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1. Report of the trial of Abner Rogers, Jr: indicted for the murder of Charles Lincoln, Jr., late warden of the Massachusetts State Prison : before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, holden at Boston, on Tuesday, January 30, 1844

Author(s):
Rogers, Abner, Jr., 1813-1844, defendant
Publication:
Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1844
Subject(s):
Insanity Defense
Homicide
Massachusetts
Lincoln, Charles, Jr., -1843.

11. The beautiful victim of the Elm City: being a full, fair, and impartial narrative of all that is known of the terrible fate of the trusting and unfortunate Jennie E. Cramer : giving all the evidence that led the jury to hold James Malley, Jr. as her murderer, and to denounce Walter E. Malley and Blanche Douglass as aiders and abettors in this terrible social tragedy

Publication:
New York : M.J. Ivers & Co., c1881
Subject(s):
Homicide
Connecticut
Cramer, Jennie E., 1861?-1881.

14. John P. Phair: a complete history of Vermont's celebrated murder case : containing a report of the trial and conviction for the murder of Ann E. Freeze, at Rutland, the hearing on exceptions, the sentence, "dying statement," two reprieves, legislative proceedings, petitions for new trial, and final effort to stay execution

Publication:
Boston : Published for the author, 1879
Subject(s):
Homicide
Vermont
Phair, John P., -1879.
Freeze, Ann E., -1874.

18. To the honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia County: March term, 1884, no. 506 : the petition of William Hunt, chairman, S. Weir Mitchell, and John M. Brinton, "Committee of the Mütter Museum"

Author(s):
Hunt, William, 1825-1896, author
Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914, author
Brinton, John H. (John Hill), 1832-1907, author
Publication:
[Philadelphia?] : Allen, Lane & Scott, [1884?]
Subject(s):
Financial Management
Museums
Philadelphia
Mütter Museum.

20. Trial and conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale: with the letters of Chief Justice Lewis, and Judges Black and Woodward, on his case : interesting ether cases, and letters of Prof. Gibson, Prof. Wiltbank, Wm. Badger, Esq., W.L. Hirst, Esq., Rev. Albert Barnes, Dr. Henry A. Boardman, &c

Publication:
Philadelphia : T.K. Collins, Jr., 1855
Subject(s):
Dentists -- legislation & jurisprudence
Ether
Rape -- legislation & jurisprudence
Pennsylvania
Beale, Stephen T.

21. Second trial of John Francis Knapp by a new jury: recommenced at Salem, August 14, 1830, for the murder of Capt. Joseph White, before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a special session, commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830

Author(s):
Knapp, John Francis, 1810-1830
Publication:
Boston : Published by Dutton and Wentworth, 1830
Subject(s):
Homicide
Massachusetts
White, Joseph, 1747 or 1748-1830.
Knapp, John Francis, 1810-1830.

23. The sewage of Worcester in its relation to the Blackstone River: argument of John Hopkins before the Joint Committee on Water-Supply and Drainage of the Massachusetts Legislature, April 2, 1886

Author(s):
Hopkins, John, 1840-1902
Publication:
Boston : Rand, Avery, 1886
Subject(s):
Sewage -- legislation & jurisprudence
Drainage, Sanitary -- legislation & jurisprudence
Water Pollution -- legislation & jurisprudence
Rivers
Massachusetts

27. Report of the case of Geo. C. Hersey, indicted for the murder of Betsy Frances Tirrell, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts: including the hearing on the motion in arrest of judgment, the prisoner's petition for a commutation of sentence, the death warrant, officer's return upon it, and the confession

Author(s):
Hersey, Geo. C. (George Canning), d. 1862
Publication:
Boston : A. Williams & Co., 1862
Subject(s):
Homicide
Poisoning
Strychnine -- poisoning
Massachusetts
Tirrell, Betsy Frances, 1834-1860.

30. Trial of Allen C. Laros, at Easton, Pennsylvania, August, 1876: for the murder of his father, Martin Laros, by poison, and his defence, based upon the allegation of epileptic insanity, together with the argument on the rule for a new trial and proceedings upon the pleas in bar of the sentence : from various newspaper reports and manuscript notes

Author(s):
Laros, Allen C., defendent
Publication:
Easton, Pa. : Cole & Morwitz, 1877
Subject(s):
Homicide
Arsenic Poisoning
Insanity Defense
Pennsylvania
Laros, Allen C.
Laros, Martin, -1876.

35. The tryal of Spencer Cowper, Esq., John Marson, Ellis Stevens, and William Rogers, Gent: upon an indictment for the murther of Mrs. Sarah Stout, a Quaker : before Mr. Baron Hatsell, at Hertford assizes, July 18. 1699 : of which they were acquitted : with the opinions of the eminent physicians and chyrurgeons on both sides, concerning drowned bodies, delivered in the tryal and the several letters produced in court

Author(s):
Cowper, Spencer, 1669-1728, defendant
Publication:
London : Printed, are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1699
Subject(s):
Homicide
Drowning
England
Cowper, Spencer, 1669-1728.
Marson, John.
Stevens, Ellis.
Rogers, William, Gent.
Stout, Sarah, -1699.

