Lot 162
Law, crime and punishment
Collection of pamphlets, including accounts of murder trials, 18th-19th century
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
[Bristol poisoning]. Trial of Mary Ann Burdock, for the Wilful Murder of Mrs Clara Ann Smith, by administering Sulpheret of Arsenic. Bristol: W. H. Somerton, 1835. 8vo, stitched as issued;
[Irish postal theft]. The Trial of Arthur Wallace, Assistant Deputy Post-Master of Carlow, for Stealing Notes out of the Post Bag, and for Forgery. Dublin: John Rea, 1800. 8vo, disbound, bookseller's ticket on title-page;
[Renfrewshire poisoning]. Report on the Trial of Mrs Gilmour for the Alleged Murder of her Husband. Edinburgh: W. Forrester, 1844. 8vo, original green wrappers (splitting);
[Worcester affray]. Narrative of Circumstances connected with a Late Assault by Mr. Shapland, upon Mr. Mence. By R. Mence, Esq. Worcester: at the Herald Office, 1814. 8vo, contemporary half-worn, errata leaf, armorial bookplate and blind stamps of George Chetwynd, binding worn, front joint cracked;
[Cumberland forgery]. Report of the Proceedings on the Trial of John Hatfield, for Forgery, which was tried at Carlisle. London: for A. H. Nairne [and others], 1803. 8vo, later wrappers;
[Boston murder]. The Trial of Prof. John W. Webster, indicted for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman, at the Medical College. Boston: Reddie & Company, 1850. Folio, stitched, edges untrimmed and consequently nicked and rumpled;
[Confidence-trickery]. The Trial of Joseph Powell, the Fortune-Teller, at the Sessions-House, Clerkenwell … by the Society for the Suppression of Vice. London: F. and C. Rivington [et al.], 1808. 8vo, disbound;
Metropolitan Police. Metropolitan Police. Case of the City Considered, by a Citizen of the Metropolis. London: Henry Hooper, 1839. 8vo, stitched, folding map;
[Transportation]. Convicts. Two Reports of John Henry Capper, Superintendent of Ships and Vessels employed for the Confinement of Offenders under Sentence of Transportation; relating to the Convict Establishments at Portsmouth, Tipnor … and at Bermuda. [London:] ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 1833. Folio, stitched as issued, docket-title on verso of final leaf;
[Australia]. Victoria. Report from the Select Committee on Police. Melbourne: Government Printing Office, 1852. Folio, stitched as issued, printed on blue paper;
[Canada]. Upper Canada. Copy of Instructions to the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada relative to Proceedings against Persons recently arrested in that Province … Extract of a Despatch … Copies of the Several Acts. [London:] ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 1838. Folio, contemporary manuscript wrapper with ‘British American Land Company’ stencilled to corners;
Hone, William. Hone's Interesting History of the Memorable Blood Conspiracy, carried on by S. Mac Daniel, J. Berry, J. Egan, and J. Salmon, Thief-Takers, and their Trials and Sentences, in 1756. London: for William Hone, 1816. 8vo, contemporary half calf, etched portrait frontispiece, binding worn; and 20 others similar (33)