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LAW TRACTS.. A bound volume of seven law tracts, mostly with Birmingham imprints, some unrecorded. 12mo (180 x 110 mm).1810
(1.) On Appeals of Death; Together with a Concise Statement of their Nature, the Laws respecting them, and in what cases and by what relatives of the deceased entitled to be instituted. Compiled, from the best Authorities, by a Professional Gentleman. Birmingham: Printed by R. Jabet and Co., [c. 1810]. 12pp., one line of text shaved but without loss of sense. This appears to be unrecorded, not listed on Copac or OCLC. (2.) [TOPHAM (Edward)] The Remarkable Life of John Elwes, Esq. Member in three successive parliaments for Berkshire. with singular Anecdotes, &c. London: Printed for J. Roe... and Anne Lemoine, [c. 1810]. Engraved frontispiece, 34pp. (3.) Thornton's Trial. The Trial of Abraham Thornton, at the Warwick Summer Assize, on Friday, the 8th day of August, 1817, for the murder of Mary Ashford, in the Lordship of Sutton Coldfield, before the Hon. George Sowley Holroyd, Knight. A new edition... Birmingham: Printed and Sold by Joseph Russell, [c.1820]. 39pp., folding plan frontispiece (misbound at the start of the volume), the title page refers to 'engravings', however, there doesn't appear to be any in other copies located. (4.) An Account of the Appeal of Death, by Wm. Ashford, Against Am. Thornton... Birmingham: J. Russell, [c.1820]. 17pp. (5.) The Mysterious Murder, or, What's the Clock? A Melo Drama, in Three Acts. Founded on a Tale too True. Written by G. L. Birmingham: Printed and Sold by the Author, [c.1810]. Second edition, revised and corrected, [2], 56pp. (6.) The King versus B. Mander and Eight Others. The Trial at large of the Committee of the Flour and Bread Company, of which Benjamin Mander was Chairman, at Stafford Summer Assizes, 1814, etc. Wolverhampton: Printed by J. Smart, 1814. 48pp., fore-edges shaved and touch text. Not recorded by Copac. (7.) The Speech of Charles Phillips, Esq. Counsel for the Plaintiff in the Crim. Con. Cause, tried in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, June 9, 1815, John Guthrie, Esq. versus Peter William Baker Dunstanville Sterne. Birmingham: Printed and sold by J. Ferrall, 1815. 23pp. Not recorded by Copac.
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