Publisher's Synopsis
Full Title: "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 Judgement, the Prisoner's Petition for a Commutation of Sentence, "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: ++++MonographYale Law LibraryBoston: A. Williams & Co. 100 Washington Street. 1862
