State Trials and Proceedings Upon High Treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors; from the Reign of Richard Ii. to the End of the Reign of King Georg Anonymous

Publisher Marketing: Full Title: "State Trials and Proceedings Upon High Treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors; from The Reign of Richard II. To The End of the Reign of King George I"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: ++++MonographNew York City BarLondon: Printed for Tho. Wotton, at the Queen's-Head and Three-Daggers, Over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street; Tho. Osborne in Gray's-Inn; and J. Shuckburgh, at the Sun Next the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street. 1731