topic:"Trials." found 66 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

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

A brief narrative of the case and tryal of John Peter Zenger, printer of the New-York weekly journal

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Author: Zenger, John Peter,

Date of Publication: 1736.

Call Number: Book 467 1736

Author: Zenger, John Peter,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Printed and sold by John Peter Zenger,

Date of Publication: 1736.

Physical Description: 42 (i.e. 40) pages ; 29 cm

Notes: Caption title.; "At a Supream Court of judicature held for the province of New-York, at the City hall of the City of New-York, on Wednesday, the 16th day of April, 1735"--Page 10.; Error in paging: no. 15-16 omitted.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 467 as assigned by Yeates.; At top of first page: Presented to the Lancaster Law Library by Samuel Evans of Columbia, Pa, Feb 28th, 1873.; Evans

Subjects: Zenger, John Peter, - 1697-1746; Trials (Seditious libel) - New York (State) - New York.; Freedom of the press - New York (State); Freedom of the press.; Trials (Seditious libel); New York (State); New York (State) - New York.; Trials, litigation, etc.; Three-quarters leather on linen boards.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Evans, Samuel.

Additional Corporate Author: New York (Colony). Supreme Court of Judicature.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 467 1736

Cases in equity during the time of the late Lord Chancellor Talbot, 1730-1737 : with tables of the names of the cases and principal matters

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Edition: 2nd ed. /

Date of Publication: 1753.

Call Number: Book 706 1753

Edition: 2nd ed. /

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Henry Lintot for T. Waller,

Date of Publication: 1753.

Physical Description: vi, 286, [18] pages ; 33 cm

Notes: The preface to the 3rd edition, 1792, states that the cases were taken from ms. notes of Mr. Forrester, and they are sometimes cited under his name.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 706 as assigned by Yeates.; Hand-written marginalia.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain.; Equity - Great Britain - Cases.; Equity.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Trials, litigation, etc.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Talbot, Charles Talbot,; Forrester, Alexander,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 706 1753

A celebrated case : the Raber murder : containing a detailed and accurate account of the murder of Joseph Raber by drowning in Indiantown Creek, Union Township, Lebanon Co., PA., on the 7th day of December, 1878, for the amount of insurance money upon his life, with a verbatim report of the trial and conviction of six men for the crime, and a full history of their lives and confessions

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Author: Drews, Charles,

Date of Publication: 1879.

Call Number: 345.02523 L442 1879

Alternate Title: Raber murder

Author: Drews, Charles,

Place of Publication: Lebanon, Pa

Publisher: C.M. Bowman,

Date of Publication: 1879.

Physical Description: 65, [1], 81 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: McDade, T.M. Murder,

Subjects: Raber, Joseph, - d. 1878.; Drews, Charles, - 1820-1879; Stichler, Franklin, - 1859-1879; Wise, Henry F., - 1845-; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.

Additional Author: Stichler, Franklin,; Wise, Henry F.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 345.02523 L442 1879

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