36. A True relation of a barbarous bloody murther, committed by Philip Standsfield upon the person of Sir James Standsfield his father: giving an account of the many inhumane practices and unnatural contrivances he used ... : and how ... he murthered him in his bed-chamber, threw him into a river, and gave out he drowned himself ... : and by what means, the body being again taken up, the murther was discovered ... : for which ... he was tryed, condemned and executed

Publication:
[London] : Printed for J. Conyers ... near St. Andrews Church in Holborn, [1688?]
Subject(s):
Homicide
Asphyxia
Scotland
Standsfield, Philip, -1688.
Standsfield, James, Sir, -1687.

37. El amparo y los errores judiciales en materia penal: alegato del Lic. Prisciliano María Díaz González sosteniendo el amparo pedido por el teniente D. Carlos E. Aviet contra su sentencia de muerte pronunciada por la Suprema Corte Militar

Author(s):
Díaz González, Prisciliano María, 1826-1894, author
Publication:
México : Imprenta del Gobierno, en Palacio, 1885
Subject(s):
Homicide -- legislation & jurisprudence
Mexico

38. The sewage of Worcester in its relation to the Blackstone River: hearings before the Joint Standing Committee on Public Health, on the matter of restraining the city of Worcester from polluting Blackstone River

Author(s):
Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Standing Committee on Public Health.
Publication:
Boston : Rand, Avery & Co., printers, 1882
Subject(s):
Sewage -- legislation & jurisprudence
Drainage, Sanitary -- legislation & jurisprudence
Water Pollution -- legislation & jurisprudence
Rivers
Massachusetts

40. Reply of the judge advocate, John A. Bingham, to the defence of the accused: before a general court-martial for the trial of Brig. Gen. William A. Hammond, Surgeon General, U.S.A

Author(s):
Hammond, William A. (William Alexander), 1828-1900
Publication:
Washington : G.P.O., 1864
Subject(s):
Physicians -- legislation & jurisprudence
Military Personnel -- legislation & jurisprudence
Equipment and Supplies
Contract Services -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States

42. The trial of William Freeman: for the murder of John G. Van Nest, including the evidence and the arguments of counsel, with the decision of the Supreme Court granting a new trial, and an account of the death of the prisoner, and of the post-mortem examination of his body by Amariah Brigham, M.D., and others

Author(s):
Freeman, William, 1824-1847
Publication:
Auburn : Derby, Miller & Co., 1848
Subject(s):
Jurisprudence
Insanity Defense
Homicide
New York
Van Nest, John G., -1846.

44. Report of the trial and conviction of John Earls: for the murder of his wife, Catharine Earls, late of Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania : in the Court of Oyer and Terminer held at Williamsport, for Lycoming County, February term, 1836 : including the arguments of counsel at length, together with the confession of the prisoner

Author(s):
Earls, John, 1802-1836
Publication:
Williamsport : Printed by the publishers, 1836
Subject(s):
Jurisprudence
Arsenic Poisoning
Pennsylvania
Earls, Catharine, -1835.

46. Report of the trial of Charles N. Baldwin, for a libel: in publishing, in the Republican chronicle, certain charges of fraud and swindling, in the management of lotteries in the State of New-York. Containing, the publications in relation to this interesting subject - the evidence - the speeches of the counsel on both sides, and the charge of His Hon. C. D. Colden, Mayor of the city of New-York, to the jury

Publication:
New-York : Printed and published by C.N. Baldwin ..., 1818
Subject(s):
Fraud
Dissent and Disputes
New York
Baldwin, Charles N., 1793?-1838.

48. Achilli vs. Newman: a full report of this most extraordinary trial for seduction and adultery charged against Dr. Achilli, the apostate Catholic priest, by the celebrated Dr. Newman, the Oxford Puseyite, both of whom are seceders from their former creeds : the only correct edition, being the verbatim testimony from the London reports

Publication:
New York : Dewitt & Davenport, [1852]
Subject(s):
Catholicism
Sexual Behavior
Achilli, Giacinto, 1803-
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.

49. Life and trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr: (a monomaniac), who was executed October 3, 1845, for the alleged murder of his brother-in-law, Daniel Bates : including letters and petitions in favor of a pardon, and narrative of the circumstances attending his execution, etc. etc

Author(s):
Crozier, C. W.
Publication:
Louisville, Ky. : Prentice and Weissinger, printers, 1846
Subject(s):
Physicians
Homicide
Insanity Defense
Kentucky
Baker, Abner, Dr., d. 1845.

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