Download or read book Famous Trials of the Century Classic Reprint written by James Beresford Atlay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Famous Trials of the Century Law Officers are the only beneficiaries. The members of the Bar to whom once in a lifetime it chances to have to advise on questions of constitutional law are few in number, and that wide class who have read their Howells for 'example of life and instruction of manners, ' find in the New Series even more indifferent fare than is wont to be served up in sequels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Famous Trials of the Century written by James Beresford Atlay and published by London, G. Richards. This book was released on 1899 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Notable Trials written by Richard Storry Deans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notable Trials: Romances of the Law Courts All these things, gentle reader, you may find here. And, having found them, may be thankful that you live in a new age that is ever tending, and must ever tend, to yet higher progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Famous Trials of History written by Earl Of Birkenhead and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.
Download or read book The Travelling Law School and Famous Trials written by Benjamin Vaughan Abbott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Travelling Law-School and Famous Trials: First Lessons in Government and Law National powers and State powers is an incomplete classification. Our fathers carefully divided all governmental powers into three classes; one they gave to the States; another to the nation; but the third great class, compris ing the most precious of all powers, they refused to confer on the State or nation, but reserved to themselves. Garfield - C kip: from t/ze W'lzz'te Home, p. 443. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Great Trial of the Nineteenth Century Classic Reprint written by Samuel C. Parks and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Trial of the Nineteenth Century The author of this book, Samuel 0. Parks, was born in Middlebury, Vermont, in 1820. Was educated at the Indiana State University, and located in Springfield, Illinois, in 1840, and while a young man he became acquainted with Mr. Lincoln and was always his ardent admirer and close personal and political friend. He was a member of the Illinois Legislature in 1855. Was a delegate from the Springfield district (Illinois) to the first Republican National Convention, held in Philadelphia in 1856, when Fremont was nominated for President. Was at the Republican National Convention held in Chicago in 1860, and assisted in nominating Mr. Lincoln for President. He was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho by President Lincoln in 1862. Was on the Grant electoral ticket in Illinois in 1868. Was a member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention in 1870. Was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico in 1878 by President Hayes. Was transferred to the Supreme Court of Wyoming in 1882 by President Arthur. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Trials of the Century 2 volumes written by Scott P. Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive set of essays documents the most important criminal, civil, and political trials in the United States from colonial times to the present, examining their impact on both legal history and popular culture. Crime and punishment are of perennial interest across the human species. Trials of the Century: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture and the Law examines some of the most important (and infamous) cases in American history, placing them in both historical and legal context. Among the landmark cases considered in these two volumes are the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial. A number of civil lawsuits and political trials are also included, such as the impeachment trials of Presidents Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton. Entries in the encyclopedia detail the events leading to each trial and introduce the key players, with a focus on judges, lawyers, witnesses, defendants, victims, media, and the public. In addition, the aftermath of the trial and its impact are analyzed from a scholarly, yet straightforward, perspective, emphasizing how the trial affected the law and society at large.
Download or read book Famous Trials written by John T. Morse Jr. and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Famous Trials: The Tichborne Claimant; Troppmann; Prince Pierre Bonaparte; Mrs. Wharton; The Meteor Mrs. Fair Late in the summer of 1873, in a moment of weakness, I made a reckless promise to the editors of the American Law Review to furnish them with an article on the Tichborne Case. When I came to undertake the task I at first stood aghast at the labor which it promised to entail it seemed the work of weeks merely to read the materials in the columns of the London daily papers. It soon became apparent that the only way to write the article was to' compile a much longer account than the editors of the Review could use and then to compress and curtail that' narrative within the necessary limits. The strange fascination of this greatest and most remarkable of all trials, ancient or modern, took such powerful possession of me as I proceeded with my reading and the sketch as written in its first and fuller form seemed so much more adequately to convey the interest of the case than could any brief article, that I finally resolved to publish the result of my labors in its original shape. The manner in which I have been obliged to write the account has inevitably produced numer ous blemishes in it, from an artistic point of view. The significance of many matters was only devel Oped by degrees in the progress of the trial; but the rearrangement and amending of the perspective which each mail from Europe, bringing new papers and fresh material, continually rendered desirable, could be done very imperfectly or sometimes not at all, by reason of the fact that the earlier sheets were already in the hands of the printer. Of the defects in the construction of the account, due to this cause, I am painfully aware. Especially will they be apparent to any lawyer who may be at the pains to peruse the volume. I must trust to the singular attraction of the wonderful cause itself to render my pages agreeable in spite of their faults. For myself, I must say that the most exciting novel I have ever read has failed to hold my attention with so close a grasp as has been exerted by the records of this prosecution. If my narrative gives a clear and intelligible sketch of the proceedings I hope it may derive such an interest from them as will serve in part to hide, or at least to obtain an excuse for, its faults of execu tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century written by David K. Frasier and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jack Henry Abbott, who stabbed a waiter through the heart for not allowing him to use the toilet, to the "Zodiac," an unknown California serial killer who may have murdered as many as 37 people, this reference work details 280 of the most famous murder cases of the twentieth century. Each entry contains, when applicable, birth and death dates, aliases, occupation, location of the murders, weapons used, number of victims, and the time period when the killings occurred. Films, plays, television shows, videos and audio programs based on or inspired by the case are then cited, followed by a brief overview of the murder case and a bibliography of English-language works related to it.
