Characteristics: The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.

Object Name: Book

Container: Moores Memorial Library Series 1 Folder 7 Book Book. History of the Trial of Castner Hanway and Others for Treason at Philadelphia in November, 1851, by W. Arthur Jackson.; Philadelphia, 1852.; 1852

Language: English

Object ID: Christiana S01 F07

Location of Originals: Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687

Related Item Notes: Christiana Resistance Collection (CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1287a022-e430-4f3f-bc97-330571018105

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Copyright: The attached images may be used for research purposes only.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 1, Folder 7, Moores Memorial Library

Classification: CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE; Christiana S01 F07

Description Level: Folder

Custodial History: Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public.; The collection contains correspondence to and from the Pownall family regarding the incident, notes regarding kidnappings in the area from 1850-1851, photocopied pages of Dickinson Gorsuch's diary, and published accounts. An 1896 photograph shows Peter Woods and Samuel Hopkins, survivors of the riot. There are also photographs of the Christiana Riot House, the Pownall farm, and key figures in the riot and at the Treason Trials of 1851.; The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public. Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

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"A crooked death" : Coatesville, Pennsylvania and the lynching of Zachariah Walker

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13445

Across the river : murder at Accomac

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16911

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21678

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]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21687

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An anti-slavery reminiscence

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7813

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20675

Archive

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Archive

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Arguments of counsel and opinions of the judges in the case of the King v. Mr. Justice Johnson

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