Capt. Leeson's Case: Being an Account of His Tryal for Committing a Rape Upon the Body of Mrs. May, a Married Woman of 35 Years of Age; for Anonymous

Publisher Marketing: Full Title: "Capt. Leeson's Case: Being an Account of his Tryal For Committing a Rape Upon the Body of Mrs. May, a Married Woman of 35 Years of Age; for Which he Receiv'd Sentence of Death, on the 30th of April 1715. but has Since Obtain'd his Majesty's Most Gracious"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++MonographHarvard Law School LibraryLondon: Printed for J. Roberts at the Oxford-Arms in Warwick Lane. 1715.