Download or read book A People s History of the Supreme Court written by Peter Irons and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court featuring a forward by Howard Zinn Recent changes in the Supreme Court have placed the venerable institution at the forefront of current affairs, making this comprehensive and engaging work as timely as ever. In the tradition of Howard Zinn's classic A People's History of the United States, Peter Irons chronicles the decisions that have influenced virtually every aspect of our society, from the debates over judicial power to controversial rulings in the past regarding slavery, racial segregation, and abortion, as well as more current cases about school prayer, the Bush/Gore election results, and "enemy combatants." To understand key issues facing the supreme court and the current battle for the court's ideological makeup, there is no better guide than Peter Irons. This revised and updated edition includes a foreword by Howard Zinn. "A sophisticated narrative history of the Supreme Court . . . [Irons] breathes abundant life into old documents and reminds readers that today's fiercest arguments about rights are the continuation of the endless American conversation." -Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
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Download or read book Summer for the Gods written by Edward J Larson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial and the battle over evolution and creation in America's schools In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas, pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes, represented by Clarence Darrow and the ACLU, in a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education. That trial marked the start of a battle that continues to this day-in cities and states throughout the country. Edward Larson's classic Summer for the Gods -- winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History -- is the single most authoritative account of this pivotal event. An afterword assesses the state of the battle between creationism and evolution, and points the way to how it might potentially be resolved.
Download or read book The Trial of Lizzie Borden written by Cara Robertson and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cara Robertson’s “enthralling new book,” The Trial of Lizzie Borden, “the reader is to serve as judge and jury” (The New York Times). Based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence, this true crime and legal history is the “definitive account to date of one of America’s most notorious and enduring murder mysteries” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple’s younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her murder trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone—rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars and laypeople—had an opinion about Lizzie Borden’s guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didn’t she? An essential piece of American mythology, the popular fascination with the Borden murders has endured for more than one hundred years. Told and retold in every conceivable genre, the murders have secured a place in the American pantheon of mythic horror. In contrast, “Cara Robertson presents the story with the thoroughness one expects from an attorney…Fans of crime novels will love it” (Kirkus Reviews). Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, The Trial of Lizzie Borden is “a fast-paced, page-turning read” (Booklist, starred review) that offers a window into America in the Gilded Age. This “remarkable” (Bustle) book “should be at the top of your reading list” (PopSugar).
Download or read book Twentieth Century Cook Book written by Twentieth Century Club of Berkeley and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recipes in this 1914 volume were compiled from recipes of the members of The Twentieth Century Club of Berkeley, California.
Download or read book Scottish Poetry of the Seventeenth Century Classic Reprint written by George Eyre-Todd and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scottish Poetry of the Seventeenth Century The Forsaken Mistress, Unrecompensed Devotion, Sonnet left in a Lady's Mirror, On a Lady that was Painted, On Tobacco. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Holmes Pitezel case written by F.P. Geyer and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1896 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holmes-Pitezel case a history of the greatest crime of the century and of the search for the missing Pitezel children. By detective Frank P. Geyer of the bureau of police, department of public safety, of the city of Philadelphia. A true detective story. By permission of the District Attorney and Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. Fully illustrated.
